Welcome Back
It has been awhile hasn’t it? Well I am back with some big news! Well maybe not so big. The Nexus is out and all the Rage. Why are we talking about that here? Well because people have asked what I think of it and compared to the iPhone is it worth the buy. Well let us look and see the two phones.
Nexus one:
Dimensions -
Height: 119mm
Width: 59.8mm
Depth: 11.5mm
Weight: 130 grams w/battery
Screen
3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate
Camera
5 megapixels
Autofocus from 6cm to infinity
2X digital zoom
LED flash
User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver
Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second
Cellular and wireless info
UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
A2DP stereo Bluetooth
Power and battery
Power/Battery
Removable 1400 mAH battery
Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger
Talk time
Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G
Standby time
Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G
Internet use
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback
Up to 7 hours
Audio playback
Up to 20 hours
Processor
Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz
Operating System
Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)
512MB RAM
4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)
AGPS
Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning
Digital compass
Accelerometer
iPhone (3GS):
Height 115.5 mm
Width: 62.1 mm
Depth: 12.3 mm
Weight: 135 grams
Screen
3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Camera
3 megapixels
Autofocus
Tap to focus
Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
Photo and video geotagging
iPhone and third-party application integration
Memory
16GB or 32GB flash drive
Wireless/Cellular
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology
Power
Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
- Talk time:
Up to 12 hours on 2G
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Standby time: Up to 300 hours
Internet use:
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback: Up to 10 hours
Audio playback: Up to 30 hours
Conclusion:
They are both great phones! The Nexus does not support multi touch display and the home screens are limited to five, where as the iPhone has supports multi touch display and has unlimited amount of home screens. The Nexus does not operate on AT&T’s 3G network. The iPhone does. The Nexus has a faster processor and expandable memory. They both have advantages and disadvantages. I would recommend the Nexus one to any one as would I the iPhone. It comes down to personal preference and taste in phones.
Take that in to consideration and look at the other things such as the App stores. Huge difference in who offers what. But the Android app developer scene is not proprietary like the iPhone app developers.
