Nexus One vs. iPhone 3GS… iPhone Is No Longer a Smartphone
Google calls the N1 a new breed of phone, coining the term “superphone” to define the device. Some of the top gadget blogs make endless fun of this term… but I think the term superphone is very fitting… it is everything a next-generation phone should be, fast (1 GHz), stable, and so well integrated with Gmail, Facebook, and Google Maps. When you start up the phone, it asks for your Gmail username and password, that is it. Done. If you want to sync Facebook with the phone, it will ask you for that information too. Done. Calendars, contacts, emails all synced in one step. Facebook integration is outstanding. For example, if you are texting someone, at the top where their picture is, it will display their latest Facebook status update! A tap on the picture will pop up a list of ways to contact the person… mail, call, or check their Facebook page.
I loved my iPhone when it was new and innovative. That was three years ago. Now it just feels clunky and outdated. Exiting in and out of apps with no background services is plain silly… it is a smartphone, and by definition should multitask…. out of the box, not with a jailbreak that risks bricking your phone. However, one thing in favor of the iPhone is the robust app store, but in that same tune, who needs 358 iFart apps? A tad redundant.
Let me just get this let this out, there is no comparison between these two devices… other than that fact that they both have large capacitive touchscreens. Even that is a stretch, because Google’s Nexus One (N1) has the most beautiful display on any current mobile device, due to OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology and a high pixel count (800 x 480)… which is not only brighter and more vivid, but also saves battery life. Additionally, queezed into the organic-feeling shell of the Nexus One is a fantastic 5 megapixel camera with a flash! The camera is no longer clunky and slow like on the HTC Hero or HTC Magic.
Multitasking is where the Nexus One really shines. Chat programs run in the background so you don’t have to be in the application to stay online. All your notifications swing down from the top of the screen, and you can be in ANY application to access them. Slide down the notification bar, read an email, press the back button and you were right back where you left off, browsing the internet or playing a game. This is in stark contrast to the iPhone where you are forced to switch back and forth, homescreen, load, finally back where you were.
Not to mention stability. I had the HTC magic, a prerealease, and it only crashed on me once. It rebooted. Other than that, no Android device has ever crashed on me. My iPhone would crash daily, especially in Safari. Infuriating!
I strongly recommend the Nexus One over the iPhone. But if you are not in a hurry, you might want to wait a few months to see what apple comes out with their iPhone 4.0 software and hardware.
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