If you’re in the market for a new phone at the moment, you’re beyond spoiled for choice. No fewer than three major phones debut next week, the Nokia N97, iPhone 3G S and the Nokia N86 cameraphone. Whether by design or not, all are slated for a release on 19 June, meaning a major queue clash outside Nokia and Apple’s flagship London stores (Opposite each other on the same road) is incoming.
But which should you buy? If you’re confused, puzzle no more! We break each phone down for you, what’s hot and what’s not, and which you should buy when the doors open and the stampede dies down.
The week may be winding down, but the tech news is far from dwindling. The headlines have been hitting hard and fast, even while you sleep, so catch up on what you’ve missed right here in techie breakie!
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The Apple iPhone 3G S will be capable of games graphics “beyond” the Sony PSP Go, according to Michael Schade, head of mobile game developer Fishlabs.
Doom Resurrection, a new game in the legendary Mars/Hell-set first-person shooter series, is coming to Apple iPhones next week. The game uses “downsampled” art from the PC and console hit Doom III, but is an entirely new game, with new plot unfolding across eight new levels with around five hours of gameplay. It has already been described as “one of the true next-generation games on the iPhone.”
The iPhone 3G S is to be Oleophobic – which we were surprised to learn does not mean “scared of cookies”. No, what this means is that the new batch of iPhones won’t be quite as prone to picking up fingerprints.