Apple iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid
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| iPhone 3GS | Motorola Droid | |
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| http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs | http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-DROID-US-EN |
The Apple iPhone 3GS and Motorola Droid are high performance smartphones that use rival top-notch processors. The biggest difference and point of competition, however, is the Operating System the phones use. Another large factor in comparison of the two phones is the wireless network they run on, although this is not a property of the phone itself.
| iPhone 3GS | Droid | |
|---|---|---|
| Advantages | Superior usability in OS (more user-friendly), touchscreen is better, can be hacked to be an unlocked 'world phone'. | Superior screen (resolution + colors), better GPS and camera, slide-out keyboard and 5-direction d-pad (Great for GBA/NES/SNES emulators), removable battery and flash memory, standardized USB and charger, default / endorsed music store is DRM-free, open-source OS |
| Disadvantages | DRM infected, Big-brother Apple can disable applications network-wide without notice, multitasking crippled by Apple, contracted exclusive provider has a crummy network. | Android OS absolutely will not play .avi (DVD-Rips) or .wmv files, CPU slightly under-clocked, possibly due to very dense design (heat) and maybe also battery life competitiveness, contracted exclusive provider is expensive (vs Sprint and T-Mobile). |
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[edit] Network
The Apple iPhone is only available from AT&T within the US. The Motorola Droid is only available from Verizon within the US.
[edit] Hardware
The iPhone 3GS and the Droid both sport high-end mobile hardware and are comparable, if not identical, in many specs:
| iPhone 3GS | Droid | |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | June 2009 | November 2009 |
| Manufacturer's link | http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3gs | http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/Motorola-DROID-US-EN |
| PDA-DB.Net Link | http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1938&c=apple_iphone_3gs_32gb | http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2011&c=motorola_droid___tao_a855_motorola_sholes |
| OS | Apple iPhone OS 3.0 | Google Android 2.0 |
| OS is open-source | No | Yes |
| Height | 115.5 mm | 116.8 mm |
| Width | 62.1 mm | 61.0 mm |
| Thickness | 12.3 mm | 12.7 mm |
| Weight | 4.76 oz | 6.00 oz |
| Processor | Samsung S5PC100 clocked at 600 MHz | Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 (3530) clocked at 550 MHz (normally 600 MHZ) |
| Processor Specs | 2009; 32 bit RISC; ARMv7; Arm Cortex-A8; 32+32 KiB L1; 256 KiB L2 | 2007; 32-bit RISC; ARMv7; ARM Cortex-A8; 32KiB L1; 256 KiB L2 |
| ROM | ??? | 512 MiB |
| RAM | 256 MiB | 256 MiB |
| Flash Memory | fixed internal 16 or 32 GiB | 256MiB internal + removable microSDHC (up to 32GB; 16GB Class 2 Micro SDHC included) |
| Battery | 1219 mA | 1400 mA removable |
| Screen Size | 3.5" color transflective TFT , 262144 scales (colors; 18-bit) | 3.7" color transflective TFT , 16777216 scales (colors; 24-bit) |
| Screen Resolution | 480 x 320 (Half-VGA HVGA) - 153,600 pixels / 0.15 megapixels | 854 x 480 (16:9 ratio Wide-VGA WVGA) - 409,920 pixels / 0.41 megapixels |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive | Capacitive |
| Bluetooth | Yes (2.1 + EDR) | Yes (2.1 + EDR) |
| GPS | Yes, Assisted aGPS and Geotagging | Yes, Assisted aGPS and Standalone sGPS |
| WI-FI | 802.11b/g | 802.11b/g |
| Voice Networks | GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100 | CDMA800, CDMA1900 -- Not a 'world phone' |
| Data Networks | CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A -- Not a 'world phone' |
| Accelerometer | Yes | Yes |
| Camera | Yes (3 Megapixels, Auto-Focus, Better image quality due to better software and less dense CCD) | Yes (5 Megapixels, Auto-Focus, 4x digital Zoom, dual-LED flash, Image Stabilization for low shutter speeds in low-light) |
| Flash | No | Yes (dual-LED) |
| Video Recording | 640×480 @ 30 FPS | 720x480 @ 24 fps |
| 3.5mm headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics Processor | PowerVR SGX (Separate chip) | SGX535 + ??? (on CPU die) |
| Multi-touch screen | Yes | Yes |
| Haptic feedback | No | Yes |
| Ambient and proximity light sensors | No | Yes |
| QWERTY Keyboard | No | Yes (numbers require alt key though) |
| USB | USB 2.0 client, 480Mbit/s Proprietary | USB 2.0 client, 480Mbit/s micro-USB |
| Apps | 100,000+ Apps in store; better games | 10,000+ Apps in market; higher availability of open source and free software; The console emulators rock with the physical keyboard and 5-direction pad. |
[edit] Processors
Both phones use the fastest processors available today for mobile phones. The iPhone 3GS uses the Samsung S5PC100, running at 600Mhz and the Droid uses the TI OMAP 3430, underclocked from 600MHz to run at 550MHz. Both processors are capable of multi-tasking, and the iPhone's lack of multi-tasking (except for certain apps designated by apple) is a software design decision and not a hardware limitation.
[edit] Processor / GPU
The Iphone processor combines the CPU and the GPU into one unit, while the Droid has a separate GPU.
[edit] Screen Size
The iPhone 3GS has a 480x320-pixel display while the Droid can display 854x480 pixels. The Droid is able to show more real estate on its screen.
[edit] Keyboard
The iPhone 3GS employs a software keyboard, while the Droid has a physical slide-out keyboard.
[edit] Bulk and Weight
The Motorola Droid is only slightly bulkier than the iPhone even with a full QWERTY keyboard:
[edit] Software
The Droid runs Google's Android 2.0 and the iPhone runs the iPhone OS. For a comparison between the two operating systems, see Android vs iPhone. The Droid is able to run multiple applications at the same time while the iPhone can run multiple select applications deemed appropriate by Apple. Methods to run multiple applications of the user's choice require jailbreaking the iPhone OS and installing a backgrounder app.
[edit] Web Browsing
Both phones use web browsers based on WebKit.
[edit] Adobe Flash Support
Motorola Droid will support Flash 10 in 2010. Apple has revealed no official plans to support Flash in the iPhone, but there are rumors that iPhone will soon get Flash support.
[edit] Document Viewer
The Motorola Droid includes QuickOffice Document Viewer which allows users to view Office document files. Office document files can be viewed from the Mail application on the iPhone if the files are attached to an e-mail. Other means of reading or editing the document require downloading a 3rd party application from the App Store or through a repository accessible to jailbroken phones.
[edit] MP3 Store
The iPhone comes with Apple iTunes for its music purchase and downloading application. The Motorola Droid ships with the Amazon MP3 Store. Although a free app called I music allows you to obtain songs for free
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