Best hardware out there at the moment? N8 hands-down, no competition.
Haven't personally tried the N8, so I can't comment on the hardware. The software looks horrible though.
How about Apple? I guess that you could think that gorilla glass
Glass on both sides of the phone? Both of my parents have the iPhone 4, and both of the backs of them are scratched shitless. I have seen countless people break the glass on the iPhone - it's highly vunerable because there is no bezel protecting the glass. There are very few ways you can possibly drop that phone that will not make
some impact on the glass.
sleek design (thinnest smartphone)
Certainly, it's very nice to look at/hold.
the highest resolution displays
The resolution is superb, yes. And I ****ing hate the PenTile layout. My Desire screen is way oversaturated
() and the iPhone screen is way undersaturated
(). The black levels on my AMOLED are very nice though...
creaking plastic battery covers that rarely sit flush after being prised off
Are you doing it right? The Desire battery cover is the best I've ever seen on any phone. It doesn't creak and takes 2 seconds to take off and 4 seconds to put back on. Much quicker than having to buy
an obscure screwdriver that will void your warrantee...
camera lens covers that need removing/replacing
Agreed.
Haven't heard of this...
This page is the third result... Either, it's a non issue, or an issue pertaining to all LCDs. The iPhone also has an LCD.
Remember kiddies - just because you bought something doesn't make it the best thing available. Sorry.
I didn't say it was the best thing available - in my opinion, it is a superb phone, naturally with some issues(camera lens cover, oversaturated screen).
I also note that you did not mention
any issues that the iPhone has; the glass issue I mentioned earlier; the way I hold the phone, my pinky bridges the antenna and the signal drops 28dBm, frequently dropping from 3G to GPRS; the fact that I can not install my own applications without a jailbreak. I wouldn't mind jailbreaking, if it weren't for
this.