Nexus Google iPhone versus Apple iPhone

Last Tuesday, Google (GOOG) launched the Nexus One, and believed to be the rival of Apple’s iPhone. Nexus One has Android’s operating system, built in HTC Taiwan with Google’s specifications. Is Google’s smartphone a threat to Apple’s iPhone? Will it end Apple iPhone’s domination in the sector? The Nexus One has a better camera and boasts speed improvements.  Michael Gartenberg, the vice president of strategy and analysis for Interpret, a market researcher in Los Angeles, said that the Nexus One is beautifully designed.

Smartmoney compared the two smartphones and below is a summary between the two:

Factor Nexus One Apple’s  iPhone
Price Unlocked version sold directly to customers via a new web store hosted by Google for  $529 3GS now costs $199 with a two-year contract with AT&T
Network T-Mobile (Verizon Wireless and Vodafone might be also a provider in the future) AT&T
Applications Apple’s app store offers more than 100,000 applications. Google’s Android Market offers between 15,000 and 20,000 apps.
Hardware
  • a five-megapixel camera with a built-in flash and autofocus
  • lack multitouch capabilities
  • Qualcomm’s (QCOM) latest SnapDragon processor (1Ghz)
  • a removable battery (also replaceable)
  • iPhone 3.2-megapixel camera lacks a flash
  • multitouch capabilities that allow users to rotate, pinch and zoom or un-zoom the display with their hands
  • 600 Mhz
  • Battery sealed inside the device
E-mail
  • default email account may be through Google’s Gmail, but that won’t stop users from checking other email accounts
  • larger screen
  • no actual keyboard
  • e-mail default may vary
  • no actual keyboard

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