Google’s G1 vs. Apple’s Iphone – Decide on features not on design

The first Andoid phone was officially announced by Google, HTC and T-mobile. There was not really a “WOW” effect during the presentation. The design is well known from the first Android presentations and the features could have been expected.

Here a small list of facts:

  • Processor: Qualcomm® MSM7201A™, 528 MHz
  • Memory: 256 MB ROM, 192 MB RAM
  • Dimensions: (LxWxT) 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm
  • Weight: 158 grams (5.57 ounces) with battery
  • Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
  • Network: HSDPA/WCDMA, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
  • Device Control Trackball with Enter button
  • Keyboard: Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard
  • GPS: GPS navigation capability with built-in GPS receiver and map software
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g, HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
  • Camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with fixed focus
  • Audio: Built-in microphone and speaker
  • Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, Capacity: 1150 mAh
  • Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
  • Special Features: Digital Compass, Motion Sensor

Some Drawbacks:

  • No syncronisation possible with your PC
  • You have to provide your data to Google
  • No support for Microsoft Exchange Server
  • It is not possible to handle multiple Google Accounts
  • Except Youtube clips it is not possible to play other video formats.
  • No standard 2.5 inch earphone jack (only via USB).
  • No big internal storage.
  • Online music from Amazon can be downloaded only via WLAN and not via UMTS (3G).
  • Text can be entered only via the QERTY keyboard and not on the touch screen.

But beside all this drawbacks the good thing is that Android is open-source and all software based drawbacks will be eliminated by the community soon.

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One Response to Google’s G1 vs. Apple’s Iphone – Decide on features not on design

  1. lewi says:

    why the hell would u need multiple user accounts its a phone used by 1 PERSON, you can’t call that a drawback

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