I currently hold a iphone 2G and was in the process of changing my phone so i decided to take a look at the new smart phones available in the market.
Everytime I choose a new phone I usually look at these specs ( not in order of priority) :
1. Build Quality
2. Brand ( Yes I prefer only a certain brands)
3. Screen Size and resolution
4. Camera
5. Multimedia playing abilites.
6. PIM features.
7. Wifi
8. RAM
9. 3G ( Hoping to get 3G in India soon )
Let me pick RAM and 3G :
All the new smart phones have 3G and a good amount of RAM anything above 256 MB should be fine I guess. But for mutli-tasking better get a phone with a bigger RAM.
With pretty much every phone out there fixing the basic requirements above, the next set of requirements had to be found to differentiate the phones. This time around there are my new set of requirements :
1. OS
2. Apps
3. Easy of use for touch screen
Yes I am certainly interested about the OS the phone will be running.
WHY OS you may ask ?
I used a windows 6.1 based touch screen O2 phone for a couple of months and believe me it was a night mare... every operation needs a stylus and getting the right key in the first shot is a great achievement.
Then there are the apps and widgets with app-store and cydia the exploration never ends. Usually with a new phone all the new features and apps loose there charm in a few days but with iphone the apps and updates keep comming and with a large community based support and help the fun goes on .....
Also the phone OS updates with iphone I am happy that they release a 3.1.2 for a iphone 2G as well.
Now so which OS do I choose from ????
The list was not that big given that I am not a Samsung person so it ended up with only 4 available options :
1. Iphone OS X
2. Android from Google
3. Windows 6.5
4. Symbion
Symbion was a no starter .. with no multi-touch it wasnt a pick for me.
The other reason being there isnt a good capacitative touch phone running Symbion . And ofcourse the OVI STORE isnt anywhere close to the apps-store or the Andriod Market.
Next up was Windows 6.5 , with muti-touch it sounded that MS was going to be a good contender. But if you start looking around you will see that even with Windows 6.5 there is a lot of old baggage left hanging .. Lot of windows still open up with options too small to select by a finger and you will end up needing a stylus. Although its supposed to finger friendly it does not work that well so WINDOWS goes down the DRAIN ....
Left with only 2 and was a tough decidsion between the Android and the OS X or Iphone OS.
Here is how they compare :
Brand : Apple
Apps : Apps Store
Multi-Touch : Yes
Exchange and Mail : Yes
Brand : Google
Apps : Android Market
Multi-Touch : Yes
Exchange and Mail : Yes
So both were equally good. So do we call it a tie ... just hang on a second.
Google took 2 years to match up to the Iphone and have just relased their
new phone Nexus which is a equally good in comparision to the iphone.
It is really what you want a new phone which is comparable to a iphone which is already 200 days old now ?????
But what I liked about android that the new phones built around android was people centric ...
You have a contact and you do every thing around the contact in one shot, example when you click on a contact you get their facebook updates , tweets , emails and ofcourse their good ol' phone number :)
So just for that I leave the OS as a tie.
So what did I decide on ???
As of now my decision is to wait and watch for the next iphone which should be out in a couple of months and then take a call..
