Google One vs. Apple iPhone 3G [S] (was: Time To Step Up Apple)

[Trip D]

http://live.gizmodo.com/

Watch the live blog about Google's Nexus One.

 

[RyanW]

it will work on AT&T but only on EDGE, not 3G band?

 

[brian_zee]

I don't like it enough to pay $529 for it with no contract. I'd rather pay my $199 with subsidy for my iPhone 3GS. Either way you have to carry a PDA data plan on at&t to use it. So you'd be better off with an iPhone and subsidizing the price with the two year contract than getting a Nexus One and paying the same monthly as you would for an iPhone but shelling out $330 more for the phone.

 

[Kunmui]

Different frequencies.

That being said - looks like some good hardware.

I may have to jump ship when my contract is up.

 

[Kunmui]

after following the liveblog with a close friend - we've both come to the same conclusion:

"meh"

 

[timsy]

After using a Droid for 2 months, I think Android has to catch up to Apple. The features are cool, but in whole, the OS is just too damn buggy.

 

[Mrs.RobPattinson]

The Nexus One is $179 if you get a two year contract with T-Mobile.

And Verizon starts selling it in the Spring.

 

[saigesaunig]

If it had AT&T 3G I would pick one up in a second.

 

[mcgradycarter2000]

Same here.

I'd pick one up just so that I have an option of what phone I feel like using given my mood.

 

[Kracker]

one big omission on the NexusOne (being a T-Mo supported handset with AWS 1700 3G).... lack of UMA

i hope the next iphone has AWS bands on it, and UMA to boot... among all the other killer features it will have making the NexusOne look outdated in comparison

 

[Sheepy.....]

If I buy it unlocked do I still have to have a data plan?That does not make sense

 

[orcino]

You don't have to have a data plan if you don't want to use data. It just seems that most people buy a smartphone to have a data plan on it and use the data. Either way $529 is too steep for me on at&t. The subsidized cost isn't bad for other carriers.

 

[Princess95]

If it's an unlocked/unbranded phone, then AT&T won't recognize it as a PDA/smartphone, and you can use the $15 data plan, or none at all.
Still pretty pricey for not having 3G coverage for AT&T users.

Since they plan on building one for Verizon later this year, maybe they'll offer one with AT&T's 3G frequencies down the road.

 

[mstrahle25]

Wrong. AT&T won't require you to have a data plan because it's not an AT&T branded phone plus if you get a data plan you can get the $15 one.

 

[Yohannes]

You would be able to use the $15 unlimited data plan instead of the $30 iPhone plan. That would save you $360 over 2 years, making the nexus one actually cheaper. Plus you wont be locked into a 2 year contract.

 

[Adam and Joy W]

Via the IMEI AT&T will be able to tell what phone it is. Whether or not they allow it to work without a smart phone plan is another question.

 

[Sap]

Still,I have my doubts.When you activate an Android device you have to have a gmail account so you have to have data.If its for registration purposes only I can use wifi,but I'm afraid the Nexus will try to go online every 15 min just like G1 and it was no way to disable that.

 

[starlitebrite234]

Me too. Tmobile 3g coverage is just not big enough. I hope someone does the review vs iphone 3gs.

 

[Julia :D]

Here is the review http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/

 

[liza_longoria]

One of the big problems I see is the

This phone is being touted as the iPhone killer (as have so many others in the past) but I don't see how that is the case when one of the biggest draws to the iPhone is the App store. Yet they limit the amount of space for apps on the Google phone? Ya the graphics look cool and some other aspects of the phone are very nice but to not address storage space for applications is absurd.