Comments on: Droid vs. iPhone vs. Pre: Total Cost Of Ownership

By: Joey

Joey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:25:23 +0000

If the droid was such awesome phone it would be outselling apple.

By: Dr. Fudge

Dr. Fudge — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:58:32 +0000

When did a phone become a car payment?

By: Julien

Julien — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:40:53 +0000

one thing that is disappointing about the droid is that it doesn’t have the virtual voicemail that i like from the iPhone

By: Heavy Sigh

Heavy Sigh — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:49:05 +0000

For those of you that claim the iphone only sells because “it’s popular” and “it’s apple” and “marketing”……seriously people? Come now driod fans, let’s keep things intelligent here. The iPhone is a great product, get over it.

By: iPhoneKillerDrone

iPhoneKillerDrone — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:48:48 +0000

@ Joke Phone
That was the worst bias comparison I’ve ever seen. You actually pointed out the iPhones weaknesses and made fun of the Droid for being better?? U are obviously an iFreak.

So, on that note.. The 256MB of ROM space that ships with the Droid is a non issue. Other current android based phones have even smaller ROM space (G1) and what happened?? Apps2SD was developed. Yes you can run your apps right from your sdhc card. Upgradable Memory anyone?? Its all about open source!
Droid – 1
iPhone – 0
The extra megapixels that noone “gives a hoot” about… Photos = Physical Representation of Memories. Umm… priceless?? Maybe you don’t use your camera because.. IT SUCKS!
Droid – 2
iPhone – 0
MULTI-TASKING is HUGE!! I have a G1 on Tmobile right now, which is a slower android based phone mind you. I can play music and games and in the background, wirelessly connect my laptop to the internet! Plus more… why shouldn’t i be able to??
Droid – 3
iPhone – 0
OTHER NOTABLE DIFFERENCES:
Droid – Physical Keyboard – +1
Droid – Screen Size/Resolution (Droid 854×480; iPhone 640×480) – +1
Droid – Better Battery Life – +1
Droid – Verizon’s 3G Network – +1
Droid – Directional Pad (this is gonna be great for games!) – +1
iPhone – More apps (that you can only run 1 at a time) +0.5
iPhone – Onboard video editing (Droid will have an app for this soon, i would bet money on that) – +1

Soooo, how do we stack up?
Droid = 8
iPhone = 1.5

I’m getting one as soon as my tmobile contract is up next month… no doubt about it. Go DROID!!

By: pedthebest

pedthebest — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:40:19 +0000

iPhone 4Ever!!!!!!Android and Palm Pre are a shit!

By: hellyeah

hellyeah — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:23 +0000

So its judgment day today for Droid, was it? According to Cnet it was a little bit slow nonetheless a good start of droid, other “critiques” says otherwise. But I say, “Hell yeah! droid conquered US for a couple of hours today”. We just hope that their ROI is profitable compare to the hunderds of thousand worth of ads they spend during the promotion period and err.. did I say, their impending “lawsuit” with AT&T too?

Collation of info about droid release today: http://bit.ly/did-droid-conquered-USA-today

Hope Droid will serve as a hand of midas to Verizon Corp. Soweet

By: was getting a droid

was getting a droid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:09:50 +0000

I was getting a droid until I found out about having to pay $15 extra per month to access my work email via the MS exchange server. Boooo. Work email is the number one reason I wanted a data plan – but now I think I will have to get an iPhone, even though AT&T coverage is horrible where I live.

By: Phandroid Phan

Phandroid Phan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:29 +0000

I don’t know if you guys have noticed, but, verizon is charging $30 more per month than sprint is, and that is not even including the suposed $15/line for exchange support, let’s say 2 PDA’s being used VZ has 1400 min unl sms unl data incl vz navi and all the good stuff, $159.99 for 2 lines, Sprint has 1500 min, anymobile anytime, unl sms unl data, sprint navi, sprint tv prem, at $129.99, That’s $720 difference over 2 yrs and $1440 if we’re talking about Exchange on verizon, On top of that, anybody check the coverage maps between VZW and SPrint, when you compare side/side, with the sprint map identical to verizon when you include all of roaming, Verizon is larger, true but who’s sprint roaming off of?…..I don’t know it’s up to you guys, just facts,

By: Lena

Lena — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:51:14 +0000

I’d love to see a baseline minute comparison included on this chart. Talking on the phone is so 2006.

By: Tose

Tose — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:10:00 +0000

@Joke Phone
It’s funny that you need to come on to an Android fan site to try and justify your iPhone. Obviously you’re dissatisfied with it, otherwise you wouldn’t be here.

By: Tose

Tose — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:33:22 +0000

@Yondaime
There have been some seriously bad movies that have made huge box office success because of good marketing. Anyone who remembers when the Blair Witch Project came out can confirm this. Not to mention the recent string of terrible parody movies. I’m not saying the iPhone is bad, just that your analogy is poor.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:06:23 +0000

Interesting that they completely omitted any of the T-Mobile devices (esp. the T-Mobile android devices) from the list.

Why not throw in the MyTouch 3G or Motorola Cliq?

By: haso

haso — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:57:23 +0000

@joke phone You are a joke

By: doh

doh — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:25:00 +0000

It’s 75% marketing and Apple’s history.

Hello, Transformers movies, new Star Wars movies? They sucked, but were marketed well and had a history.

Remember too android phones are only just now starting to take off. The Droid is the first one that competes spec-wise with the iphone.

Why would anyone now want to buy a phone that can only run 1 app at a time?