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Verizon Droid vs. iPhone 3GS: in-depth feature comparison

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Hey, Verizon ticked all the boxes in the feature chart. Let’s see where that gets them :)

That review is wrong.... Android 2.0 supports multitouch

Not only that, he's completely smoking crack on a number of fronts:

> Compass

> Not that I can tell

All mainstream Android phones from the G1 to the Dream to the Hero have had compasses since a year before the 3GS came out. I would be very surprised if Droid omitted one - particularly since Google navigation, which depends on the compass, is debuting on the Droid.

> Note-taking app

> Not standard

> Voice Recorder app

> I’m not seeing it as a standard feature

That's what the market is for.

> Use as tethered modem?

> Through third-party apps at least, I think

No, in Android 2.0 itself as a standard feature.

> Web browser

> Webkit-based browser

> WebKit-based Safari

Huh? How does the browser being called Safari, or Android browser, or Chrome or Konqueror help me? What is the point he's trying to make here? Safari is generally slower in benchmarks that other webkit based browsers.

> E-Mail

> IMAP, POP, Gmail

He forgot Exchange.

Both the above linked post and this discussion here are very much the definition of missing the point.

I think BillShrink did a comparison here too:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-general-discussions/6...

Do you guys in the US really have to pay $150/month for an iPhone? Here in Aus, a 32Gb iPhone is free on an unlimited (data is 2GB) everything plan, including SMS, MMS and tethering, for just a bit over US$100/month

Actually, it's $171 after taxes. I'm staring at my AT&T statement right now! I think costs will come down soon though- T-Mobile and Sprint are really lowering the hammer on prices.

Wow. Since when is technology ever cheaper in Australia.

Just to re-iterate: Upfront: $0. Monthly: $99 (Unlimited Voice, SMS, MMS, 1.5GB Data, Tethering)

In US Dollars (even with the $AUD being high at the moment) that's about $89 / month with nothing upfront.

A reasonable voice and messaging plan with unlimited data is somewhere around $70 or $80 in the US. Unlimited voice and messaging will cost you.

Jesus. Here in the UK 500M is GBP 15.

AUD 100 for 2G is mental, sure it wasn't as bad as that a few years ago ...

Is that $150/month the only plan available for Droid? Verizon has a number of (pay less/get less) plans for their more vanilla phones.

Maybe it's a matter of waiting until next year. Been doing a lot of that lately...

That's not in-depth, that's a "brief overview".

Also, it has a compass.

Also doesn't Verizon have 5 times the 3G coverage of AT&T? I saw it in a commercial, so it must be true.

Hopefully this forces Apple to up the ante.

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