so my friend says his Nexus One is superior...

[pyro6128]

I think you're splitting hairs here. The fact is that the N1 has 512mb for storing apps whereas the droid has 256, there, much clearer. However, the N1 only comes with a 4g card whereas the droid has the 16g card. So no matter how you look at it the droid comes shipped with more room for storage. Thats fact. However, the N1 is also capable of using up to a 32g card.

[plaidman]

Some of the data presented in the thread has absolutely nothing to do with the argument, as stupid as it is.

1) The sales figures have no indication of something that is a superior product, just superior marketing.
2) The included SD card doesn't affect the awesomeness of the phone, just the cost effectiveness. Nexus even costs $20 less, so you could use that to upgrade the SD card.
3) Claiming the processor gap can be closed by overclocking the Droid is dumb because the gap could be reopened by overclocking the Nexus. (just kidding)
4) GPU improvement is nice, but are there any games on the market that are unplayable on the Nexus without it?

Screen density improvement on the Droid is negligible, both back-light option have pros and cons, the internal ram limitation can be negated by rooting and running your apps from the SD card, the shape/size/weight is a preference.

I'm playing devil's advocate, BTW. I love my droid and I can't see myself switching to the Nexus. I just don't like how the Nexus looks, and the hardware keyboard was such an improvement over my iphone that I just can't see myself going back.


To the OP: tell your friend, in the immortal words of Jeffrey Lebowski, "Yeah well, that's just like, your opinion, man."

[RW-1]

I still liked my drop test, but details were removed.

How about just letting him live in an altered reality, like the iphone people on the planet?

[Darkseider]

Some of the data presented in the thread has absolutely nothing to do with the argument, as stupid as it is.

1) The sales figures have no indication of something that is a superior product, just superior marketing.
2) The included SD card doesn't affect the awesomeness of the phone, just the cost effectiveness. Nexus even costs $20 less, so you could use that to upgrade the SD card.
3) Claiming the processor gap can be closed by overclocking the Droid is dumb because the gap could be reopened by overclocking the Nexus.
4) GPU improvement is nice, but are there any games on the market that are unplayable on the Nexus without it?

Screen density improvement on the Droid is negligible, both back-light option have pros and cons, the internal ram limitation can be negated by rooting and running your apps from the SD card, the shape/size/weight is a preference.

I'm playing devil's advocate, BTW. I love my droid and I can't see myself switching to the Nexus. I just don't like how the Nexus looks, and the hardware keyboard was such an improvement over my iphone that I just can't see myself going back.


To the OP: tell your friend, in the immortal words of Jeffrey Lebowski, "Yeah well, that's just like, your opinion, man."

Just pointing something out but point #3 about OC'ing the Nexus still doesn't put it in the same field as an OC'ed Droid. Currently the fastest stable Droid is 1.3 Ghz and the fastest stable Nexus is 1.113 Ghz. Does it make a difference? No not really but I just thought that I would point that out.

[plaidman]

Just pointing something out but point #3 about OC'ing the Nexus still doesn't put it in the same field as an OC'ed Droid. Currently the fastest stable Droid is 1.3 Ghz and the fastest stable Nexus is 1.113 Ghz. Does it make a difference? No not really but I just thought that I would point that out.

In that case, I retract #3. I hadn't heard for sure about the Nexus' overclockability.

[briankeith513]

Brian - your forgetting the Droid has a dedicated GPU, so it should be faster on graphics intensive applications. On a CPU intensive app, stock-to-stock the N1 would win.

That being said, my Droid is running at 1.1Ghz 24/7, so that coupled with my dedicated GPU should topple any stock N1 benchmark.

LOL, not to be insulting, but c'mon, you are comparing your "Rooted, and O'C Droid" That is not even a fair comparison or one worth even bringing up. I thought the point was stock phone to stock phone. And in that case, obviously the Nexus One wins.

[adrynalyne]

Depends on what you judge. I love watching all these reviews where the reviewer frantically hits the touch sensitive buttons only to find you gotta push at the top of them.

Quality control apparently wasn't factored into the cost.