Many people wonder why the first iPhone was such a radically different design from the other iPhones that have been out there in more recent times. The main reason why the first iPhone has had such a bad design was the fact that it was really not the iPhone 3gs case phone it was made out to be. I think the iPhone 3G has really great reception and that in turn really helps out. The metallic backing of the iphone had really bad reception and so it really didn’t do it a lot of good but since the iPhone has the new black plastic it has better reception.