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Could the Droid launch be overshadowed by a cheaper iPhone?
Droid launch party could be cut short by arrival of new iPhone
Verizon is touting its Droid phone as an Apple killer. But one blogger says that a cheaper iPhone is close to release – and it could run roughshod over the big Droid launch.
By Matthew Shaer | 11.06.09
Droid launch day is here, and it couldn’t come soon enough. For weeks, we’ve been digging through the waves of buzz surrounding the Android 2.0 Droid – the iDon’t commercials, the photo leaks, the Droid Eris, the official list of specs, a massive Droid launch event in New York City, and that cool Droid advertisement with all the stealth bombers.
Sorry folks, but the Horizons team has Droid launch fatigue.
So imagine our happiness when we turned on the Internets this morning and discovered that someone else feels the same way. According to the team over at Boy Genius Report, Apple is in the final stages of prepping a bargain-basement priced iPhone, which would undercut the Droid, and bring the Droid launch party to a screeching halt.
BGR is filing their report under the category of “whisper,” but it should be said that BGR is rarely wrong – this is the blog that had the Droid specs before anyone else, and the site has been exceptionally snappy with picking up gossip on all manner of smartphone. If BGR is correct, Apple would launch a $99 8GB iPhone 3G S sometime in the next month.
The idea is pretty clear: A sub-$100 iPhone, priced for Christmas shoppers, and rolled out right in time to flatten the Droid launch parade. (It should be said that the $99 iPhone would obviously only come in at $99 if you bought the thing with a 2-year contract.)
Meanwhile, many bloggers have whipped themselves into a frenzy over a second Droid smartphone, which is being manufactured by the Taiwan company HTC. The Droid Eris, which will also be sold by Verizon, will reportedly get a price tag of $100, less than half the cost of the Motorola Droid, and right in line with the BGM estimate on a cheaper iPhone.
Among the features on the HTC Droid Eris are a Qualcomm MSM 7600 528MHz processor, a 5.0 megapixel auto focus camera, and a 3.2 inch 320×480 HVGA capacitive touch screen.
Are you sold? Or will you be standing by your iPhone? Drop us a line here, or on Twitter, @CSMHorizonsBlog.
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2. Pete | 11.06.09
I’ll say the same thing I posted on a PC Mag article about this this morning - even if the iPhone is free, I still don’t get it because I want to stay on Verizon. For the time being, Droid is going to be the best smartphone available on Verizon. If I haven’t made the choice to switch carriers for an iPhone already, why would a lower price change that?
4. Jeff W. | 11.06.09
I am the target demographic in this battle: I just made the decision to switch to a smart phone. I used to be on AT&T and left years ago because of crappy signal/service. Been on Verizon, and love the signal/service. I’m month to month now, so nothing is stopping me from departing if I like the phone. I am, of course, watching my bucks, as we all are. So I’m weighing my options.
Here are my requirements, in order of importance, and which phone I perceive has having the advantage in each category. Again, this is without my using either device, only based on what I’ve read:
1) good phone service with good signal strength (Droid);
2) reasonable price for the phone and data plan (Droid);
3) phone price (Droid for now, but maybe iPhone 3GS comes down in price?);
4) sync my music and podcasts (iPhone);
5) battery life (Droid);
6) excellent web browsing and e-mail (tie?);
7) ability to sync with the iCal and contacts on my iMac desktop (iPhone); 
above-average camera (iPhone — I hear that with the the autofocus, etc., it takes better pics);
9) GPS (Droid has this for free?)
10) Apps (iPhone).
Can you sync the Droid with iCal and iTunes?
6. Jeff W. | 11.06.09
So, based on my criteria above (see #4) I think that a Droid might be the way to go.
Given my need to sync with my home-based iMac, however, if the price of an iPhone comes down a bit (combined with AT&T’s rollover minutes keeping my month-to-month price reasonable) that is probably all its going to take for me to switch.
I wonder if I’m making the right decision.
7. Brian M | 11.06.09
While I don’t own an iPhone I love them, all my friends have them, and if I didn’t have a previous contract, I probably would too. That said, I’ve always loved Verizon, and the Droid has me pretty excited. I love the removable storage, not found on the iPhone, and the multi-tasking capability.
What really keeps the iPhone going is its popularity breeds a large number of applications for it. I’m hoping with Google behind it, the Droid gets app support.
8. Popz99 | 11.06.09
Unfortunatly for Driod the software is the real hotness, but for proplr who really dont care about all that, such as 90% of most cell phone buyers the iphone will still rule itunes bring them over the bar alone. Plue that phone is UUUGGGGLYYY sorry but people want a stylish, light weight, fast iphone and yes verizon does have a great network but AT&T has been doing this for a while and where is the vid confernce feature that we were promised. It will no doubt hold its own but i promise when the new will have crazy long lines!!!!
9. sakibaba | 11.06.09
The very fact that apple is responding to Droid is because they are feeling the heat……..
droid is way better than iphone…….get hold of Verizon’s “idon’t” or “Droid Does” and “there is a map for that “commerical series and you will know….some of the most imp distinctios are:
1. Verizon has the largest 3G footprint( unless you want to use At&Ts crappy edged network)
2. Droid has multitasking functioanality( unlike iphone)
3. Droid has interchangable batteries(unlike iphone)
4. Droid supports MMS fucntionality
5. Android is based on google’s open source platform
6. Droid has a flip out keyboard in addition to capacitative touch screen…..
7. You get a lot of google apps for free( like gps, talk, chat features…)
etc etc etc……….
You can also visit “www.droiddoes.com” for full specs…..
All in all you can always go to a vzw store or bestbuy to try one directly……
As far as I see it……iphone does not even compare to droid so there is no point even talking about them in the same breath……
10. linda | 11.06.09
im getting the droid soon. manly cuz the keyboard n it so much like the iphone. also i heard verizon has better coverage. i want to use my cellphone as a phone sometimes. everyone has the iphone anyways so why have something every single person has. if the iphone had a real keyboard then i would have bought it. but im going with the droid
11. Steve | 11.06.09
Sorry Droid fans,
You have a lot of learn about Google’s Android Platform.
The lack of control over device manufacturers, android OS releases, and Java based developers is really going to harm the Android Platform in the end.
Those of you betting that this “open” platform is going to work fail to understand some of the complexities of software engineering and standardization.
Already for example, “Pinch / Zoom,” which is built into the Android OS, is supported sporadically on some apps but not on others, supported on some handsets but not on others.
Lack of guidance and vision with severely harm this platform with consumers.
Android is by no means a slam dunk. It has a long, slow, road ahead.
12. Peter | 11.06.09
This is one ugly device.
And that clunky physical keyboard. No way.
While it has an on-screen keyboard, I’ll still take the elegant one in my iPhone any day.
Pass.
13. Ben-o | 11.06.09
I used the Droid today and I was blown away! I have been using PDA’s and Smartphone’s for years and this is by far the most impressive device I’ve used. The Droid is the same size and thickness as the iPhone, very sleek. The web browsing is faster than the iPhone and the Navigation application is way better than any TomTom, Garmin, Magellan etc. that I have used. I thought the phone had too much hype behind it but it is well deserved. Try it for your self and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
14. DaveK | 11.06.09
Suckers will be held captive by Verizon with their new extremely high early termination fee of $350 per Droid phone. IMHO a great idea to prevent churn for at leaast two years by locking customers into Verizon with a heavily promoted phone as bait.
Now a future customer will ace not only the prospect of losing their job in these uncertain economic times but being forced to either continue high Samrtphone data plans for a Droid until 2012 or pay over $300 + last months phone bill per phone just to walk away from Verizon at a time of intense pain.
15. Coldsmoke | 11.06.09
Would love to try the Droid but there is no way I’m going to switch to Verizon. They are the worst of the pack when it comes to pricing and customer service. Look at their plans; its all ala carte and if you want to sync your phone, get text messages and visual voice mail, its substantially higher than AT&T plan for plan. Add to that their recent slap-in-the-face early termination fee of $350. Yeah, they can kiss me where the sun don’t shine.
While they may have 3g in more places, does it really matter if you never go all the odd ball places they have 3G? Anyone traveled to Debuque, IA, Matlock, MS, or Newberry, MI lately? Sure if your one of the 15 people that live in these remote areas, coverage is important and Verizon is the ticket. For the 80% of us that live in more largely populated areas, AT&T 3G coverage is just fine. I’ve been using them for 3 yrs with no issue, despite all the hoopla about their network.
Droid versus Iphone?….. As stated above, I wouldn’t mind trying the Droid, but based on what I’ve heard, I don’t think it is compelling enough to switch. For those who don’t already own an Iphone, its probably an easy decision based on who your current cellular provider is. But as for switching from the Iphone its too much of a gamble to switch to verizon to try something different; something which by all accounts is still playing second fiddle to the Iphone.
16. Steve-0 | 11.06.09
Just picked up the Droid. While I have only had it for a few hours, I already like it. It was a bargain at 99 bucks, and has all the features I need.
17. SEMRE225 | 11.07.09
Just got the Droid and its awesome! I have played with the iphone plenty of times and Its a nice phone. But the droid is a different breed. Its responsive and accurate. The functions are great. It gives you a choice to use either touch or keyboard for email & texting (a big plus) Battery life and memory removal also. Not as many apps (which was expected). Dont have much time to play with 80,000 apps anyway. AT&t lovers, in case you dont know, the contract with exclusive rights for the “iphone” will expire in June of 2010. Most likely Verizon and all the other carriers will all carry the iphone (got info from a Vrz top mgr). Stinks for all At&t customers cuz the service stinks….
18. droid boy | 11.07.09
IMO, Droid delivers on everything it promised and way more. It is truely “hand held Internet” for the masses. IPhone would have won this battle, but the availability is just not widespread enough.
19. drwink | 11.07.09
Okay, so I’m an Apple fan and have had all but the first iPhone. So the ATT service plan is crap and I for one will switch to Verizon if that option becomes available. It’s a better cell phone company with better coverage and service.
The ONLY reason I am on ATT service is for the use of the iPhone. I have MobileMe and when ever I make a change on my iPhone or MacBook it updates seamlessly. That’s amazing! It syncs seamlessly with my Mac. That never worked well with any of my Palm smartphones, always a bugger to sync properly.
I am up to 6 pages of Apps and some of these I use many times daily. Can the Android platform claim that many apps so easy to obtain wherever I am.
Apple makes great products, and that’s why I stay with Apple products. Everyone else is trying to “copy” their features, so why buy an imitation when you can have the real thing (on a lousy carrier)? The Verizon iPhone is worth waiting for… plus if you buy a Droid now, you are locked in (with a very large termination fee) for 2 more years of a substandard smartphone.
20. Tha Jackhammer | 11.07.09
I have personally got to play with the new Droid phone (a family member works for Verizon and brought one home weeks before the release) and it is simply amazing. While I’ve always wanted the capabilities of an iPhone, i never wished to leave the Verizon network because it is simply the best 3G network out there. True, AT&T is just as fast but Verizon’s has better coverage nation wide. Apple is coming out with a new iPhone with a lower price because they know this phone will trump the iPhone in coverage, capability, and over-all style. The addition, the slide up keyboard is GREAT and makes it all the more versatile for those who don’t want a touch screen keyboard (which the Droid also has). Being backed by Google and having open source application will just prove to make Droid more able to be exactly what YOU want it to be. The touch screen is spot on, it has a 5mp camera with a flash, the applications i have seen thus far are outstanding…it truly will be an iPhone killer in my opinion. The iPhone did come first, but the Droid will now take the place at the top of the list for best touch screen phone available.
21. Som | 11.07.09
I have been using iphone for a month, I have looked at dirod pictures and features. Believe me, it can never beat iphone !!!
22. Hattrick752 | 11.07.09
I have Verizon - separate handset for voice and PCMCIA card for EVDO data - expensive - but will not switch until AT&T or others can match the voice quality and data speeds.
23. Mike | 11.07.09
Sorry author, but I think you’re entirely missing the point here.
Nothing, short of a CDMA iPhone for use on Verizon’s network, is going to dump any rain on the Google/Motorola/Verizon parade. Nothing Apple is going to do until that point is going to change that significance of this phone. The CDMA iPhone was just announced apparently, and it’s a year away. The main thing that’s going to drive sales of the Droid for now are all of the experiential horror stories of frustrated consumers coping with AT&T’s network. Only iPhone fanboys are going to deny that Android 2.0 isn’t up to par with the iPhone OS. It’s a perfectly capable mobile OS on a well-made piece of hardware that competes head-to-head with the iPhone. In the year’s time it’s going to take to get an iPhone up on Verizon’s network, Google will have leveraged that time to refine the operating system even more. Microsoft was never up to the task, but Google is, and will continue to be. Developers will continue to port all of the iPhone apps to run on Android, as well as code new ones for Android. Motorola will be refining the Droid design to make it a little more sleek than the rev1 hardware. They’ll be releasing a Droid rev2 in 18-24 months. Verizon will take back customers that bled out to AT&T solely because they wanted iPhones. Google’s OS will continue to carve out any of the advantages of the iPhone OS, which at this point I think is 100% limited to the number of available apps.
That’s how things are going to play out. This party’s not over anytime soon.
On a side note…
With the Droid, I fully resist any temptation to pick “the best smartphone” between the two. At this point it’s absolutely a question of “better for me” versus “better for you”. Neither is simply “better” than the other. Then of course you’ll be loathe to find any iPhone fanboys to admit that. One friend sheepishly muddles “second best smartphone” when he sees my Droid, knowing full well there’s no reasoning behind that argument. I love my Droid, for reasons not least of which is that it takes the wind out of iPhonees better-than-thou sails. And for every time my friend has trouble making a call when my phone places perfect calls all day, I’m going to laugh a little on the inside. Maybe on the outside too.
24. Don | 11.07.09
The Droid will never be an iPhone killer because it is on the Verizon network. They have the best service but it comes at a price. They charge you for every byte of data you download. On billshrink.com they don’t even come close to the other companies. Verizon has never had a phone they didn’t cripple. You can talk about all of the things that iPhone can’t do but people love there iPhone. The apps work, most are free, they are well developed. I have Verizon and I won’t touch a smart phone from them. When Apple rolls over into Verizon they will keep the same model and they won’t allow Verizon to cripple the phone.
Here is what Apple does do well.
They have iTunes
They have 100,000 apps
Jail break support is huge which gives you even more apps
They have cars designed to work with them
They have thousands of accessories
They have real games from PC companies
The apps cover everything from cooking, golf, puzzles to integration with colleges, they also have a model for individuals to make money building apps.
Maybe Droid will be a good phone, but like every other iPhone killer it just doesn’t compete in the same market. See iPhone is more then a smart phone it’s an entertainment device that replaces a host of other devices. This is why the Droid will fail. It can do everything but entertain.
25. chris | 11.08.09
one thing people are leaving out, is that once jailbroken, iphones are capable of a lot of the advantages that your giving the droid. Multi-tasking (backgrounder), free tethering (pdanet), and iphone to iphone applications such as bump, and others. A lot of the applcations the droid will no doubt use, will also be shared by the iphone, and blackberrys as well. Even the the free navigation that the droid sports with googles new navigation app, will be made for the iphone too, as google has hinted at. One thing i can not contest is the network. verizon hands down takes the cake there. they have 5 times the 3g coverage, fact. summing it all up, the playing field isnt as one sided as some seem to think.
26. greg | 11.08.09
Here’s the winning combination for the iPhone; stop being married to AT&T. The biggest drawback of the iPhone is that AT&T is the worst company for customer service of any carrier. I switched to t-mobile, but the hassle of unlocking the iPhone keeps me from putting my other family phones on t-mobile. Apple has multiple carriers in other markets worldwide and its a winning combination. t-mobile is now offering $49 unlimited plans and plans that allow you to own your phone and pay less instead of the “free” phones that require a 2yr contract. It would be great if Apple would make the iPhone available in the U.S. in the same way it can be bought in Europe and the rest of the world. THAT would take a real competitive step against the droid and other phones.
27. Keith Nealy | 11.08.09
The Droid will not sync with iTunes. iPhone has tons of free apps. It multitasks for GPS allowing you to listen to music while fading sound for turn directions and then fading music back in, all without you doing anything. It multi-tasks in other ways too, just not all ways.
As for changing batteries, you need to carry a spare battery. If you’re going to carry a spare battery, why not just carry a spare battery/charger for the iPhone. There are many out there, and some have greater charge capacity than the iPhone itself.
Apple’s SDK is open to all. They moderate submissions to the app store to make sure nothing crashes your iPhone. If you want the Windows experience on your cell phone, then Android may be right for you.
Droid is 50% heavier than the iPhone. You can only turn it on by finding the miniscule on button at one end. The keyboard is one more thing to break.
I’m posting this just to present a more balanced perspective.
I’m glad for Android and the Droid. I think it does push back against Apple, and I hope it spurs Apple to make even better iPhones. There’s certainly room for improvement. But I’ll stick with the iPhone and its seamless painless integration with the rest of Apple’s software and hardware.
28. Matt | 11.08.09
What u people are failing to realize is that the Droid is basically only going to be bought by phone geeks and tech geeks. If you ask a normal person, who isn’t a techie, which phone they would rather have, chances are they will say the iPhone. Point # 2, and possibly the most important point is that it’s made by Motorola and if your all honest with yourselves, you’ll admit that Motorola is an inferior product by far. The Motorola Razr is the most returned phone because of manufacturers defects, of all time and has been for a couple years. The iPhone is superior in reliabilty and ease of use and the only big advantage to the Android operating system is multi-tasking and I’d be willing to bet that the iPhone 4g will correct this. Every couple months a new phone comes out that claims to be an iPhone killer and time and time again the iPhone prevails king even with an inferior carrier, now why is that??
29. Kennon | 11.08.09
I think that the iPhone will eventually fall victim to the same problems the Mac did. Propriatary lockdown on both the hardware and software side of the device will eventually drive it’s users to Android in the next couple years as soon as there is feature parity. iPhone has had at least a 2 year head start on Android and already the whole basis of the Droid marketting chatter is all the features and functions that it has, but the iPhone does not. As long as the reviews I am reading on Driod aren’t just all hype I have a feeling that it wont even be a few years maybe 2. Lets not forget that Apple had 75%+ of the desktop market at one time and they managed to completely self-destruct that with their whacky penchant for total control over all aspects of the hardware and software. And what replaced the Mac was arguably a far inferior product. And today the iPhone has no where near 75% of market share in handheld devices. I think history is a good indicator of what will happen next.
30. Ben | 11.08.09
I still use my iphone, I will be sticking by it but this phone is what the market really needs it gives everyone a reason to push harder in the market.
The networks have nothing to do with the phones, saying the droid is better cos of verizon or whatever against the iphones AT&T is a rubbish arguement.
The rest of the world doesn’t suffer like america, sorry if it sounds harsh but the provider doesn’t mean anything.
I wanna see how apple responds to the droid, I love this phone if I was going to have any other phone it would be the droid but I love the iPhone OS
31. Frank | 11.08.09
I have had many mobile phones, from Nokia, SE, Motorola, i-mate, Samsung, LG, HTC you name it. No phone at the moment can match the iPhone. You need finally accept it…the only real competitor to iPhone is Blackberry…and I believe BB is losing ground too. iPhone is one of the best telecommunication device for this decay.
32. Patty | 11.08.09
> The very fact that apple is responding to Droid is because
> they are feeling the heat……..droid is way better than iphone……
Heat? Did you see the lines waiting for the Droid? 15 people, at most.
> 2. Droid has multitasking functioanality( unlike iphone)
People don’t know that the iphone does something 1 better than multitask:
You can *EXIT* your chat app… but still monitor incoming chat requests.
You can *EXIT* your price-watching app… but still monitor incoming price-watches.
You can *EXIT* your facebook app… but still monitor new friends that join.
Why keep tons of things running… using ram… using CPU… and using your battery? Exit the app… and still use it.
> 4. Droid supports MMS fucntionality
Huh? The iPhone has MMS. The 3GS has *ALWAYS* had it since day #1.
> 5. Android is based on google’s open source platform
More than 100,000 programmers are writing for the iphone. That’s not enough?
Anyone can write code for it. Apple even *HELPS* you by giving you the free software to write apps.
> 6. Droid has a flip out keyboard
Have you seen it? Too flat to be useable. Too cramped to be of any value. No real “feel” to it at all.
> 7. You get a lot of google apps for free( like gps, talk,
> chat features…)
Google has been writing *IPHONE* apps far longer than Droid apps. What does it say when your own company writes apps for the competing company? Even Google likes the iPhone.
33. Alice | 11.08.09
> I still don’t get it because I want to stay on Verizon
Next year get the new Verizon iPhone instead of the AT&T version.
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=dETvF3-QAASoxTMQT9hLvswcC-rjM
…or… get the iPhone that does *BOTH* Verizon or AT&T in 1 phone.
34. byte_genius | 11.08.09
mmm… droid or iphone? the true answer is not iphone. motorola’s first droid it is good. yes not perfect, then again the iphone is not perfect. the true momentum is droid. it will continue with all the other android phones. the $99.00 iphone will appeal to some, but 3G is the past. and with a 2 year phone contract and poor financial move. the droid is easier, faster and more customizable, if so desired. droid wins. time to buy stock in motorola.
35. John H | 11.08.09
Patty,
While Apple may give you free software to develop for the iPhone, you need an Apple computer to use that software. For Android, all that is needed is a computer with a Java execution environment. I had thought of developing software for an iPhone, but I didn’t want to buy an Apple to do so. Meanwhile, I’ve been preparing my Linux system to be ready for developing for Android.
I do think Droid will give Apple some competition, and it will make both phones better. Apple will have to loosen some of their arbitrary and slow application approval process that keeps competitors out of their store. Where Google is behind is that Apple has a large ecosystem including standalone music players. While Droid is supporting standalone car and home “docks”, there is no comparable market for interface to car audio systems or powered speaker systems.
36. David Knapp | 11.09.09
This is all weirdly reminiscent of innumerable predictions of Apple’s demise, iPod’s death, and who knows what else. I’m buying an iPhone as soon as my second (crummy, crummy) HTC-manufactured dopod gives up the ghost. Partly because I use Macs, and like the idea of sync that *really works*. Partly because Apple makes sturdy stuff. Partly because, much as I like Google (use calendar, Gmail, apps, docs, AdWords, AdSense, Google Maps), they have yet to show me any software as deeply cool and usable as OS X, and from what I’ve seen, the iPhone OS. But most of all–Hello! Do you all need new glasses?–the iPhone, like my Macs, looks and feels miles better than anything else. The Droid looks marginally better than a Kindle. Maybe. Some day, an Apple competitor will understand that for a huge swath of the market, style and simplicity count tons. That someday isn’t Google and the Droid.
PS How come so few of you who like the Droid can spell? Google has spell-checking. Doesn’t it work on the Droid?
37. michael johnson | 11.09.09
they had a three day android launch in justin herman plaza in san francisco last weekend. i sell art in the plaza and got to view the three days. my favorite quotable quote:
one of the buskers gives a gentleman a handout and tells him about the android launch. his response: “oh my God!!! i just bought an iphone….. i’m gonna cry!!!” too funny.
39. steve | 11.12.09
I am both Android fan and a new iPhone fan. I have owned G1/Storm/Nokia/Wmo and recently the iPhone. I know the iPhone is not perfect, but I have to say that iPhone is the one that can truly makes me excited and I can’t live without it!
I don’t even know why I have this feeling for iPhone. It is about the iPhone ecosystem, the quality of the software/hardware, the availability of the things you can do with the phone, the easiness of obtaining any info/games/music/video from any source by pressing a few keys, the excitement of jail breaking…
As for Droid, i know it is the beginning of making something significant for Android 2.0 OS. I will have to say that I didn’t like the Droid when I got the change to play with it in a Verizon both. Droid Eris does feel better in my hand.
The free Google navigation is significant and it will be on iPhone, because if Google does not do it, other player will.
I do expect to buy a unlocked Android phone, but it is not the Droid. I hope Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10a (1gh processor and 8 mp camera) is the one I would actually get by early next year. By that time, I will have to duplicate my SIM card, and use both X10a and the iPhone whenever I want (not simultaneously…). It should be like a dream.
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1. Elle | 11.06.09
I’m sorry to disagree. The is the first of a long line of iPhone killers. It’s not just the device, even though in the case of the Motorola Droid, at the first level, the hardware Droid is an iPhone match on it’s own merits. But the real iPhone Killer is the operating system; the new Android 2.0. An we will see lots of new devices powered with Android 2. And on the third level, the network. Apple chose to ride the wrong horse in this race. AT&T and Verizon’s 3G networks are comparable in speed only. Verizon’s coverage and reliability is far-and-away superior to AT&T’s. Finally on the fourth level, the other strategic partners have the trump card, Google and the open source community of developers. The gap between iPhone and Android 2.0 devices will widen even further.
Sorry iPhone lovers. I’m sure iPhone will continue to be a beloved treasure of a few die-hards. But Adnroid based phones are the new King.