• One Plan
• Text Plans
• Pay As You Go

The One Plan

Currently, Three's most extensive price plan. The only One you are likely to need, this '3' price plan gives you 2,000 (yes 2,000!) anytime, any network minutes, 5,000 Texts, 1GB internet usage and 5,000 minutes of calls to other 3 mobiles each month.

Value for Money
The One Plan
Apple iPhone 3GS 8GB Black Refreshed Handset No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 2000anytimeany network 1GB FREE £25a month
Value for Money
The One Plan
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 2000anytimeany network 1GB FREE £30a month

Text Plans

Just like with Three's Talk Plans, Text Plans give you a generous allowance of internet usage each month, plus 5,000 Texts and an allowance of anytime, any network minutes.

Value for Money
Text 100
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 100anytimeany network 500MB FREE £20a month
Value for Money
Text 100 All-you-can-eat
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 100anytimeany network 500MB FREE £23a month
Value for Money
Text 500
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 500anytimeany network 1GB FREE £25a month
Value for Money
Text 500 All-you-can-eat
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Texts Minutes Internet Handset Cost Monthly Cost   5000 500anytimeany network 1GB FREE £28a month

Pay As You Go

Pay As You Go Micro SIM
iPhone 3GS 8G Black No Contract Details Cost   iPhone 3GS 8G Black | Threepay Zero £299.99

Our Apple iPhone 3GS Review

Apple’s latest iPhone model, the 3GS (with the ‘S’ standing for speed) is not recognisably different from its predecessor. To all intents and purposes, it’s the same phone in the same clothing. But that’s not such a bad thing, as previous iPhones were pretty remarkable to begin with.

There are, however a lot of improvements over the original iPhone, most significantly the improved processor and RAM which has doubled from 128mb to 256mb. Storage options are either 16Gb or a huge 32Gb.

So what the iPhone 3GS does is what its predecessor did, but a lot faster. Its release coincides with the release of Apple’s latest operating system, OS 3.0. There’s also a new internal compass, which works brilliantly in tandem with Google Maps, improved camera and faster landscape/portrait rotation. Also here for the first time is the invaluable Spotlight function, allowing quick and easy searches of the iPhones files, folders, pictures and apps.

The camera has been upgraded, but not by much – up from 2 megapixels to 3 megapixels. However, this can be enough when coupled with the extremely useful autofocus software, which focuses in depending on where you tap.

Which brings us to the impressive video recording and editing capabilities on offer here. With 30fps VGA video, the results are great in raw form. Things start to look even better when using the editing function, a lite version of the iMovie application to be found on Apple Mac computers. Unfortunately, the editing process is destructive, but it’s only a fun accessory, after all. If you really want to be up for next year’s Oscars, you’ll want to use better equipment than a phone, no matter how clear and smooth its results.

Apple have also finally introduced a cut, copy and paste text facility. Like predictive texting, you tap on the screen and the iPhone uses its intuition to work out the section you are trying to choose. This works surprisingly well. Another tap and you can paste back into another document. To undo the action, simply shake the phone, although this may baffle onlookers. It’s not only text that can be copied. Web pages and other chunks of media can all be relocated easily.

Another welcome addition may seem a small thing but it’s important – the landscape keyboard, which more or less doubles the size of the QWERTY keys in portrait mode. It’s only when you use it that you realise how fiddly a portrait keyboard can be.

This is just another example of the thought that has gone into this, indeed most Apple products. It’s only to be hoped that the next addition to the series looks a little different, too.

What We Liked

There’s so much improvement inside that Apple are to be congratulated on improving so much and living up to their word – the ‘S’ really does stand for speed.

What We Disliked

Although the improvements and upgrades are welcome, there’s not much here that will convince anyone who didn’t want one before would want one now.

Our Final Verdict

Maybe there’s not enough here for owners of the previous 3G to fork out for something which is an improvement on an already well-respected product. But new iPhone users should jump in now.

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	Apple iPhone 3GS
General
Form Factor	Candybar
Dimensions	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 (mm)
Talk Time	600 mins
Standby Time	300 hours
Weight	133 g
Quad Band	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Photo and Video
Integrated Camera	Yes
Camera	2.00 megapixels
Phone
Vibrating Alert	Yes
Polyphonic Ringtones	Yes
Smart Phone	Yes
Internal Memory	8GB or 32GB
Messaging
MMS	Yes
Screen
Colour Screen	Yes
Touch Screen	Yes
Screen Resolution	320 x480
Screen Colour Depth	16M colours
Connectivity
3G	Yes
EDGE	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes
Email	Yes
GPRS	Yes
HSDPA	Yes
WAP	Yes
Web Browser	Yes
Wi-Fi	Yes
GPS	Yes
Music and Radio
MP3 Player	Yes
MP3 Ringtones	Yes
Additional Content
Downloadable Content	Yes
Downloadable Games	Yes
Downloadable Ringtones	Yes

Apple iPhone 3GS Full Specification

General

Photo and Video

Phone

Messaging

Screen

Connectivity

Music and Radio

Additional Content