Nexus One vs Motorola Droid vs iPhone 3GS Detailed Comparison
Recently, Nexus One was launched at the Android Press Conference. So we decided to do a detailed comparison of Nexus One, Motorola Droid and iPhone 3GS. The following comparison will help you to find out the best phone according to your needs.
| Nexus One | Motorola Droid | Apple iPhone 3GS | |
| Operating System | Android 2.1 | Android 2.1 | iPhone OS |
| Processor | 1 GHz Snapdragon | ARM Cortex A8 550MHz | ARM Cortex A8 600MHz |
| Memory | 512MB onboard, 4GB Micro SD card included, 32GB expandable, 512MB RAM | 133MB onboard, 16GB Micro SD card included, 32GB expandable, 256MB RAM | 16 GB/32 GB onboard, 256MB RAM |
| Battery | 1400 mAh | 1400 mAh (BP6X) | Standard Battery |
| Dimensions | 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm, 130 g | 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm, 165 g | 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm, 135 g |
| Screen Size | 3.7″ widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, 800×480 pixels | 3.2″ TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 854 pixels | 3.5″ TFT capacitive touchscreen, 320 x 480 pixels |
| Bands | GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UTMS 2100/AWS/900 | GSM 850/900/1800/ 1900, HSDPA 850/1900/2100 | GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 850/1900/2100 |
| Camera | 5 megapixel, Carl Zeiss, 30 VGA fps video, dual LED flash | 5 megapixel, Carl Zeiss, 30 VGA fps video, dual LED flash | 3.15 megapixel, Carl Zeiss, WVGA 25 fps video, dual LED flash |
| Bluetooth | 2.1, with EDR | 2.1, with A2DP | 2.1, with A2DP |
| Price | EUR 370, $530 USD | EUR 480, $690 USD | EUR 620, $890 USD |
| Release Date | Q1 2010 | Q4 2009 | Q2 2009 |
| X-Factor | The Google Phone, manufactured by HTC Corporation | The best Android phone yet. | The most popular device in US |
| Weakness | No multi-touch | Buggy | Price, Camera |
So, which phone is superior among the three compared above? Do you think Nexus One is the ultimate iPhone killer?
Matthew Lavin
January 6th, 2010 at 1:13 am #
Having left my Iphone 3g behind I purchased a droid last week. I am nervous I jumped the gun to soon. I appreciate these comparisons however from my research there are a few mistakes in your chart (cited below).
1. Display on the Droid and Nexis are both 3.7
2 The Iphone 3gs camera is 3 megapixels, not 5
3. The droid video is less than 30FPS… i think 26 for some reason but not positive on exacts for this one
On a separate note, I like your description of weeknesses. I loved my iphone for its simplicity and reliability but hated the lack of camera flash, true turn by turn navigation, tethering capabilities, multitasking… etc. I also hated ATT. I love my droid because it does have much of what the iphone lacks but definitely miss the simplicity of the iphone. You are correct about it being buggy too. For an average user I dont think the bugs really show but if you are a tech fanatic like me and push it, it often pushes back (freezing up or rebooting on me).
Heres my question- Do you think the bugs are android or hardware related? If android, do you think the next update will resolve the issues?
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svt04cobra Reply:
January 6th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
I to have the same buggy issues with lockups and freezes. Not sure the Nexus one is the iphone killer. I think the bugs are related to the software not the hardware but I could be wrong and hopfully the next update will fix that.
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Vijay
January 6th, 2010 at 3:22 am #
Very informative. Nice comparison.
One small correction. Camera specification for iPhone 3GS should be corrected.
iPhone has just 3MP camera. I think it is a typo error. Please update.
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Omkar Dutta Reply:
January 6th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Yeah! iPhone 3GS comes with 3.15 megapixel camera. Error rectified. Thanks :)
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Bozo
January 6th, 2010 at 3:27 pm #
Nice summary … thanks!
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Trevor Lohrbeer
January 6th, 2010 at 9:12 pm #
This chart seems fairly unreliable. A couple of other spec changes for the Droid: It currently ships with Android 2.0, not 2.1; it comes with a 16GB microSD card, not a 8GB card; it doesn’t support GSM (at least not the model sold by Verizon). Also I can’t find a source that says the iPhone has the ARM Cortex processor. Use this chart as a comparison with caution.
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Omkar Dutta Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
@Trevor
iPhone and iPhone 3G doesn’t come with ARM Cortex processor. If you can see above, we have compared iPhone 3GS, which comes with ARM Cortex processor. Check out GSM Arena to confirm. Thanks for the latest information regarding Motorola Droid. Updated!
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Omkar Dutta Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
For your kind information, Motorola Droid got Android 2.1 update :)
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Paul Elledge Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 3:56 pm
No it didn’t, it got 2.0.1.
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willi welby
January 9th, 2010 at 10:23 pm #
Thanks for this, it is very helpful. I wonder has anyone considered what might be coming soon? The iPhone 4G rumors or more kindle type readers or more combinations of phones, touchscreens, cameras, browsers?? I’m trying to decide about buying something now or waiting 6 months. But of course, the “expected release dates” are even less reliable thatn weather or stock forecasts!!
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Nick
March 14th, 2010 at 7:31 pm #
This is awful… The Droid has a 3.7″ screen. So many errors.
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