Power House Phones: Nexus one, Motorola Droid, iPhone 3gs and Palm Pre

The recent release of the Google Nexus One may have been marred by odd marketing strategies and extreme price points. Arguably T-Mobile’s strongest phone to date, how does it hold up with the other featured powerhouse models representing other carriers? On paper, there really isn’t much difference between them except for the amount of mega pixels and the apps made available. Something that can’t be measured by model specifications is the feel and fluidity of the operating system and what experience the users gets out of it.

Sprint currently touts the Palm Pre as it’s flagship smart phone. Great for gadget lovers, but not so much for professionals. It seems some of the phones major positives are also met by equal negatives. Nice big bright screen, but battery drains too quickly. Sleek comfortable compact size is met with an underwhelming cramped keyboard. Overall solid web browsing and multimedia makes the Pre a great phone for gadget enthusiast.

Verizon’s Motorola Droid may be arguably the least attractive cosmetically of all these phones. But as we’ve learned, never judge a book by its cover, because what the Android lacks in looks, it makes up for it with functionality. With it’s workhorse mentality with blazing fast web browsing compliments of the android 2.0 operating system and arguably the best call quality of this lineup. The design of the Droid really seems to put a damper on it’s success, because that flaw also seems to affect it’s keyboard feel and functionality. Video and music functions are also sub-par, but with great talk time, it makes the Droid all work and no play.

AT&T’s Apple iphone 3gs is basically the iphone 3g after a season of consuming banned substances in the MLB. Longer battery life, runs faster and added a few basic calling functionalities that should have been included since the beginning such as MMS and voice dialing. Still arguably the worst call clarity of all these models. Basically what separates the iphone from the rest is that experience the user feels that was mentioned before. With its ease of use and innovative applications, it just simply appeals to all demographics and age groups because there’s something for everyone.

Last but not least, T-Mobile and the latest next gen smart phone, the Google Nexus One. By far the fastest phone of all, great call quality and display looks really good. There are a few vital features missing from the phone such as bluetooth dialing but otherwise offers a solid performance. It looks like this phone will actually be made available for Sprint some time soon.

I was really pushing for the Nexus One when it was first announced. There seemed to be some hope in the potential that there may be a rival to the experience felt with the iPhone. I know it may be a little cliched to begin to compare every newly released smart phone to Apple’s, but you’d be lying to yourself if you didn’t think the same thing. I know there’s alot of iPhone haters out there(including myself), but lets just admit that for the time being, it’s the smart phone industry standard. People also hate iPods, but that doesn’t mean that anyone else out there is even close to competing with them. The differences in these phones aren’t as cut and dry as the MP3 player industry comparison as your preference for any of these phones all really comes down to the question, what are you doing with your phone for?

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