Hahahaha I completely agree. They admit the iPhone has horrible call quality and yet they give it a 3.7/5!!! Even with a dropped call. Another case in point: iPhone vs. Droid. In that test, they call the iPhone from the Droid (about 3 ft away) and it doesn't ring! And yet it still gets an above average score for call quality! I got an idea CNet: just give the iPhone a 1 point headstart so you can be honest with yourselves and give a REAL score in the call quality section! I thought these were called smartPHONES. If it cannot make a call, I'm sorry but i don't care how good Safari is.
Leave it to CNET and it's biased judges to give the iPhone's (dropped call) phone test to score ABOVE average. When they did the prizefight with the Motorola droid vs iPhone. They gave it the same rating when the iPhone didnt even ring during the test. LOL. Lame.
LOL, gotta love Apple fanboys! I guess Cnet should have compared the Nexus One with an imaginary iphone from the future. But wait, if they did that, wouldn't they be comparing a brand new iphone with a Nexus one thats been on the market for about 6 months? Hmmm..... none of what you say makes any sense. Good job mindlessly following the apple herd.
I'd be quite surprised to see anything substantially improved from Apple in 6 mo. Got to remember that iPad has essentially the same, broken, non-multitasking firmware from iPhone. Apple folks just don't know how to do multitasking. The only time they got i working was when they took BSD kernel into MacOS. Hey, maybe they are going to release iPhone with Android - that would be something :-))))
I'd be quite surprised to see anything substantially improved from Apple in 6 mo. Got to remember that iPad has essentially the same, broken, non-multitasking firmware from iPhone. Apple folks just don't know how to do multitasking. The only time they got i working was when they took BSD kernel into MacOS. Hey, maybe they are going to release iPhone with Android - that would be something :-))))
Well, doesn't that just point to the inherent problem with iphone? Or for that matter the entire range of apple products and Steve Jobs' totalitarian control freak mindset?
Wow, I am surprised that CNET swung in favor of the nexus. On another note, I think a better comparison of phones should be on their native features. It is kind of not a realistic comparison to say that the iPhone has a million apps, and the contender has 10,000 or whatever. The phone doesn't come with a million apps. Out the box functionality should be the scale when pitting one against another. For that case one could say that you can download an app for multimedia playback that will make your Android handset have better multimedia than the iPhone's, etc.
Agree. Are there any mp3 playing apps for the iphone? Because despite the cnet editors' inexperienced raving about the iphone/ipod's featureless + terribly designed media player, that thing SUCKS*. I doubt the built in one on the Nexus is any better, but I'm guessing there are other options, which, if they're going to give the iphone credit for its apps, should be taken into consideration. I know on winmo there are many media players to choose from, so I'd hope that's true for android.
Actually the nexus one is $179 under the same contract restrictions as an iphone. Get your facts straight. For $529 you get an unlocked version. Does apple or att allow you to buy an unlocked iphone? NO! Try picking up an unlocked iphone on ebay - $600-$1000. Again, get your facts straight
i believe you can get a "legally" unlocked iPhone, but not in the US. HK version of the Apple store sells one i remember from way when. $693.49 is the US conversion of their cheapest iphong 3gs 16 gigs. wups it is unlocked: "iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier." But $529 vs $693, the nexus is a better deal straight out!
"Actually the nexus one is $179 under the same contract restrictions as an iphone. Get your facts straight. For $529 you get an unlocked version. Does apple or att allow you to buy an unlocked iphone? NO! Try picking up an unlocked iphone on ebay - $600-$1000."
That's why I also said,
"Has only one calling plan available to get you out of paying full price."
"Again, get your facts straight."
Repeating it doesn't make you less reading comprehension-impaired.
$693? I paid $949 for my factory unlocked Iphone 3gs 32gb - brand new because i didnt want to spend that much money on a phone and not have a warranty (so jailbreaking was out for me). Well, the iphone cannot use tmobile 3g so im stuck with a $1000 phone that crawls when im out of wifi range...
the phone itself is quite nice... keyboard is a pleasure... but having all these extra iphone accessories, instead of the standard miniusb that all my other devices use... the pain of using itunes, apple politics... and slow web browsing on tmo is killing it for me...
i'll miss the app store n the keyboard tho (especially)
however i have ordered the nexus one and will use as my primary phone for 1 week.... if it doesnt cause me too much pain then my 1 week old factory unlocked 32gb iphone may be up for grabs :)
LMAO!! love how all the apple fanboy junkies are so offended that someone would actually suggest that their beloved iphone isn't the winner. Really, what did they think would happen to a product that's almost a year old? Did they think the competition would just throw up their hands, give up, and surrender to Apple? At this point, besides being an apple junkie's fix, the iphone does almost NOTHING better than other phones on the market, and it was never good at doing what a phone is supposed to be good at - making and staying connected to phone calls! I would hope that by this summer Apple will roll out something that kicks Nexus One's butt. But I also hope that by the fall somebody responds to Apple and brings out an even better product. Thats called progress. In a free market society (or whats left of it) competition is supposed to spur progress. So all you sulking, whining, indignant fanboys, don't worry! Old Steve is gonna buy a new black turtleneck in about 6 months, jump up on stage and give you your next fix. Then you can plunk down your hard earned cash for something only your vanity needs, show it off to all your friends, and enjoy the warm rush of being an apple junkie.
I'd be quite surprised to see anything substantially improved from Apple in 6 mo. Got to remember that iPad has essentially the same, broken, non-multitasking firmware from iPhone. Apple folks have to learn how to do multitasking first - like they are still in 1990. The only time they got it working was when they took BSD kernel into MacOS. Hey, maybe they are going to release iPhone with Android - that would be something :-))))
That's the only thing I don't get. If a dropped call during a call quality test still warrants a 4 then what that hell has to happen to get a 1, or 0?
So you dial the number and it calls the wrong person? Or, you dial and it just sits there looking back at you? Or maybe you dail the number and hit send and the phone decides to blow up and take your hand off? (The might be a build issue though, not call quality. Unless maybe you were talking when it happened.)
You're missing one moot point. ATT isn't "everywhere". Verizon or T-Mobile isn't either. ATT is the ONLY provider in S.E. OK. My neighbor can't use their Verizon phone in their own home ... but I can my ATT. So take your thumbs outta' your ears. Bring your Nexus phone to my house and find out that T-Mobile doesn't work here. Then test my iPhone. Face it ... cell providers are the weak link to ANY phone!
@Dominick: ATT and Tmobile both use the same GSM technology for phone calls. At least with my nonfancy standard slide phone (Tmobile) if I don't have access to Tmobiles network I can still make calls over an available ATT network. I am assuming that this is still a rather normal capability and most Tmobile phones (or at least those unlocked) would be able to do the same thing.
The IPhone lost a prizefight on CNET!!?? I can not believe it! I still don't get how two of the judges gave the IPhone a 4 on call quality when it actually dropped a call during the tests. Maybe they aren't trying to slam Apple too much for choosing crappy ATT but they made their bed and should be grilled for it.
I would buy the IPhone over the Nexus one IF it were available on verizon AND I didn't have to use ITunes. Alas, the former won't be here for a while and the latter shall never be. And the Nexus 1 has too many first time quality issues as well as a questionable business model. Seriously, I can't go to the store to try it out first! And I can't go to the store if I have a problem with it!
Going to Verizon this weekend to choose between the Droid and Eris, TYVM.
Take a look at the other iPhone and iPod prizefights. I think this is the first one where the iPhone lost and if you look at the comments, the comments were against the Apple products. So far I've seen the same bashing of the iPhone on this topic.
Was Steve Jobs wrong about Google and Adobe? He didn't say anything that millions and millions of others aren't saying about Google.
Can I listen to Audible format audio books on Nexus One? Will I have to organize my music manually? Can you control your music from your headphones with Nexus One? How much will it cost to upgrade my memory? Does it have a find my phone online feature or the ability to remote wipe my memory? I don't drop calls on AT&T in south Florida so that is not a big selling point for me. I really like the Google integration on the Nexus One. I wish I could just speak the street names and get directions on the iPhone. It would be hard to live without iTunes. It is not that I don't know how to organise my music without it, it is just that I have better things to do with my time.
I like some of the features of this phone but it can't replace my iPhone yet. I'm glad that Google keeps Apple from getting complacent though.
Can I listen to Audible format audio books on Nexus One? - doubletwist application (approved by tmobile)
Will I have to organize my music manually? - doubletwist
Can you control your music from your headphones with Nexus One? - yes you can, google even included them
How much will it cost to upgrade my memory? - cheap <$50 for 16 gigs
Does it have a find my phone online feature or the ability to remote wipe my memory? - you can find your phone, remote swipe no
"I really like the Google integration on the Nexus One. I wish I could just speak the street names and get directions on the iPhone." - love this feature about nexus. i once did, "nagivate to XXX train station" and i could not believe it found it on first try
"It would be hard to live without iTunes. It is not that I don't know how to organise my music without it, it is just that I have better things to do with my time." - doubletwist is ithe itune of music/video organization. it's still early version, but it's been approved by t-mobile. so i cant wait to see how they advance it in the comming years
Actually doubletwist sounds pretty cool. I'm not finding anything about audible support other than that they don't support audible. I know DRM is lame but they are the only ones with the books I want.
Audible seems to be working with T-mobile to develop their app from what i read in forums, or at least figure out how. perhaps we'll see it in the near future.
Number of free and paid remote wipe apps on the market http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/org.ajeje.remotewipe/ http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bg.rootmgrp/ http://www.smobilesystems.com/anti-theft/
and no doubt coming soon from Google http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/02/03/google-apps-remote-wipe/
Do you have one? What are you basing your statement on? I have one and it's call quality is not that bad. The AT&T service certainly leaves much to be desired but the call quality of the phone itself is great.
The AT&T service on my Motorola Z9 works great. Sound quality is very good on this phone on this network. Explain " the call quality of the phone itself is great."
Kind of feels good to finally have someone take out the iPhone...no wonder Steve Jobs is throwing fits and bad mouthing Google. True both devices have different strengths and shine in their respective niches, but I believe the Android OS has so much more to offer than the iPhone. Android has moved very quickly in the last year and evolved from a mediocre OS to lust worthy OS in 2.0. Sure Android has a lot to refine but it sure is getting there.
The iPhone has been here for quite some time now and its starting to show its age. Now I'm sure that with iPhone 4G, or whatever it ends up being, will bring a needed fresh update to the OS; on the other hand if the iPad is any indication of where the 4G OS is going to go I feel Apple is missing out on a great opportunity to make a great new iPhone OS that places it firmly as a kind of cell phones. But who am I kidding? Steve Jobs has it all figured out for us, we don't need smart phones and netbooks, because Apple rules the universe with "general purpose devices" that make all other things in life obsolete.
Apple folks have to learn how to do multitasking first - like they are still in 1990. The only time they got it working was when they took BSD kernel into MacOS. Hey, maybe they are going to release iPhone with Android - that would be something :-))))
I'm not here to take away from the Nexus One's win. Without ever having used the phone, I'm sure it's deserving of the praise it's getting and the win it earned in this comparison.
However, it's interesting to see how many iPhone detractors there are out there, calling out all the iPhone fanboi Steve Jobs worshiping cult members for enjoying and defending their phones. It seems easy for those short-sighted readers to forget that, before the iPhone, the kind of tight integration between media, email, web browsing, and phone, not to mention between software and hardware, offered by the iPhone didn't really exist. The Palm Treo made a good showing for a few years, but the iPhone really did take phone software and usability to the next level.
I won't defend the iPhone against its shortcomings when it first debuted, most notably the glaring lack of 3G, MMS, copy/paste, etc. These are things, however, that have been addressed over the various releases we've seen of the iPhone and the iPhone OS. It seems to me that once a company has begun pioneering a new experience, no new release has every conceivable feature available on the market. While the Nexus One does incorporate many sought after features, I wouldn't call their experience new or groundbreaking - as it stands, the iPhone and iPhone OS have been a sort of benchmark for years, and despite what many people feel or believe, new phones strive to recreate the experience the iPhone provides, including the Nexus One.
I am an iPhone user, and if you knew me, you'd know that there are various times throughout any given day where I'm cursing my iPhone for this or that, for no tethering, or for sometimes crappy battery life; overall, however, I think it's a great device that has absolutely changed the industry. Many of you naysayers may disagree, and to that end, you will always be here, no matter what the iPhone offers, nitpicking it and ignorantly dismissing the fact that millions of users are satisfied with the experience it offers.
The iPhone 3GS is a great device, and an average phone. Yes it changed the industry, and now Android is doing the same. Open source is the future. Look at your phone- seriously, take a look at it! It looks like every other iPhone out there. Same form factor, same home screen. On my G1, I have a picture frame of my daughter, with "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010" wallpaper, I can see my calendar, read the latest local news, see my contact notifications, read the weather forecast, ALL WITHOUT OPENING AN APP. As soon as I turn on my phone, that's what I get. I customized it for my needs and tastes. Every Android phone is customized for their owner. Every Android phone is personal. THAT's GROUNDBREAKING. THAT'S A TRUE USER EXPERIENCE. Android is the new revolution. Enjoy your iPhone. It's a great device. I'll enjoy my Android. It's an extension of ME.
Without seeing what Apple has in store for the next version of their OS, I hardly think a sweeping generalization like "Android is the new revolution" is a valid statement. And like I offered in my original post, you don't really need to sell me on the Android operating system - I know it's good, and I know that's why it won this comparison.
I think the point you're missing is that millions of people actually like the iPhone and the iPhone OS. They like the way their phone operates, the way it looks, the functionality it offers, etc. These people actually elected to buy this phone, more than likely after having experienced a friend's phone, or a store model. How is it that you can dismiss that kind of success because you happen to not like it? That doesn't take away from a user experience that people love and have chosen time and again.
I'm not trying to pit my phone against yours, or my OS against yours, but customization is hardly a reason to call something groundbreaking and revolutionary. A true user experience is being able to use your phone how you want to - you and others have found that with the G1/Android, and millions have found that with the iPhone.
Actually there were many smartphones around in 2007 which had excellent integration with email and phone. The browsers on these smartphones were pretty sorry and the media was so-so. The problem was that these phones were not easily available in the US. Sony Ericsson had a line of Pxxx phones which were decent until the P990.. Nokia made great phones, but didn't have the touch interface. None of them were subsidized. Blackberry and Treo were the only subsidized smartphones available in the US through contracts.
What I love the iPhone for is making the touch interface a pre-req for every smartphone, and making the web browsing tolerable on small devices. It created a simple user experience for the majority of the population. Apart from that, I'm afraid that the iPhone did nothing. Until the 3GS, it was crippled and slow. And it's still fairly crippled for a power user.
The Nexus One had a great opportunity to change the business model. We pay far far too much for voice and data in the US. It's completely ridiculous that a smart phone should cost you $3000+ over the course of two years. So selling a Nexus One for $500 and then paying $30 a month for unlimited voice+data would have been revolutionary. Google probably realized that the environment is not yet right for a revolution. It was not there in 2007 for Apple either, but to their credit, they took the bull by the horns and changed the lanscape. Google threatened to do it, but folded. On top of that, they did reparable damage with their inept customer service. But Google learns and improves, so there's hope.
As far as the device itself is concerned, for me, the G1 was better than the iPhone. I need a keyboard, so the Nexus One won't cut it for me. But I'm sure the next Nexus with a keyboard will be my next phone.
Apparently you base it your statements on a lack of facts. The N95 by nokia was the one that stood out to me, now granted it didn't have a touchscreen but plenty of other phones did.
I would have to say I agree with everything, but honestly... the iPhone would have won if the last category was removed. Poor iPhone being associated with at&t and their crappy call quality.
Actually, the call quality issue is not AT&T's fault alone. I've had several phones with ATT and never had as horrible a call quality as I did with the iPhone.
The Nexus One is an amazing phone but the business model is seriously flawed. People need to be able to actually hold/play with it before being willing to plunk down cash and/or commit too a two year agreement. People I work with who own the 3GS are typically very impressed once they actually get to handle the phone, and it's not uncommon to visibly see their faces sink as they realize their phone isn't the top dog anymore. The true fanboys/girls will then immediately ask how many apps android has:) The bottom line is the Nexus is an incredible phone with poor marketing, the 3GS is ALSO an incredible phone albeit with much better marketing, and I'm sure the next iPhone will beet out the Nexus. Let's hope the battle between Google, Apple, Palm, and Microsoft for the ultimate phone continues to rage on because we all win then! By the way, there is a new update for the Nexus going out now (I've already gotten it) that enables multi-touch in the native apps...I wonder if that would have given the Nexus a bigger win:)
What about being able to talk and use internet at the same time? We always hear about multi-tasking, but in my opinion the best multi-tasking is the ability to search for something over the internet while you are talking. I use this feature ALL the time on the iPhone and it works perfectly. You cannot do this with any of the google phones.
Also, the fact the Apple Ap store is leaps and bounds better than ANY competition is such overkill.
I think this once again shows cnet's bias against all things APPLE.
Really? Biasness AGAINST apple? The day of the iPad announcement, 4 of the 5 flash article spots were about apple changing the game, and over 50% of the story links below that were about apple, either ipad or iphone.
If anything CNET has a bias FOR apple. I don't blame them, b/c it is a really good phone. I'm just glad to see that CNET is able to rank another phone higher than the iphone. For once.
I am typing on a MacBook right now, but I do not have the blind fanboy faith in apple's unquestioned, constant superiorty that you do.
Actually, you're absolutely wrong about not being able to talk and use the internet at the same time on Android - that's a Verizon vs. At&t thing, or more specifically, a cdma vs. gsm thing. If you have T-mobile you can talk and use data at the same time, just like At&t, except with an iPhone that's about where the "multitasking" ends!
where do you get your information from?? i talked to my GF a doze them with my phone and multi-tasked over t-mobile. I've done translations, played music tunes, looked up travel destinations while all still on the phone with her. all worked beautifully. If you think this feature is new with iphone, then i feel sad for you.
i have an iphone and i have played with this phone and i was very impressed...it took alot for me to appreciate a non-jailbroken iphone...theres just too much missing and the nexus has those missing pieces...this prizefight has the right result, but i still think how the categories are being judged may be a bit off
1) if you knew anything about Android and Native C programming you would know that the average Android app is 2mb, so you can do a hell of alot with 512 RAM
2)HTC has outstanding customer support for the Nexus, but because you go off others words, you have no idea
3)If you bought an iPhone on release date, you never held one either unless you knew someone with one.
4)Who needs FM with iHeart radio & all the internet radio your heart desires
5)You poor uniformed soul. Google only offer 1 plan, but you can use the phone on any plan you like. Im currently using mine on a Tmobile 1500 min family plan and I still paid the discounted price, not $529
The only people with gripes about the Nexus One are those who don't own one. Ask anyone who owns one & they will quickly tell u, it the best phone they ever had.
How were you able to get the discount for a T-Mobile family plan? When I tried that, google told me that it cannot modify family plans and I would have to purchase the phone for $529...
T-Mobile let's you do pretty much any minimal addition to your current plan in order to qualify if you don't want to scrap your plan because you have something you really like in it. The key thing is to talk to T-Mobile folks. The are the only ones who know their plans and tricks to play so that you still get new phone and remain a happy customer.
Was better :-) if it was hybrid ... till it started trying to control you instead of letting you control it's machinery. Hey that does sound like iPhone - does Steve Jobs have a seat at Toyota's board? Just asking :-)))))))))
I agree with you that the Iphone multimedia capabilities for syncing on multiple computers are kinda stupid, however this can easily be overcome with sharepod.
Am I the only one who remembers that the Nexus One is only available on Tmobile right now? I used to have them and I wanted to shoot myself, there is NO coverage, its slower than at&t, and they always drop calls, even with 5 bars... seriously CNET?... fail!
I have T-Mobile in Atlanta and it's miles better than AT&T which is ironic since Cingular is based in Atlanta. But I have seen their coverage map and I have no trouble believing that you don't have any T-mobile coverage. But where they do have coverage, they are the provider to beat since their customer service is really really good. They bend over backwards to help you and the 3G is most definitely faster than AT&T. Apart from Sprint, they are the fastest speeds in the US. In fact AT&T won't be delivering widespread HSPA+ till the end of 2010. AT&T can no longer claim to have the fastest 3G. T-mobile took that crown from them last December.
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When they did the prizefight with the Motorola droid vs iPhone. They gave it the same rating when the iPhone didnt even ring during the test. LOL. Lame.
*IMO
http://store.apple.com/hk/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco=OTY2ODA0NQ
That's why I also said,
"Has only one calling plan available to get you out of paying full price."
"Again, get your facts straight."
Repeating it doesn't make you less reading comprehension-impaired.
the phone itself is quite nice... keyboard is a pleasure... but having all these extra iphone accessories, instead of the standard miniusb that all my other devices use... the pain of using itunes, apple politics... and slow web browsing on tmo is killing it for me...
i'll miss the app store n the keyboard tho (especially)
however i have ordered the nexus one and will use as my primary phone for 1 week.... if it doesnt cause me too much pain then my 1 week old factory unlocked 32gb iphone may be up for grabs :)
So you dial the number and it calls the wrong person? Or, you dial and it just sits there looking back at you? Or maybe you dail the number and hit send and the phone decides to blow up and take your hand off? (The might be a build issue though, not call quality. Unless maybe you were talking when it happened.)
I would buy the IPhone over the Nexus one IF it were available on verizon AND I didn't have to use ITunes. Alas, the former won't be here for a while and the latter shall never be. And the Nexus 1 has too many first time quality issues as well as a questionable business model. Seriously, I can't go to the store to try it out first! And I can't go to the store if I have a problem with it!
Going to Verizon this weekend to choose between the Droid and Eris, TYVM.
Was Steve Jobs wrong about Google and Adobe? He didn't say anything that millions and millions of others aren't saying about Google.
I like some of the features of this phone but it can't replace my iPhone yet. I'm glad that Google keeps Apple from getting complacent though.
Will I have to organize my music manually? - doubletwist
Can you control your music from your headphones with Nexus One? - yes you can, google even included them
How much will it cost to upgrade my memory? - cheap <$50 for 16 gigs
Does it have a find my phone online feature or the ability to remote wipe my memory? - you can find your phone, remote swipe no
"I really like the Google integration on the Nexus One. I wish I could just speak the street names and get directions on the iPhone." - love this feature about nexus. i once did, "nagivate to XXX train station" and i could not believe it found it on first try
"It would be hard to live without iTunes. It is not that I don't know how to organise my music without it, it is just that I have better things to do with my time." - doubletwist is ithe itune of music/video organization. it's still early version, but it's been approved by t-mobile. so i cant wait to see how they advance it in the comming years
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/org.ajeje.remotewipe/
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.bg.rootmgrp/
http://www.smobilesystems.com/anti-theft/
and no doubt coming soon from Google
http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/02/03/google-apps-remote-wipe/
The iPhone has been here for quite some time now and its starting to show its age. Now I'm sure that with iPhone 4G, or whatever it ends up being, will bring a needed fresh update to the OS; on the other hand if the iPad is any indication of where the 4G OS is going to go I feel Apple is missing out on a great opportunity to make a great new iPhone OS that places it firmly as a kind of cell phones. But who am I kidding? Steve Jobs has it all figured out for us, we don't need smart phones and netbooks, because Apple rules the universe with "general purpose devices" that make all other things in life obsolete.
I'm putting my bets (and money) on Android.
However, it's interesting to see how many iPhone detractors there are out there, calling out all the iPhone fanboi Steve Jobs worshiping cult members for enjoying and defending their phones. It seems easy for those short-sighted readers to forget that, before the iPhone, the kind of tight integration between media, email, web browsing, and phone, not to mention between software and hardware, offered by the iPhone didn't really exist. The Palm Treo made a good showing for a few years, but the iPhone really did take phone software and usability to the next level.
I won't defend the iPhone against its shortcomings when it first debuted, most notably the glaring lack of 3G, MMS, copy/paste, etc. These are things, however, that have been addressed over the various releases we've seen of the iPhone and the iPhone OS. It seems to me that once a company has begun pioneering a new experience, no new release has every conceivable feature available on the market. While the Nexus One does incorporate many sought after features, I wouldn't call their experience new or groundbreaking - as it stands, the iPhone and iPhone OS have been a sort of benchmark for years, and despite what many people feel or believe, new phones strive to recreate the experience the iPhone provides, including the Nexus One.
I am an iPhone user, and if you knew me, you'd know that there are various times throughout any given day where I'm cursing my iPhone for this or that, for no tethering, or for sometimes crappy battery life; overall, however, I think it's a great device that has absolutely changed the industry. Many of you naysayers may disagree, and to that end, you will always be here, no matter what the iPhone offers, nitpicking it and ignorantly dismissing the fact that millions of users are satisfied with the experience it offers.
Without seeing what Apple has in store for the next version of their OS, I hardly think a sweeping generalization like "Android is the new revolution" is a valid statement. And like I offered in my original post, you don't really need to sell me on the Android operating system - I know it's good, and I know that's why it won this comparison.
I think the point you're missing is that millions of people actually like the iPhone and the iPhone OS. They like the way their phone operates, the way it looks, the functionality it offers, etc. These people actually elected to buy this phone, more than likely after having experienced a friend's phone, or a store model. How is it that you can dismiss that kind of success because you happen to not like it? That doesn't take away from a user experience that people love and have chosen time and again.
I'm not trying to pit my phone against yours, or my OS against yours, but customization is hardly a reason to call something groundbreaking and revolutionary. A true user experience is being able to use your phone how you want to - you and others have found that with the G1/Android, and millions have found that with the iPhone.
What I love the iPhone for is making the touch interface a pre-req for every smartphone, and making the web browsing tolerable on small devices. It created a simple user experience for the majority of the population. Apart from that, I'm afraid that the iPhone did nothing. Until the 3GS, it was crippled and slow. And it's still fairly crippled for a power user.
The Nexus One had a great opportunity to change the business model. We pay far far too much for voice and data in the US. It's completely ridiculous that a smart phone should cost you $3000+ over the course of two years. So selling a Nexus One for $500 and then paying $30 a month for unlimited voice+data would have been revolutionary. Google probably realized that the environment is not yet right for a revolution. It was not there in 2007 for Apple either, but to their credit, they took the bull by the horns and changed the lanscape. Google threatened to do it, but folded. On top of that, they did reparable damage with their inept customer service. But Google learns and improves, so there's hope.
As far as the device itself is concerned, for me, the G1 was better than the iPhone. I need a keyboard, so the Nexus One won't cut it for me. But I'm sure the next Nexus with a keyboard will be my next phone.
Also, the fact the Apple Ap store is leaps and bounds better than ANY competition is such overkill.
I think this once again shows cnet's bias against all things APPLE.
If anything CNET has a bias FOR apple. I don't blame them, b/c it is a really good phone. I'm just glad to see that CNET is able to rank another phone higher than the iphone. For once.
I am typing on a MacBook right now, but I do not have the blind fanboy faith in apple's unquestioned, constant superiorty that you do.
where do you get your information from?? i talked to my GF a doze them with my phone and multi-tasked over t-mobile. I've done translations, played music tunes, looked up travel destinations while all still on the phone with her. all worked beautifully. If you think this feature is new with iphone, then i feel sad for you.
2)HTC has outstanding customer support for the Nexus, but because you go off others words, you have no idea
3)If you bought an iPhone on release date, you never held one either unless you knew someone with one.
4)Who needs FM with iHeart radio & all the internet radio your heart desires
5)You poor uniformed soul. Google only offer 1 plan, but you can use the phone on any plan you like. Im currently using mine on a Tmobile 1500 min family plan and I still paid the discounted price, not $529
The only people with gripes about the Nexus One are those who don't own one. Ask anyone who owns one & they will quickly tell u, it the best phone they ever had.