Excellent C-Net video of Droid vs. iPhone3Gs

Since the Storm2 forums are a little dead at the moment (Proud Storm2 owner who some how is addicted to the OS leaks since transitioning from the Storm1) and I know we are all waiting for a leak for the Storm2. Especially to separate those annoying e-mail messages from showing up in the message folder :D Here is a little interesting video that goes into details showing a side by side comparison of the new Verizon Droid vs the iPhone 3Gs. I must admit, for a new contender the Droid actually broke even with iPhone's latest and greatest 3Gs until throwing in a last score based on who won the most rounds. But if you think about the fact that this is Motorolla's first injection into the Droid touch screen era and packing such a punch, it's actually scary to think how powerful the subsequent Motorlla Droids can just get from this point on. Cast your opinions, let me know what you think :rolleyes:

CNET Prizefight: Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS - CNET.com

That was a good watch. Thanks for the find!

Nice find!

That was a good comparison.
Nice find.

Typical iFanboy garbage i'd expect to see from cnet.

They couldn't have just declared it a tie, or come up with some more important tie-breaker round. Nope, they had to reach for a reason to declare the iPhone the winner. Number of rounds won? Give me a break! In my book, the iPhone didn't ring when called. Pretty big problem for something called the iPhone, IMHO. That right there makes it the loser.

Thanks guys. :rolleyes:

This was a good watch but still fairly one sided to the Iphone.. IMHO.. how can you give a phone 3.3 when it didnt receive a call in perfect coverage,thats damn near a 0. there were a few others that bothered me.. sexiness of the iphone over the droid really? the customization and ease of use of the iphone is better than the droid? really? just another lopsided view to me.

Let me guess, they favored the iPhone?

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Let me guess, they favored the iPhone?

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It wasnt as bad as the others I have seen but call quality was stupid.. they called the iphone from the droid sitting side by side and the iphone didnt even ring and it got a 3.3

What I still can't believe is not talked about is how well the phone works within a particular set of software functions. You have consumer functions, like media. A good media phone would be a phone that is consumer focused and allows the user to easily gain access to music, video, pictures, share with social networks and so forth.

You also have the business user which works well for business applications, such as Outlook, vCard, Calendar, Email, Notes, Tasks, contact management, like follow ups, etc.

I happen to believe that the BES / Blackberry is second to none as a business class phone. I seriously doubt a hardened business user cares a lot about media. I can't imagine someone like Jamie Diamond, CEO of JP Morgan Chase caring too much about iTunes Music Sync. I do however believe he feels as I do and requires the phone to produce the email at the same time as Outlook on the desktop. I'd imagine our President of the United States doesn't care too much about music sync either.

That's not to say that the Blackberry is horrible for music. I did install iTunes and I do use Media Sync to sync the music from iTunes to my Blackberry. But honestly, I rarely use the Blackberry for music. I have an Mp3 player for that. I just want the smart phone for business purposes. I don't use the web on it. I don't use music on it. I do use the camera and I do view some photos on it.

My problem with these showdowns is that I get the feeling those doing the showdowns are pure consumers. A pure consumer that uses their phone as a toy for entertainment isn't going to view the phone the same way I am.

Ever go into someone's office and see a very expensive $349 phone on their desk? Would you buy that phone for your home? It's that very question that is not considered. There are tools for business and there tools for home. It's not a one size fits all product. The home phone doesn't necessarily need conference calling, intercom, forwarding and so on. It's not part of a larger network the way an office phone is. That's my view of the Blackberry. You want a phone that is tied to your groupware, GroupWise, Lotus Notes, or Outlook. You want the business basics, email, notes, cal, tasks, contacts, vcard, follow up, etc as part of your basic business tools. Those can't be scattered apps functioning as their own unique entities. They need to be as closely integrated as Outlook is itself.

Show me a prize fight against the Blackberry, iPhone, and Droid. Show me a prize fight against various consumer software. Define the phone's strengths by operator type.

Of course one could say the business user isn't really watching these videos anyway. But then I did watch them so at least a few of us do.

Thread moved to Motorola Droid subforum. :)

I agree that the nophone fails at the basic function of the a phone, it didn't ring when called. What the hell is it then a soupped up itouch? the group over at cnet is just garbage, worthless, fanboism.

just my .02

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I agree that the nophone fails at the basic function of the a phone, it didn't ring when called. What the hell is it then a soupped up itouch? the group over at cnet is just garbage, worthless, fanboism.

just my .02

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My wife cannot receive phone calls in our home in LOS ANGELES. Come on that is the second largest market in the US. Did AT&T just forget to hook up LA to their infrastructure. Then when she does receive calls 5 out of 10 get dropped. I don't know if it's that iphone or At&t or both but whatever it is I am shocked AT&T can get away with this kind of crap.

WOW.... i didnt even watch it... i just read your posts.... and now i wont watch it...
I been callin BS since day one that every review has been iPhone BIAS'd.... seems this will never change...

ON A SIMILAR NOTE:
met up with a buddy tday that has an iPhone... and we played a similar game with 5-6 people watching(for verification). Guess what OUR results were...
web page loading: 35 sec FASTER.... DROID !!!!
recieve call: (both had full bars) .... iphone got voicemail 2 min later... nuff said!
youtube app: MW2 trailer DROID played flawless no buffering. iPhone.... FAIL... buffered 4 times and didnt make it 30 sec before the DROID was over!
onscreen typing(each with their own phone) : I typed "hey man what's goin on? wanna go get a beer later" flawless!!! DROID!!!
iPhone tried the same line, had mistakes with "what's" "goin" "wanna" "beer" and "later" . niether had custom dictionary entries.

screw cnet and all the reviews.... tried and tested on the streets of PHOENIX AZ !!!! DROID RULES!!!! iPhone... BUSTED !!!

The "REAL" Iphone killer?

AT&T

I can't get calls at my home on AT&T either and I live in Las Vegas. In fact, neither AT&T or Sprint work from my house. Verizon does.

So being sort of "forced" to use Verizon (that is really a strong word because I love Verizon) I am really excited that they now have a phone that you can also play with.

Once I get the $$ I am going for that DROID.