Droid 2 vs iPhone4?

[Ice_Fishin07]

If you have to pick between Droid 2 vs iPhone, which one would you pick? These two are the only options for me. I do not have any experience with either phone, I am BB guy till now.

Thanks for input!

[upnorth]

I have the Droid phone, mainly cuz I didn't just want jump on the iPhone bandwagon. I like it, I know a few who have had the iPhone that liked the Droid better. Personal preference.

[jac714]

I like android, I like that I am not tied to one hardware manufacturer and that the apps are likewise not controlled by one company.

[CAMAN]

I have the Droid2 and love it. I'm not an Apple fanboi so won't recommend it.

[Nick Kuhn]

Depends on if you want a keyboard or not I suppose. Unless of course you mean the Droid X2, in which case the X2 is a no-brainer.

[toughguy]

I've had a droid x for about a year now and I love it. I'd go with the X2. Nothing against apple I'm just very happy with my droid. Unless you're stuck on having your itunes easily tied to your phone I don't really see any huge advantage for the iphone. In this part of the country go with Verizon over ATT. Their network has much better coverage. To me that's a bigger decision than what phone to buy.

[pureinsanity]

Iphone vs any android....

Androids = Open Development.

Iphone = Not Open Development

android will always be changing for the better. I phone will have to catch up sooner or later.

[RuKiddingMe]

If you consider yourself a techie and you like to fiddle then the android platform is a no brainer. If you want simple quality easy to use and trendy then without a doubt go iPhone.

If you do decide to go Android do yourself a favor and dont limit yourself to just the droid 2 - you will be sorry - I would go thunderbolt or something better.

[upnorth]

Apple is doing to itself with the iPhone what it did with its computer systems. You keep things too proprietary you limit your appeal.

[SledNeck]

Apple is doing to itself with the iPhone what it did with its computer systems. You keep things too proprietary you limit your appeal.

apple must be ready to close up shop then?

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

They are good for some as you said. My wife haas an ipad and she can actually figure everything out herself. With the windows computer she has issues because there are often updates that need messing with, or some sport of tweaking to get the thing to stay working correctly. Not so with her ipad anyway. Not sure about the other apple stuff but they have her sold.

[Nick Kuhn]

apple must be ready to close up shop then?

Apple is very dependent on Steve Jobs, and his health isn't exactly the greatest. Apple is currently in a reactionary mode in most markets. Other tech companies simply put out bigger, better, and faster products at a much more rapid pace than Apple can keep up with. At some point, they will lose the ability to sell inferior products at a premium price. At that point, Apple will return to a niche product company.

[jac714]

True Apple is doing to themselves with iOS devices what they did with the Mac, they made a great product that appealed to a given part of the market that was not being well served. This is self limiting but if you do it right you develop almost a cult like following. As long as the product is, in an engineering and design sense elegant and performing some function better than the available options you will make money.

Think graphic processing on a Windows 3.0, 95 or 98 machine versus on a Mac.

As long as Apple can keep providing an elegant effective product people will pay for it. Plus they were first and that counts for something.

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

We shall see. Only time will tell.

[upnorth]

Apple is doing to itself with the iPhone what it did with its computer systems. You keep things too proprietary you limit your appeal.

apple must be ready to close up shop then?

Note that I said limit their appeal, not completely lose their appeal. Not to say they will completely go away.

The apple computers still have some appeal to a few people.

[DTro]

What Apple does, it does very well. They will not be going anywhere anytime soon.

Don't select you phone based on platform, rather select it on available wireless signal where you will using it and the carrier you will be using.

Once you have that narrowed down, then select a phone that fits you user style best.

The IPhone will most likely be more stable and user friendly, but expect to pay more for proprietary add ons, services, apps, etc.

[LMITOUT]

At some point, they will lose the ability to sell inferior products at a premium price.

I'm convinced Apple could slap their logo on a bag of rotten chicken and their followers would still buy it.

[upnorth]

Big thing with the Droid is it is not proprietary. You have a lot more selection in hardware, style and features. Apple, ya got the iPhone. I am not saying it is a bad platform, but there a others out there that will be offering more features all the time, whilst iPhone will offering the iPhone.

It took years before Apple gave up only talking on appletalk for networking and started offering up IP based communications without 3rd party software. It cost them a lot of ground in the business world, even a few schools districts dumped them because of it( I worked for one that did).

Just like before Apple had a good thing and refused to open up to other vendors/platforms and it cost them market share. Will they be that stubborn again? Time will tell.