Motorola Droid a Letdown: iPhone Still King
Filed under: Cell Phones, Handsets
There have been so many reviews all over the Internet where the Motorola Droid and the iPhone are put side by side in a battle to the death, well that is how they describe it. In reality things are a little different, it is clear that the launch of the Droid was a bit of a letdown and it is certainly clear that the iPhone is still king.
Other handsets have tried in the past to take on the mighty Apple iPhone, but they have not succeeded. However, there is a difference with those previous smartphones and the Motorola Droid, they did not make any claims that they could kill off the iPhone as Verizon did with the Droid.
All the ad campaigns had Motorola and Verizon Wireless vs. Apple and AT&T, and no guesses for who won the battle. We covered in a recent post the poor sales figures compared to how much Verizon had spent on its AT&T campaign to win customers back.
There was so much hype surrounding the Motorola Droid that almost a week later, it all seems a bit of a letdown. Computer World explains that the Droid does not do that much, such as the lack of a multitouch screen and a horrible keyboard.
All these shortcomings are not good for the Droid, but it does bode well for the next Android powered cell phone.
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seems like for every ‘Droid launch a success’ headline, I see one of these, ‘Droid a dissapointment.’ It was just this morning that I noticed 90% of these articles are coming from this site. I don’t believe anyone of any opinion or no matter how much they <3 their apple, thinks droid is a ‘failure.’ Is this site run on a mac mini?
Ah, of course. This post is based on the Computer World article. If anyone want some entertainment read the comments to that hilariously lame review. Every iPhone user I’ve shown my new Droid to with has been impressed. The Droid isn’t an iPhone killer, it’s an AT&T killer.
haahahah its so funny the iphone is not so great and neither is the droid im a droid owner currently sold my blackberry storm with storm 2 OS these phones arent all great you can have all the apps in the world in your phone and still you would hardly you them everyday its not like your gonnna live playing on your phone all day so you can say your phone is better it really just depends on the person some like viertual qwerty keyboards some dont i have the virtual keyboards my storm was so easy to type on and so much fun and i have had and iphone as well i dont see why their so fun i ended my contract with at&t for poor service and sold my iphone to pay the cancelation fee idk people are stupid their just phones you dont live all day on this shit common people grow up iphone is not a king its not that great
finally someone who has a brain
So some love their iPhones(me actually) and some really are excited about Android phones(me too). There’s more than enough room for both and then some. But I expect this post will attract teens and such to display their stupidity as usual.
Just quit with the phoney phone wars – competition is good. It’s what the free world is built on
finally someone who has a real brain
I have Verizon as my cellular carrier and was interested in the smart phones for my daughter. She does not have the money to pay for the ‘data plan’ and would initially like to use it just as a cell phone, i.e., talk, visual mail, etc. Verizon says (store clerk) that if you purchase a smart phone (droid, blackberry storm, etc.) you ‘have to’ have the data plan. Is this true?
Thank You
I own a (jailbroken) 3GS and bought a Driod from Best Buy on Verizon. Ironically, at least here in Cambridge, MA and the surrounding areas, Verizon’s poor reception was the last nail against the Droid. True.
Droid is a superb device, and in many ways better than the iPhone. It’s fast, intuitive and has a far superior display. The open-source makes the iPhone feel a bit restrictive and outdated. If I have better VZW reception, I’d likely have kept it.
I hope Apple feels the heat and gives us a 4G with better screen resolution.
I held a Droid and thought it felt cheap. It felt like my VCR’s remote, hollow and plasticky. I bet Android is a nice bit of software, but the device seemed crappy. No, I do not have an iPhone, either (Verizon here). But the family does have two iPod Touches. Now there is some nice hardware AND software. What a sweet device that is, I can’t even say enough so I won’t say anymore
The Droid felt cheap? You are alone on this one buddy. Sure Iphone and Droid are going through their “nemesis” motions but to call Droid cheap or crappy is totally untrue. Just about every board mentions the quality craftsmanship that was put into the Droid. I really don’t think you ever held one…. or you could be a Iphone fan boy that’s completely oblivious to a quality phone. Either way, you are a moron.
I am on Verizon and I use a Mac. So far I havenʻt seen any iPhone killers do the basics that I want as a Mac user. Sync my address book, itunes and mail (without having to use Google apps), take decent photos / video and allow me to transfer them to/from my computer without subscriptions to 3rd party apps etc.
Does any device besides and iPhone toggle to internet wireless networks when available?
Well, that is one of the biggest disadvantages to a Mac. I personally love them, but I also accept the fact that being a Mac-owner means having much less versatility and also having an extremely hard time finding software (when compared to a pc). So if you have a Mac AND an iPhone then you’re set. However, its much harder syncing other phones to one. To answer your question, it sounds like you are asking if other phones have the ability to connect to wifi networks. The answer to that is CERTAINLY. There are many phones on the market that have wifi capability. IE: many windows-based smartphones (htc and others), any Android based phone, the new Blackberry Storm 2, and many others.