Nexus One $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile

Hey Mitchell

I’m still using my iPhone 3G which I purchased during the 3G roll out in Canada 1.5 years ago. There seems to be a new phone coming out every few months which is an alleged iPhone killer or competitor. I like the iPhone 3GS’ increased CPU power and video recording capability. However, it’s not reasonable for me to pay the insane price to upgrade to the 3GS or ANY OTHER phone out of contract. The majority of these phones like the Google phone are marketed to techies or people with money. They are all great phones but when it comes down to it…it’s not compelling enough to through away $600+ on a device which is only marginally better than the device it is intending to surpass.

I’m sure the iPhone 3GS users will be kicking themselves when the alleged next revision of the iPhone comes out in June of this year.

Ah – the iPhone. I've got one of those new fangled 3GS's..
You'd be hard fetched to get me to switch to a non-Apple phone, with the one exception being a Google phone. It's the integration with services that do it for me – I need my calendar and email integration (Gmail/Apple combo), my address book integration (Apple to G-contacts), and of course my iTunes integration (not sure how I'd deal without an iPod).

Anyway – I'd love to give one of these a whirl, but there's going to have to be one helluva phone to come to market to get me to switch. I still think that companies are playing catch-up to the iPhone and until someone comes and strides ahead, I'll stick with Apple. Especially for 530 bucks – ouch. That's a solid netbook (or, fingers crossed, tablet) to fill the gap between 'shitty phone' and laptop/desktop – that's how I picture smartphones anyway. They are your everyday productivity tool – email/calendar/rss feeds – I know I'm ignoring the fact that they're also a phone too, but you get the point.

That being said, I won't be getting the next version of the iPhone either – unless something remarkable happens.

On the Nexus alone – I think it's a pretty solid offering. Yeah, multitouch seems like it's an overlooked feature but what one doesn't know about, one doesn't miss – ie if it's someone's first smartphone. But, like Justin said – it's more of a techie offering, so perhaps they'll 'miss it'.

Time will tell!
Dylan

As a non-iphone owner I often forget about multi-touch! I agree, it's a critical feature for an iphone competitor, especially for those used to having multi-touch. Engadget notes however, presumably the Nexus One has multi-touch capabilities, it's the OS lacking the feature. They could be planning on pushing out an update to the OS once it's more stable, after all, Droid's cousin the Milestone has multi-touch…

Mitchell;
Since I'm in the US and have T-Mobile I've never had the latest and greatest phones to choose from. I really like the T-Mobile service but the phone line up was always lacking in comparison to other carriers.

So the possibility of having what could possibly the most advanced Android phone (for now) is really exciting. I usually like physical keyboards over on-screen ones, so I will have to try it out before choosing to buy it.

I used Google Apps for almost everything. Google Contact, Calendar, Voice, Gmail, etc. Which is kinda of scary because I'm so dependent on Google now, lol. That is why I've been leaning towards an Android phone because of the seamless integration with all Google Apps. I've been interested in the Palm Pre, but that would mean switching carriers which I rather not do.

Since I've never had an iPhone I've also never had a multi-touch phone so I'm not going to miss that, so for me that is not a deal breaker.

I've been shifting more and more towards my phone being my primary form of communication. In my next phone I need to be able to have email, twitter, web, MMS, SMS, Calendar and IM all in one device to keep me connected.

The other thing that I'm worried about is battery life. I know people who have the G1 and the battery almost never last a normal work day without the need to re-charge. I would like to be able to use it pretty regularly with some web browsing, check twitter and other social networks and some calling and last more than 9 – 5.

Well that is my two cents.

Yeah, I feel that for sure. I wouldn't be able to do without an iPod… the iTunes integration is crucial for me.. but yeah, I've become more and more dependent on gShit too. haha I wish that Apple would get caught in the act of doing something like that – it would make their brand so much more personable, and, it'd be rather hilarious.

That's what I'm hoping for. My contract ends in March, but I don't think I want a new contract but $530 is no small change. But will see. I see that I'm not the only Google slave in the group. Let's see if the Nexus One will live up to the hype.