The first iPhone was still hot off the press when rumors of a 3G model began to circulate. Fueled by the prevalence of 3G networks outside the United States-and the comparative pokiness of AT&T's EDGE network-the speculation has finally come to an end.

The third coming, but should we beware of false prophets?

Pocket perfection

The iPhone 3G will be available to AT&T customers on July 11, 2008. I am one of the fortunate ones with a birds eye view of what the new iPhone 3G has in store for consumers. A friend of mine scooped a ticket to the Apple World Wide Developers Conference 2008 that concludes June 13.

Apple's release of the iPhone 3G was a response to many of the fallbacks from the first generation iPhone. Many little bugs and user requested applications have been added to the iPhone 3G making it even more functional and user-friendly than its predecessor. The new generation is only 0.7mm thicker

Crisp LCD Display; Improved Battery Life; Improved Audio; Built-in Wifi; Global Positioning System (GPS; Accelerometer and Sensors; Windows and Mac Compatibility; Multi-Touch Screen Technology; Highly Function; Fun; Aesthetically Appealing; Plenty of Storage Space; Downloadable Applications,

No Flash For Camera; No Video Recording; Costly; Legally For AT&T Only; Battery Life Could Be Improved More; Improving Audio More

This phone is really over hyped, went into O2 store to get it & realised how many features it is missing. The size of the handset is way too big in my opinion not pocket friendly. The big no no for me was the fact that even though I was willing to put up with missing features that phones from 10...

This bullion beauty is the most decadent iPhone add-on since the $1,000 I Am Rich app. For two Gs, you can dress your 3G in a deliciously crass case that packs more karats than Bugs Bunny's lunch box (24 to be exact).

Will the iPhone 3G become the reference in terms of multimedia phones?  New features naturally include 3G for web-browsing, a GPS chip and a compatibility with Microsoft Exchange.

great design/ user-friendly interface/ touchscreen; a flush headphone jack; AppStore; Does everything it says… and well; Business applications

Poor battery life with 3G switched on; doesn't play Flash; Camera could be better/ no video; No copy paste possibility; Bluetooth flexibility

phone, SMS, camera, internet, mp3 player, email, GPS and thousands upon thousands of addon applications - this amazing device is literally all you need

When the original iPhone arrived in November 2007, it was preceded by massive hype. But a lot of people in the UK who were interested held back. We'd like to think they were guided by a thoughtful and careful technological principle: "Never buy version 1.0".

Bright; high-resolution screen; fast cellular network; built-in GPS; iPhone 2.0 software includes Exchange support and third-party apps; good audio quality; no recessed headphone jack

Low-quality camera; no video-recording support; no built-in voice dialing; limited Bluetooth functionality; no support for text selection; cut; copy and paste