Since the release of the T-Mobile G1 Phone it seems that it has been comparison after comparison of the new first Google Android phone with Apple’s iPhone. I’m not surprised by that at all, I think we have waited so long for the release of the first Android phone that we all couldn’t wait to compare it to the iPhone.
It’s amazing how much humans love to compare things, if we get a chance we jump at it. I don’t deny though it’s pretty interesting to see how the two devices match up.
In the red corner we have Apple with the trendy iPhone that has taken the mobile market by storm. The iPhone changed the mobile market forever and represents the beginning of a new age of mobile devices.
In the blue corner is Google, the internet giant whose Google Phone has been eagerly anticipated, but who changed the game by creating an open source mobile platform instead.
Stop Comparing
After the first round of initial comparisons we should move on and realize that the G1 Phone is just the first of many on the Android platform. It will be looked back on in a reminiscent way, kind of like how we look back on our first computers. We loved them at the time but now we look back on them and reminisce, but we wouldn’t give up the technology we have now for what we had back then.
Android phones will leap forward with new applications being introduced from small developers as well as large companies such as the payment processing application being developed by Visa. The iPhone took a big leap forward with the 3G version but I don’t see it becoming dramatically different in the near future, being a closed platform won’t pay off long term. Android at the moment does have to catch up with the iPhone but in the long term Android will over take it.
You also can’t keep comparing a phone, as in a physical product to a mobile platform. Something Apple has to it’s advantage is that they are selling a phone, Google are selling a platform, it’s much more difficult to market a platform to people. You could say that it is easier to sell now they have the G1 phone but like I’ve said, there will be much better phones coming soon with more capabilities.
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The iphone is nothing, it is just another one of apples attempts to cater to idiots, none of their devices have ever been “game changing” because of what they can do, but because of their apperance. The macbook air, the ipod touch (and all the other ipods but this 1 for sure), and the iphone, oh yeah and that so called green macbook. They all have 1 thing in common, compared to any other product in the same market the apple product will look great and be a expensive shiny new p.o.s. designed to be replaced by the next apple product, it will have 1/2 the features & 1/2 the quality, but nonetheless people will snatch it up as soon as it hits the shelves. The ui is horible on the iphone, it gives no customibility and is so simplistic I feel like I’m playing w/ a toy when I use it. Apple doesn’t care about its older devices they will just make another will slightly more memory and up the price. the g1/android handsets upgrade, soon mine will get video recording in a firmware update 4 crying out loud its been out a few months, but the iphones been out nearly 2.5 years and its seen no major improvements accept a upgraded memory capacity, and the G1 is still ahead in that department too with up to 16gb memory cards and 32gb cards in the future.
The iphone is not going to be wiped out in the near future but its key differences in the software that will eventually escort google to the throne and knock the iphone down to windows mobile level, which is where it belongs.
I can’t agree with the above comment at all. The iPhone is game changing and now the iPad is bringing another revolution to the technology industry.
How can people say that Apple products are all front and no substance. The iPhone, and iPods are incredible devices, the iPad looks like it’s an incredible device too. Totally game changing in my opinion.