IPhone to Droid: I'm Taking My Ball and Going Home
Until the Motorola Droid came along.
Now the craze has switched to the Driod, and according to Verizon, they're selling about 500 per day, and growing. Many estimate that the Driod may definitely outsell the iPhone, a victory that has been long hoped for by cell phone manufacturers. For as long as the iPhone has been available, it's been exclusively offered by AT&T. Now that Verizon snatched up the Droid deal, and on June 1st will also start offering the iPhone, it's estimated that AT&T could lose as many as 6 million customers.
Sound unfair? Not really. Verizon has consistently been the leader in cellular service, and it's unfortunate that they've lost business to AT&T simply due to consumer excitement over the iPhone. All that is about to change since Verizon customers will now have the option of using both the iPhone and the Droid, an advantage that could make AT&T go out of business.
The two things I've never liked about the iPhone is it's lack of a functional QWERTY keyboard, and it's lousy touch screen. The Droid is a bit behind in the App department, but given the current response it will surely beat the iPhone. Here are some of the features it's already one-upped the iPhone over:
- Slide-down functional keyboard
- Larger touch screen, and more "nail typer" friendly
- Higher resolution 5 Megapixel camera
- Longer-lasting battery providing up to 12 hours of talk time
- Based on the new Google Android operating system, which is capable of application switching
So to the iPhone: Take your ball and go home. There won't be a place for you much longer.
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4 Comments
Post a CommentIt has sure been nice to have the Droid come in to give Apple some competition. I almost left the iPhone behind when it was time to upgrade. The hi res display and the ease of texting and editting on the fly was a big winner for the iPhone. So I went with the iPhone 4.
I am hopeful that the Droid will have closed that gap soon. I am a Linux fan and like the Open Standards approach of the Droid over the whims of a Corporation that can change the rules whenever it pleases.
So I look forward to the competition and look forward to moving to the Droid on the next upgrade.
Good articile
I think qwerty = physical, as the article states. I dont count the touch screen as one.
Once I get my hands on the EVO 4G Android...I will forget I ever owned an iphone or palm pre.
the iphone does not have a qwerty keyboard...unless you count the touch screen one.
The iPhone has one of the better touch screens. Also it has a fully functional QWERTY keyboard, never had issues with it myself.