Apple iPhone 3G [S] vs. HTC/Google Nexus One

I ordered mine late last night. Ditched all of my other phones already, except for the Hero. My iPhone 3G is provided through work, but it'll be on the backburner, without a SIM. Can't wait til my Nexus One gets here tomorrow.
 
FFR - I am agreeing with you. "They didn't want to". Bottom line is there are a lot of good Android phones out there and a lot of us original supporters (G1, MT3G) etc will be upgrading soon a having all kinds of options. Its nice to have options. Other than black or white. Its easy for Apple fans to jump to the next Apple phone because there is only 1. That is why they sell the huge amounts. Most - to their previous buyers. The phones that excites me at the moment are SE x10, Nexus, Moto tablet (not in US yet), Inbrics M1, Acer A1, and about a 1/2 dozen others I can't think of at the moment. I'm guessing you are looking forward to the next iPhone? The funny thing is Google wins either way. If the phone has web capability then Google wins. LOL
 
If I was an AT&T user I would defiantly get the AT&T nexus one over an iphone. Just a better phone overall. Handles emails, calls a lot better, the OS is just 10X better
 
So my first example of multitasking isn't intensive? I fail to believe that.

If the only example of intensive is RSS then so be it. I rarely use that anyways and when I do I still have no lag or studder while listen to music or watching vids. In any case that would be more of a bandwidth issue than CPU.





Actually no, but I know enough. I stated "what" cause I fail to see what any of this has to do with the conversation.

Regardless of all the tech jargon your throwing at me, the fact is the iPhone still runs apps while mulitasking with jailbreak. They are not dormant. And many apps do check for events and alerts while closed. I don't even multitask BeeJive or Palringo(cause it can kill the battery) and hours later after I close it I still get alerted with new IM's. Same thing with many other apps.






Lets see, my weather is always up to date on my lockscreen and weather icon. I get my emails push instantly. I get pushed alerts instantly from many apps like News, IM, etc: while closed out. What's missing that lacking functionality? :befuddled






True, didn't realize that.





And what's the point if the end result equals the same functionality?




Never argued that any device is better or worst at multitasking. I will however state that the iPhone OS is still the smoothest OS in general yet. Not taking anything away from Android because of that.
 
As a 3gs owner, watching vids of the Nexus one makes my iPhone look lame lol. I appreciate my 3gs for it's capabilities, but man steve snobs needs to step up to the plate with the os, I couldn't imagine using an iPhone Pre 3.0.

I would def take n1 over Droid, the n1 is pretty much the crown of android, the flagship of the mothership (big G). While that in reality means nothing, I generally think its overall a better device, in opinion though.
 
I was being sarcastic.
Google apparently does care because they cut the price of the nexus one to t-mobile subscribers by 100 dollars.
and to answer your question, I am patiently waiting the next curve with an optical trackpad.
I will wait till the 27 to see if I am or am not interested in the new iphone. However I have no interest in the android platform at its present incarnation, maybe froyo might change that. :buddies:
 
First week's sales number is in and it seems though the nexus one is not an iphone killer

flurry-nexus-one.jpg




*Edit:
The first iphone sold 270,000 units in the first 2 days

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2007-07-25-apple_N.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2007-07-25-apple_N.htm
 
Not only that but the reviews have been mixed, saying it really is not better than any other android device, despite its fast cpu etc.

There have been hundreds of "iPhone Killers" over the years, all proven false. This is just another along the way.
 
The problem is that I cannot update a jail broken iPhone to the new OS. It means you have to buy a new iPhone, with the latest OS or install it before you jail break it. Its a big deal because you have created a virtual underground of JB iPhones. In effect, the iPhone market is already fractured between those who are still "legal" and those who are jail broken.

On Android, even if the phone is rooted and made unlocked, you can always update it, without consequence it would be bricked or revert back to its locked form. Thus an Android that is "jail broken" isn't really jail broken but still part of the "legal" community.
 
Nexus One is a very well designed phone, surprisingly something so simplistic would ship from HTC. The one thing that could make me even happier is to replace that useless trackball with an optical trackpad. I hate replacing trackballs.
 
I'm currently in that boat....I'm thinking I'll pick up a Nexus, see what Android is like as a main OS, then likely pick up a 4G this summer(when its launched), unless I fall in love with Nexus
 
I had a Rogers magic when it was new and I liked it but coming from a blackberry it was difficult to use so I went back to a bb, wouldn't mind a nexus one as a secondary phone or a milestone... Definitly a desire when it comes out or the legend.
 
again, I said that *I* find. Better is an opinion, not a fact. You put NOT in capital letters like you just uncovered a fact that proves something. I didn't even bother to go to your link because I couldn't care less what cnet says. Of all the pics I've taken the color has been much better on the iPhone in well lit situations but neither of them come close to any of my Nokia phones. When I think of a camera on a phone the iPhone or Nexus One aren't exactly the first two devices that come to mind. Pics I took on the Nexus were decent. Better than any other HTC offering I've seen but that's not saying much. where it kills the iPhone and what is inexcusable on the iPhone is the flash but most cameraphone pics are ones I usually take while outdoors when I don't have a dedicated camera with me.

Camera is the last reason I'd ever return or sell a phone. The keyboard was the main sticking point for me along with the horrible location of the keys below it. Like I said, I'll be back to Android, I really like it and am bored with the iPhone OS (although that could change with 4.0), but for now it just seems to be what works best for me along with my 9700 which I use for my work line.
 
This is absolutely ridiculous!

So, on an iPhone, you can have FIVE HUNDRED apps, and then go browsing page after page, trying to remember where that app is? Seriously???

On an Android device, you can create a shortcut to your most used apps, and place them on one of five (or more, with add-on software) home pages, where they're easy to find!

Apps on an Android device can store data, such as images, music, video, those components which take up the most amount of space, on the SD card. Navigation programs already store maps to the SD card, and the basic program, usually less then 1mb, on internal space.

A new game has come out that stores about 7-8mb of data on the SD card, and the app itself is stored internally, which takes up less then 1mb.

Furthermore, downloading ANY app from the Android market takes all of 20-30 seconds! you keep your most often used apps on your device, and if you're really pressed for space, download seldom used apps when you need them (I have heard of exactly NOBODY that's run out of internal space with a Droid, Nexus One or any of the more current Android phones)

How is it that having page after page of small icons on an iPhone to search through isn't a problem, but somehow only being able to store around 200+ apps on an Adroid device suddenly makes the device useless???

I already have over 140 apps on my Droid, and out of about 250mb of internal storage, I have 67mb left. The Nexus One has, I believe, more then twice the amount of internal storage that the Droid has.

How many users of Smart Phones do you really think will download and use, over 200 apps??? Not many.

This is really a silly argument.
 
It is legal. And your saying a jailbroken iPhone can only half way multitask vs Android? I think your delusional on that one. :lolup:



Yes, other platforms might not need to jailbreak to multitask 3rd party apps but non are without their short comings that need some type of hack. One of the first things I do on a WM phone is change the registry & some of it's values. On some WM phones the policies block many 3rd party apps from being installed unless you change it via registry. Even Blackberry, Nokia, Palm etc: need hacks for certain functions and/or restrictions.

This is why I mentioned that on the iPhone, even a non tech savy person can jailbreak and add more functionality. Other OSs are much more difficult for the average user.



Please enlighten us on what a jailbroken iPhone can't do vs Nexus.
 
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