Apple iPhone 3GS vs Google/HTC Android Nexus One [gallery]
Dieter has his Google/HTC Android Nexus One here at CES, which means we grabbed it, put it next to our signature Apple iPhone 3GS, and took tons of pics.
First impressions: killer Google services. Killer. Solid hardware. Still Android OS 2.x, so while powerful and flexible, it hasn’t reached the user experience level of the iPhone OS yet. Nor media, of course. And it’s still not as fluid. On a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor. Really? But voice to search, launch, and type? Right back at killer.
Check out the pics after the break!
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Does the onscreen keyboard still suck, compared to iPhone, as it does on all other Android devices on the market?
I own both. No ifs ands or buts – the Nexus One has an absolutely awful touchscreen as compared the the iphone’s
downright irritating cause so much else about the Nexus is top notch.
Nick
typed on iPhone of course.
Shucks. i was hoping the Nexus was pretty good.
The number one reason why I wouldn’t switch from a touch screen to another is because I haven’t heard of / seen any one that beats the iPhone.
By the way, The images are at a suuuuuper large resolution when I enlarge it.
That size would be great to see details but the N1 is cut out of the high res version of the pics
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webos 1.4 on that thing and then you have to titans fighting it out. andriod is garabge….
Android is the fastest and full of apps garbage ever seen. Wait for an online IDE and it’s gonna be 1st forever
Ummmm the Nexus One has the same exact screen as on the iphone 3GS there both capacitive
The only reason the phone may stutter or lag if it happens is becuase it syncs constantly in the background and can multi-task
the Iphones OS is boring and you’ll see how good the Iphones OS runs once multi tasking is implemented…if that ever happens
The bad thing is you have no way of going to a store to try it out. I can’t see laying down $530 for something I haven’t tried out.
Why would I buy the NexusOne when I can’t play with it “in person” at a local store, first?
@frog
Yes…yes the keyboard sucks to high hell. And I’m an Android lover. You’d be better off using the speech-to-text or putting Swype on this bad boy (which I have fell in love with).
As far as everything else, I agree with Rene, which happens very rarely. The media player is garbage. Pure…garbage. If I was into using my phone as a MP3 player, I’d be highly upset at this.
The user experience. It’s subjective in my eyes. Android has never been difficult to me. Some people see choice as being “difficult” and such. But Android phones are as simple as you make it. Hell…you can leave your entire phone blank and run everything from the app drawer (or now the app ‘rolodex’). It doesn’t get any more simple than that. You’ll basically make your phone like the iPhone and have nothing but a launcher.
The lag and stutter though is something I just can’t find. I have 3 pages so far filled with icons and widgets. I haven’t noticed one single hiccup at all. Pages scroll smoothly. Screen is very responsive to all my touches. I have actually tried to make my phone stall and give me the force close that I’m so familiar with on my old G1 that sits bedside…and I just can’t do it.
The screen…beautiful. There really is no words for it. I also have to agree with every other reviewer that it feels good in your hand. Has weight, but not too much. Just that right amount to make you love it in your hand.
I honestly would not trade this for anything. Let me explain.
I do agree…this phone can have and does need a little more work (I like an all black phone for starters). No phone is perfect anyways.
But when compared to other phones, it’s been said…Android has the most potential. With this phone…this lets it shine through like no other has shown. And with a 1Ghz processor and 512MB ROM…trust, this will allow every Android update to be put on it to see that potential be reached.
I may rag on the iPhone, but I see it as the great, innovative (in some spots), sexy, mind grabbing product it is. But lets face it…the iPhone is getting kind of old. I’m expecting a big haul come this summer or else it’s just not doing it (Verizon would be that big haul).
They’ll hold the app variety title but for how long. Me and my friend had a contest about who could find which app in their stores. Out of about 20…I only couldn’t find 1 app. Which was a car starter. Yet it’s coming (Chevy has shown the app for the Volt already).
I have high hopes for iPhone and Android. I see them being the most prevalent OS in the future.
I SAW THE GOOGLE NEXUS ONE TODAY ,CAUSE MY FRIEND JUST GOT IT ONLINE. HERE ARE THE RESULTS:
LOOK 4/5 DESIGN 3/5 DURABILITY 3/5 ELEGANCE 3/5 USER EXPERIENCE 2.5/5 BATTERY PERFORMANCE 2/5 (I COULD NOT SEE THE INSIDE OF THE PHONE ,U KNOW WHY , HE SAID THE BATTERY DIES SO QUICK , IT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY ! hardware 4/5 OS system 3/5 (apple is still way ahead of the game and not only with the apple store , but the OS itself!
thanks..
Thanks for the fantastic side-by-sides! It’s not often you see a phone so similar in shape and size to the iPhone. This may be a stupid question but what does the little white nipple at the bottom do? It looks like a tiny little blackberry trackball or something?
@sly – Please don’t call iPhone-OS an OS. Any OS that doesn’t support multi-tasking is not a true OS. Simplifying implementations does give you stable results but simplifications are only for dummies. I consider iPhone only as upgrade to the iPod and nothing else.
@sly
That sounds so far fetched it’s not even funny. I’ve had my Nexus One since the 6th. This battery does not die quick…unless of course you’re hoping to get 24hrs out of it. Then by all comparisons…it dies quick. But I’m on 9hrs 8min 31sec and this phone has not died yet, not even close.
@G
It is in fact a trackball. I actually wish it was an optical trackpad since trackballs are mechanical and will fail. But eh…
@sly – Yeah! Running single application or process at a time does give u an upper hand in conserving battery usage. Its no rocket science to enforce that limitation. More concurrent processes -> more CPU usage. Buyers have to decide whether they want simple phone with restricted OS or a complex phone that makes choices harder for ppl. But hey, if u’re geek enough, you know the choices.
@iDavey thanks for the nice review bro
@eweh
No problem.
@JK. iPhone does have an OS. Just not a multi-tasking OS. Even a KRZR has an OS. And wait to see what Apple does with 4.0. One other thing is that WebOS is ahead of Android at this point. And yes I have use all of them.
Personally I think the iPhone still has the edge.
Does the “G”phone do flash? If so that cuts down on the iPhone’s “appvantage.”
Competition is getting closer. On the whole multitasking debate, I honestly don’t mind the current setup. Yes, I have to close pandora to answer a text which is annoying as all get out, but I think that will be fixed with the next update.
I appreciate Apple maintaining a standard for the end users experience. I used to be a true tech geek, I loved tweaking things with software and hardware, but now I don’t have the time. I want a fast reliable experience and the 3GS provides that. I have played with the droid and several models at AT&T and nothing provides as smooth a user experience as iPhone. The next iPhone will blow the competition away.
Do you honestly believe that Apple is gonna stand still? Do you honestly believe that Apple doesn’t know people are getting itchy because the device needs OS upgrades? Do you honestly believe that Apple doesn’t know it needs so upgrades to the software? Some people look at the glass as half empty entirely too much. Yes it hasn’t changed muched but every mobile phone that comes out with a phone is comng out with another every other month. People are still buying iPhones. They are not selling them as two for ones. None of that crap. These guys are much smarter than u think. I’m no fan boy. This is the second apple product I’ve actually used and brought since the apple 2e. The competition is putting everything except the kitchen sink in their phones and all around it’s still not better than the iPhone. People still flock to the first ones. People still get upgrades to the first one. Please just give the device the credit it deserves. It needs some work yes it does. But by the summer all the haters naysayers doubters are going be riding the bozack again. These cats have something up their sleeves. Bet on it. It’s not just a phone with an iPod. It’s a platform.
@Desmond
It’s not that Apple doesn’t see that people want these things. They do…and that’s why you shouldn’t expect too much.
Now I’m not saying the 4.0 isn’t going to be big, but don’t hold your breath. Apple is a business. Making money is their first priority. They know that the customers will buy it no matter what they do. They could move the Apple logo and just add a flash to it and people would buy it by the bundle! Apple knows this, so they aren’t pressured at all to give owners any real type of upgrade.
If Apple really gives a big shocker this summer, trust, I’ll be one with my jaw on the ground. If they could introduce (or “invent”) something that would make me even THINK about going back to AT&T…that would be an amazing sight.
I’d rather have a Yahoo! phone.
@fastlane
+1
LOL
“Nexus One” sounds a place in the Star Wars galaxy. Nexus One is for Jedi Geeks. Haha.
I just wish they keep the same design/shell. I love my leather accessories I have, AND WOULD HATE, should I have to shop for the right accessories again. And since they’re first at what they’re doing already, why change? Just more of a statement I suppose.
I own a Nexus one and the screen is amazing.. love it.
As for people saying the “touch” part of it is less?
that’s not really true at all, i love it
@Rene R.
Hey Rene, what notes app is that you guys are using in the photo’s of the nexus one?
The 3GS does not even have proper Bluetooth support – the audio reportedly sucks and when BT-SIG has moved from 2.0 to High-Speed 3.0, the latest iphone attempts hard to support BT 2.0. Only jailbroken phones through iBluetooth seems to support some additional BT services, such as FTP/OPP. As I said, iPhone is just a normal phone with a basic OS architecture. It isn’t a platform worth considering for serious application development.
@JK, you are so informative you must know it all, I will be sure to switch platforms today because I am way behind the time. Thanks for setting us straight.
no the keyboard doesnt suck. This is coming from someone who has an iphone 3gs. The phone is super smooth. The reason for people thinking its slow is because the animations themselves are fading animations. You can turn them off. The keyboard did get slow when i turned on vibrate and sound recognition. There must be something with the programming that doesnt like to do all 3 of those without a hitch. The keyboard with those turned off is actually quite responsive and way better than the droids. Overall its a great phone and I should be keeping it. Im just testing out the battery today. supposed 7 hrs of batter life on 3g in the words of this articles author..back to killer.
oh and i just finished reading some of these statments. I love the iphone. I do. I just am not a fan of it being so vanilla to the point that its crippling. I love the apps and they are of a higher quality. Android is getting better, just in time. the 2.0 android setup of contacts….amazing. I love being able to click on someones picture and have the options to email, call, text, facebook etc. It makes me not have to open as many applications at one time. I actually still use it in mostly an iphone manner. I havent had the need to multitask that much. Im actually fine with not multitasking. I wish apple would implement the notification in a palm/android way. I hate playing a game and then getting interrupted. Some games now are remembering where you left off but thats a poor way to handle something thats a bigger problem. Read my comment earlier about the sluggishness of the keyboard. Honestly most people no longer keep the click sound on their iphone keyboard and it doesnt have haptic feedback so its fair to say thats solved. Battery… like I said im testing it. Yesterday was horrible but today seems great. My iphone would need to be charged by now. I think the battery would be even better if my android phone wouldnt be suffering from this known issue of it dropping from 3g to edge over and over. I was told a firmware update will fix this soon. navigation…..back to killer. I can truely say the only things im missing from my iphone are the multitouch in the browser, tweetie lol and a far superior media experience. ok maybe some killer games and koi pond lol. (koi pond i can substitute with my live wallpaper of water lol.)
sorry for the long post but I would want to read this stuff too. Since there isnt a display model anywhere to figure this stuff out on my own. IM sure iphone 4 will blow it out of the water and then i will have to switch back again.
and to clarify i just read on some other site that the name nexus one is even worse than a jedi geek name. Which i would be ok with…its actually the name of a robot from a movie but the robot (droid) was called nexus nine? its some stupid sci-fi reference from like bladerunner or something lol. i forgot the movie that this article said it was from lol
In all honesty, after having an iPhone since 2007, you I think I’d quite happily swap it for a Nexus One.
Just because I pike the “learning curve”
few things hold me back, like the rock solid link to MobileMe and all my iTunes purchased content, but still it’s all getting a bit old now.
I’ll probably (hopefully) be all iPhone again come the 27th Jan.
Tough decision I think.
That “JK” guy is a laugh
so iPhone platform ist not is conducive to application production ……So those hundreds of thousands apps in the app store must be an elaborate illusion
@dread try building VNC server for iphone for enterprise level remote assistant and mobility solutions. Let’s see who laughs last. Such complex applications for remote control requires background processing. Also apple sucks in bluetooth implementation.
I don’t hate iphone – it’s just that the device is not good enough for complex applications. Refer zenprise.com and logmein.com for details.
JK, there is a VNC server for the iPhone.
There is a tutorial about how to transfer iTunes music to HTC Hero /HTC touch? http://fast-remove-drm.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-transfer-itunes-music-to-htc.html
This is a terrible article. Jeversion1′s post has more merit by far than this garbage.
Seriously Ijust got my Nexus and the screen is by far the bes I have ever seen, anywhere, ever. PERIOD. OLED is the new hotness and anything else is looking old and busted by comparison.
So dont trust the pics or the crap post. Once you actually hold a Nexus in your hand you will see the hardware is far and away better than the 3gs.
Also Android 2.1 beats iPhone 3.0 on many many counts. w00t!
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