Who has moved from iPhone to N1?

[Darthbull]

iPhone 3GS -> ATT BB9700 -> TMo BB9700 -> N1.

So, in a round-a-bout way, yeah. But I had a BB in-between. Lol.

 

[androidmom]

I upgraded from my 3G iPhone to the N1, and really love it! I cant post links on here yet (need 10 posts, I guess) but I did a youtube video on the "5 Reason the Nexus One is Better Than the iPhone". But are great smartphones, but there are some really cool things the N1 does that a techie will appreciate.

I sold my original iPhone and 3G on ebay and it more than paid for me N1! ;-)

 

[Yahma]

Blackberry Pearl -> iPhone 3GS -> Nexus One

So far the N1 is the best of the bunch!

 

[dakis#AC]

- iPhone 2G (private) - slow

- iPhone 3G (private) - slow

- iPhone 3GS (private) - ok but limited, low screen-res, annoyingly infantile choice of apps (fart apps, tons of useless games, only a handful of usable titles)

- Touch HD2 (work) - battery? What battery? That thing doesn't last more than 4 hours with an instant messenger running in the BG. Great screen, operating system from hell. Went back after a 10 day eval (thank goodness)

- Blackberry Storm 2 (work) - great phone. For my purposes it's close to perfect. I love typing on that thing. Had it for a couple of weeks now and I haven't seen any of the often reported problems (dropped calls, reboots etc).

- Nexus One (private): fast, beautiful, meaningful app selection, battery life sucks, though and charging the bat takes forever.

So for me it's the combo: BB Storm 2 for work and the N1 for play - couldn't be happier about that at the moment.

 

[anon(6936)]

if you are looking for something a little more dependable when it comes to getting the information you ask for then grab this phone. With a little common sense and the use of... Google... you can work your way through getting this phone to do anything you want. Hope this helped.

agreed.
my route: iPhone v1 > BB Bold > iPhone 3GS > N1

the Nexus/Android is the perfect Apple/RIM hybrid.

 

[zeuswsu]

say wa?

agreed.
my route: iPhone v1 > BB Bold > iPhone 3GS > N1

the Nexus/Android is the perfect Apple/RIM hybrid.

You guys are all confusing me, based on basic math you are saying the iphone v1 is the best.....oh well, thanks for adding the comments so I'm not completely confused

 

[Jeremy]

You guys are all confusing me, based on basic math you are saying the iphone v1 is the best.....oh well, thanks for adding the comments so I'm not completely confused

Maybe you are joking but in case you are not, they are just showing the order of the devices they have owned. Again, just in case...

 

[mo-bile#AC]

You guys are all confusing me, based on basic math you are saying the iphone v1 is the best.....oh well, thanks for adding the comments so I'm not completely confused

The ">" is illustrating line of progression. Not it being greater than the next.

 

[Cory Streater]

annoyingly infantile choice of apps (fart apps, tons of useless games, only a handful of usable titles)

meaningful app selection

Although I agree with your assessment of the Apple app store, I personally don't feel the Android market has any more meaningful of an app selection. There are several apps that we don't have yet that the iPhone does, like: DISH Remote Access; eWallet; SlingBox; and WunderRadio, to name a few. I find it really frustrating when I go to the Market's "What's New" section and see a bunch of garbage all the time. I know the meaningful apps are probably on their way, but the Market is quickly filling up with garbage at the same rate Apple's store did.

 

[Jeremy]

Although I agree with your assessment of the Apple app store, I personally don't feel the Android market has any more meaningful of an app selection. There are several apps that we don't have yet that the iPhone does, like: DISH Remote Access; eWallet; SlingBox; and WunderRadio, to name a few. I find it really frustrating when I go to the Market's "What's New" section and see a bunch of garbage all the time. I know the meaningful apps are probably on their way, but the Market is quickly filling up with garbage at the same rate Apple's store did.

I completely agree with you, people are so quick to jump on Apple's App Store when each and every major device has a store that seems second rate in apps and over all store compared to what Apple has done. Here is how I would rate the stores:

1. Apple App Store
2. Android Market
3. Windows store (whatever they call it)
4. Blackberry store
5. Palm store

That's my opinion.

 

[anon(6936)]

You guys are all confusing me, based on basic math you are saying the iphone v1 is the best.....oh well, thanks for adding the comments so I'm not completely confused

those are arrows, not alligators

 

[evilp8ntballer7#AC]

Well I move back and forth between them almost weekly I love both!

 

[anon(6936)]

Well I move back and forth between them almost weekly I love both!

just curious, how do you synch your contacts and calendars?

Google Synch on the iPhone isn't great so I have resorted to MobileMe when using the iPhone and Google for the Nexus. Moving between the two and making sure the laptop doesn't get duplicates is a PITA. I really wish I could pick one phone over the other and be happy. The drawbacks of each and grass is greener mentality is creating too much extra work!

 

[mrmwiley]

Had some initial seperation anxiety, but underneath the candy wrapper alot of the applications that exist on the IPhone already have an equivalent in the Android market or developer sites with the exception of Mint...I really miss this app. I was stoked to find the Buddy Runner app. This will take the place of my Nike plus account.

There are new things coming out everyday. It reminds me of the gerneration 1 IPhone days when new apps were being revealed slowly but eventually gained momentum as developers got more experience with the platform

 

[cletustboone]

My route to the N1 is as follows:

Nokia E70 (AT&T) > iPhone 2G (AT&T) > Nexus One (T-Mobile)

I think the biggest factor for my switch was cost savings. Having the iPhone 2G, I was paying $98/mo for 450 minutes of voice + unlimited text and 2G data. On T-Mobile, I only pay $60/mo for 500 minutes of voice + unlimited text, mms, and 3G data.

I live in Philadelphia, where T-Mobile 3G coverage, so far, has been really impressive. In my home and my neighborhood (Fishtown), I consistently get about 300k - 700k download speeds, but at the house, I have WiFi, so no big deal. My girlfriend still has an iPhone 3G and can only get 500k at best, no matter where we go. We just went to the Port Richmond Target, and I clocked 2.5 mbps while she still only got 500k on the iPhone.

Network-wise, I'm more than pleased. This may not be the case if I travel outside a major metro, but I don't that often, so this works great.

A few things I like better on the iPhone:

The Facebook app is way better. I have to use 2 apps on the N1 to get the combo of functionality that I was used to in the iPhone Facebook app.

The way that you select text and move the cursor around on the iPhone is much better. Maybe there's an easy way on the N1, but I haven't figured it out yet. I can never seem to select the text I want or move the cursor to the spot that I want. Not a dealbreaker, but annoying sometimes.

The OLED screen on the N1 absolutely eats battery life. Admittedly, I am fiddling with the phone a lot right now since it's new, but I only get about 24 hours of use out of the thing before it has to go back on the charger. This is also compared to the iPhone 2G, which was good for about 2 full days of use if I wasn't on the phone a lot. I never had a 3G, but I hear they can be battery hogs.

Apps that I miss:

TweetDeck and New York Times. I also played this game a lot called Scramble by Zynga, that's not available for Android (yet).

So, overall, I'm extremely happy with the N1 and I only miss the iPhone sometimes. The $40/mo in savings + blistering 3G network speed sure helps to ease the transition.