Hey guys, i'm a noob here on the site. I've lurked for long enough before joining. no need to go into personal detail about me. just figured i'd throw this out there
As a previous user of the iPhone, and a current user of the Nexus One, I feel that I can provide a good unbiased point of view to the debate. I’m no fan-boy to either phone, and they are both great phones. I want to put an argument to each side. I’m not trying to make an end all argument by any means, but I will provide from both sides.
Processing speed: Nexus One
This can be debatable; however I noticed that when the iPhone is loaded up with apps, its performance suffers. It lags when opening apps. I’ve got comparable amount of apps on the Nexus and it’s quicker to load them up.
Apps: iPhone
Yes, the iPhone has to win this one. 100,000+ apps in the app store. More than half, however, are garbage. The Android Marketplace is new and up and coming so I feel, in another year it will be comparable. Maybe not by amount of apps, but quality of apps it should be a closer competition.
Keyboard: iPhone
I’m going to go with the iPhone. That was one thing I noticed immediately when I switched phones. Apples keyboard design was much easier to text on than the Nexus, even with “Better Keyboard”. I think it has more to do with screen width, not so much with sensitivity. Bigger buttons on the iPhone is an advantage.
OS Design: Nexus One
Android 2.1 is a beautiful operating system, and outstandingly user friendly. Apple has a great interface, but it’s become a bit dated and just lacks the appeal that 2.1 possesses.
Phone Design: Nexus One
Both phones are sleek, weigh about the same, have large visible screen, but palm of the hand feel, the visual aesthetics of the Nexus is wonderful. My only gripe is the track ball. WTF purpose does it serve?
Battery Life: iPhone
I’m a pretty heavy user of my phone on a daily basis. I consistently got my iPhone down to 20% or less from 0600 when take it off the charger til about 1700 when I get home. I’ve noticed that I need to make a conscious effort to use it less, so that I don’t have a dead phone by the time I get home. Luckily I have a spare charger at work.
Screen Output: Nexus One
AMOLED. Nuff said. The screen can be difficult to see outside in sunlight, in fact impossible to see outside… turn up the brightness. Congratulations. Fixed. Your welcome.
Camera: Nexus One
We’ve all seen the pictures an iPhone takes. I don’t need to go into detail.
Reception: N/A
I can’t honestly validate a winner here since I’m able to utilize the Nexus One’s 3g on T-Mobile, whereas with the JailBroken iPhone I was only able to painfully access EDGE.
Support: N/A
I said non applicable because with the Nexus, you can’t walk into T-Mobile with a problem, which is a bit of a pain in the ass honestly. But then again, with my JailBroken/unlocked iPhone, I couldn’t do it either. Unless I put it back to apple spec which meant rendering it useless anyways.
So you see, I haven’t picked a clear winner and I don’t intend to. I just put my opinion on several debated topics between the phones. It covers what it needs to cover. Which is all I intended to do in the first place.
Paradox
As a previous user of the iPhone, and a current user of the Nexus One, I feel that I can provide a good unbiased point of view to the debate. I’m no fan-boy to either phone, and they are both great phones. I want to put an argument to each side. I’m not trying to make an end all argument by any means, but I will provide from both sides.
Processing speed: Nexus One
This can be debatable; however I noticed that when the iPhone is loaded up with apps, its performance suffers. It lags when opening apps. I’ve got comparable amount of apps on the Nexus and it’s quicker to load them up.
Apps: iPhone
Yes, the iPhone has to win this one. 100,000+ apps in the app store. More than half, however, are garbage. The Android Marketplace is new and up and coming so I feel, in another year it will be comparable. Maybe not by amount of apps, but quality of apps it should be a closer competition.
Keyboard: iPhone
I’m going to go with the iPhone. That was one thing I noticed immediately when I switched phones. Apples keyboard design was much easier to text on than the Nexus, even with “Better Keyboard”. I think it has more to do with screen width, not so much with sensitivity. Bigger buttons on the iPhone is an advantage.
OS Design: Nexus One
Android 2.1 is a beautiful operating system, and outstandingly user friendly. Apple has a great interface, but it’s become a bit dated and just lacks the appeal that 2.1 possesses.
Phone Design: Nexus One
Both phones are sleek, weigh about the same, have large visible screen, but palm of the hand feel, the visual aesthetics of the Nexus is wonderful. My only gripe is the track ball. WTF purpose does it serve?
Battery Life: iPhone
I’m a pretty heavy user of my phone on a daily basis. I consistently got my iPhone down to 20% or less from 0600 when take it off the charger til about 1700 when I get home. I’ve noticed that I need to make a conscious effort to use it less, so that I don’t have a dead phone by the time I get home. Luckily I have a spare charger at work.
Screen Output: Nexus One
AMOLED. Nuff said. The screen can be difficult to see outside in sunlight, in fact impossible to see outside… turn up the brightness. Congratulations. Fixed. Your welcome.
Camera: Nexus One
We’ve all seen the pictures an iPhone takes. I don’t need to go into detail.
Reception: N/A
I can’t honestly validate a winner here since I’m able to utilize the Nexus One’s 3g on T-Mobile, whereas with the JailBroken iPhone I was only able to painfully access EDGE.
Support: N/A
I said non applicable because with the Nexus, you can’t walk into T-Mobile with a problem, which is a bit of a pain in the ass honestly. But then again, with my JailBroken/unlocked iPhone, I couldn’t do it either. Unless I put it back to apple spec which meant rendering it useless anyways.
So you see, I haven’t picked a clear winner and I don’t intend to. I just put my opinion on several debated topics between the phones. It covers what it needs to cover. Which is all I intended to do in the first place.
Paradox