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Droid, Pre, and iPhone compared

billshrink.com

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The weakness of the ubiquitous feature matrix is that you can't just put a check mark next to "usability".

I also thought it was goofy that this matrix didn't relate any of the associated turn-by-turn nav costs in the iPhone. You have to buy a pricey(for the app store) app and then pay a monthly subscription fee on top of that. This omission is odd especially considering that it's a blog, post and info graphic about costs.

I think it might be worth noting (much to the chagrin of the Apple haters) that the iPhone does pretty well in this comparison, despite its relative age.

That being said, my G1 is looking sadly impotent these days, and I'm wondering what kind of shenanegins I'd have to pull to keep my current T-Mobile plan, but use a Driod.

There isn't a GSM version of Droid (only rumors of one coming out), so Droid on T-Mobile wouldn't work.

The 3Gs came out the same time as the Pre, and after the HTC Magic.

Where are you getting this info? iPhone 3G came out a year before the Pre...

Article compared the iPhone 3GS, which is the latest model iPhone and hit the market June 2009. Note that "iPhone 3G" and "iPhone 3GS" are different models.

thanks. he updated his comment to say 3Gs...

Is it just me or does this not mention the keyboard, which is going to be a huge selling point for many Blackberry addicts?

Sliding keyboards are nowhere near as good as BlackBerry style keyboards.

I had an E71 for a while and the reason I loved it was because the keyboard was _always there_. It was never a pain to pull it out, wait for the screen orientation to flip, enter, close again. You just typed away.

The comparison to the G1 or the N75 with pull out keyboards was huge. It just added a mental road block into every action.

The nice part IMO about the G1's slide-out keyboard is that you get the choice of both worlds: immediate on-screen keyboard for quick input needs, and a nice proper keyboard (plus full screen space) for bigger input fields. Blackberry keyboards are painfully cramped by comparison...

Oh, I have no doubt it isn't as good as the BlackBerry keyboard. But it might be a good enough compromise for people who want something that's sort of iPhone-like but need a physical keyboard.

The Blackberry's not mentioned at all, which I think is a little sad. It's the only phone that's got a solid set of features that set it apart from the iPhone. Looking at the rest of these I basically see a bunch of me-too phones with no innovation.

such as? android is way more interesting than bb. much more owerful os

Blackberry's an enterprise product. It's still one of the most reliable workplace phones you can get. iPhone's trying to compete with it, but I think BB's still got the lead.

Android's got nothing unique to it beyond its being open source. It's basically a better Windows Mobile.

The difference in the cost of plans is a bit shocking. AT&T and Verizon are 50% more expensive than Sprint and T-mobile, and T-mobile doesn't appear to have a data usage cap.

Watch out though, T-mobile's 3g coverage is pretty terrible. http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx?WT.z_unav=mst_glob...

Not sure about AT&T, but Sprint does not have a data cap either.

This used to be true, but a while back Sprint added in a 5G cap like the others...

No love for nokia n900 :( Though it is not out yet

http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/specifications/

Only comes unlocked in US, 3G only works on tmobile.

Oy veh, I was looking at this and thinking this was a blog for a dude named "Bill Shrink", not a blog for bargain hunters (as in "shrink my bills").

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