There are 3 types of iPhone models available today, not including those that differ only by the size of the flash drive, and two of them are currently on the market. Furthermore, there are also a few different versions of iPod touch available. In total, there are tens of millions of these touchscreen gadgets in people’s pockets in the United States, Canada, and around the world. The vast majority of iPhone owners download at least a few apps from time to time. Yet today some of them wonder if they still have access to the best of the best apps.
The new iPhone, after all, is peppered with several new features. That means 3GS owners can do things that 3G owners cannot. 3G owners, in the same way, have capabilities that original iPhone owners do not have. Does this mean that the best of the app store is only available to people with the best features? Let’s take a closer look after taking a quick look at the cost of the 3 different iPhone models.
The original iPhone was relatively expensive for a phone, making things worse for users in the US It was the unavailability of iPhone insurance products, as Apple wanted customers to buy icare products, so prevented network operators from offering phone insurance. 3G came at a slightly higher price and became a huge success as people wanted the faster web connection that the 3G model offers. The real price increase came with the launch of the iPhone 3GS, in the UK the 3GS purchase price rose to around $ 700 for the 32GB model. Fortunately, the iPhone insurance market is strong, allowing UK customers to purchase independent insurance without Apple’s coverage.
If you remember, when you get down to business, as long as they’ve taken advantage of the new updates along the way, all iPhone owners are running the same operating system. That means that from a basic software point of view, everything is exactly the same across the board. What changed in the 3G from the original was a faster network, slightly better camera and GPS. From 3G to 3GS came a compass, a video camera, bigger RAM, and voice controls.
With all of that in mind, you will find that most applications work across the board. Remember, the best iPhone apps deal with very basic things, at least in terms of iPhone capabilities. Some are games that require little more than the use of the touch screen and accelerometer. Others are word processors or other types of office tools that, again, just want the touch screen so you can enter data.
Many applications will want a permanent connection to the Internet at all times, and for that, almost any iPhone can work. Even with the lesser Edge network, it doesn’t matter because most of the apps that communicate with each other use Bluetooth or WiFi. Even then, very few apps seem to mess with this, except for games.
What you will find is that the only apps that are available for one iPhone and not the other are the ones that specifically require features that certain phones don’t have. Navigation apps will require an iPhone that at least uses GPS. Video camera apps will obviously require an iPhone that has video capture capabilities.
Really, all the best iPhone apps meet the minimum requirements. For example, a highly sought after new app feature is augmented reality. This requires the iPhone to have a compass. Apps that offer augmented reality still work on the other phones, just without that extra capability. For the most part, that won’t make the app that much less functional, just a little less great. The bottom line is that for some people the best features come from the latest iPhones, all the major apps can be used by anyone.