{"id":141811,"date":"2010-01-05T18:09:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T23:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/05\/nexus-one-droid-or-iphone-%e2%80%94-which-should-you-buy\/"},"modified":"2010-01-05T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T23:09:31","slug":"nexus-one-droid-or-iphone-%e2%80%94-which-should-you-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/141811","title":{"rendered":"Nexus One, Droid, or iPhone \u2014 which should you buy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-151461\" href=\"http:\/\/mobile.venturebeat.com\/2010\/01\/05\/nexus-one-droid-or-iphone-which-should-you-buy\/iphone-6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-151461\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/977fd_iphone.jpg\" alt=\"iphone\" width=\"281\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Don&#8217;t have time to read through the thousands of long, gadget-nerdy posts about Google&#8217;s new Nexus One phone flooding the Internet today?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve made you a cheat sheet that compares the top three status-phones: Nexus, Droid and iPhone.\u00a0We&#8217;ll also tell you which one to buy when you&#8217;re done comparing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> $179 with service plan, $529 unlocked<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> $199 with service plan. $599 unlocked<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> $99 and up with service plan. $199 for the fast one, $599 for the fast one unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Carrier(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> T-Mobile. Coming soon to Verizon and to Vodaphone in Europe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>Verizon<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> AT&amp;T<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Size<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> 4.7&#8243; x 2.4&#8243; x 0.45&#8243;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>2.4&#8243; x 4.6&#8243; x 0.5&#8243;<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 4.5&#8243; x 2.4&#8243; x 0.48&#8243;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> 4.5 ounces<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> 6.0 ounces<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 4.8 ounces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> HTC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> Motorola<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> Apple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Operating System<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> Android 2.1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>Android 2.0<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> iPhone OS 3.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Screen Size<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>3.7&#8243;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>3.7&#8243;<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 3.5&#8243;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Screen Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>800 x 480 pixels, 267 pixels per inch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> , 854 x 480 pixels, 267 pixels per inch<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone: <\/strong>480 x 320 pixels, 163 pixels per inch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Standby Time on 3G network<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>250 hours<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> 270 hours<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 300 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Internet Use battery life<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>5 hours on 3G, 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> 6.4 hours<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 5 hours on 3G, 9 hours on Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Talk Time on 3G network<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>420 minutes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>420 minutes<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone: <\/strong>300 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Camera<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> 5 megapixels<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>5 megapixels<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> 3 megapixels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Number of available apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> 10,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> 10,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone: <\/strong>100,000 &#8212; yes, 10 times as many as Android Market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One Big Thing<\/strong> it has that the other two don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>Amazing text-to-speech conversion<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>A real keyboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone: <\/strong>The most apps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where can I get it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One:<\/strong> Google&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/phone\">new online store<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid:<\/strong> At the Verizon store or <a href=\"http:\/\/phones.verizonwireless.com\/motorola\/droid\/\">online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> At the Apple or AT&amp;T stores, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/\">online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watch out for &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nexus One: <\/strong>Multitasking apps is cool, but can drain the battery quickly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Droid: <\/strong>Heavier than the rest. The camera &#8220;sucks,&#8221; says Gizmodo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone:<\/strong> No multitasking for apps. AT&amp;T coverage in San Francisco and New York is hard-to-believe bad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-151422\" href=\"http:\/\/mobile.venturebeat.com\/2010\/01\/05\/nexus-one-droid-or-iphone-which-should-you-buy\/motorola-droid-verizon-wireless\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-151422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/977fd_motorola-droid-verizon-wireless.jpg\" alt=\"motorola-droid-verizon-wireless\" width=\"264\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a>Which one should you buy? <\/strong>You&#8217;re reading VentureBeat, so you&#8217;re very likely an entrepreneur, VC or bizdev professional.<\/p>\n<p>Get the Droid. You have work to do. Droid&#8217;s physical keyboard lets you type much faster than the touchscreens on the iPhone and Nexus One. It&#8217;s almost &#8212; almost &#8212; as good as a BlackBerry for text and email.<\/p>\n<p>But even more important, the Droid is the only one of these phones available with a service plan from Verizon for now. The Nexus One will eventually add Verizon as an option, and there are rumors that the iPhone will too &#8212; but is there any more discredited phrase in the mobile industry than coming soon? Verizon&#8217;s huge network footprint means the Droid will work in more places than the other two, with minimal call drops.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billshrink.com\/blog\/nexus-one-vs-iphone-droid-palm-pre-total-cost-of-ownership\/\">a chart from BillShrink<\/a> comparing the phone&#8217;s features and costs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-151478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5043d_nexus-one-total-cost.jpg\" alt=\"nexus-one-total-cost\" width=\"630\" height=\"1386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[ Droid photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/technetz.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/29\/verizon-motorola-droid-pictur\/\">Technetz.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gkb0QtCXGWWz_bgXy5kZSmjPp7Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5043d_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/gkb0QtCXGWWz_bgXy5kZSmjPp7Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5043d_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5043d_Venturebeat?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5043d_Venturebeat?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b8dba_Venturebeat?i=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b8dba_Venturebeat?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Venturebeat?a=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b8dba_Venturebeat?i=4SrbaVAwPsM:ej6KWVYUu-M:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b8dba_4SrbaVAwPsM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Venturebeat\/~3\/4SrbaVAwPsM\/\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t have time to read through the thousands of long, gadget-nerdy posts about Google&#8217;s new Nexus One phone flooding the Internet today? 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