This video shows the speed difference between the iPhone 3G (on the left) and the iPhone 3G S (on the right). The OpenGL ES demo uses the same code base on both iPhone.
The iPhone 3G S runs about more than twice as fast as the iPhone 3G in the demo!
The graphics part of the new iPhone 3G S is powered by a PowerVR SSGX 520, the GPU for mobile devices made by Imagination Technologies. The PowerVR SSGX 520 supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and Direct3D 9/10. The GPU of the iPhone 3G, the PowerVR MBX, supports only OpenGL 1.1 ES…
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iPhone 3G is simply the best phone that i have owned. It is very stylish and its nice features. I also own an N97 but i like the iphone.