Coverage: The guy with the glasses or Luke Wilson?
Apple iPhone and Motorola Droid comparisons were being made even before we knew what the Droid was. But beyond the features and functions of the phones themselves, the iPhone / Droid debate cannot begin without first discussing AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless themselves. When choosing any device for any carrier your primary concern should be your coverage area signal strength. Still, with all the "app" and "map" commercials out there, it may be hard to distinguish which one will be better for your needs. If you want a device just to place calls, then you may want to stick with Verizon's service. Those maps don't lie, their coverage area is superb! It's no wonder they have great call clarity. Conversely, AT&T currently has the most dropped calls of all the networks.
Now as far as data coverage, Verizon is not in the same league with AT&T at all, to which AT&T probably has the iPhone to thank for that. AT&T has improved their data speeds immensely since the introduction of the original iPhone and these changes have propelled them to the top of the list according to a recent PCWorld performance comparison of 3G networks. Still, you can't believe everything you hear (or read) so I've conducted my own test with a sample group consisting of my iPhone and Droid carrying friends.
Personally, I've had service with all the major carriers over the course of my 15 years of being a cell phone junkie. All except T-Mobile who always seems to be a bit behind in technology although they were rated to have the best customer service. My sample of friends have similar histories as well, so...
The results are below.
We ranked the voice coverage in the following order:
1.) Verizon Wireless 2.) Sprint 3.) T-Mobile 4.) AT&T Wireless
This is how we rated each carrier according to data coverage:
1.) AT&T Wireless 2.) Sprint 3.) T-Mobile 4.) Verizon Wireless
Equipment: To touch, or not to touch (screen)
Before beginning let me say that I do realize that when it comes down to it, using a touch keypad or full QWERTY keyboard is a matter of what the individual user is more comfortable with, but a more objective debate centers around the touch screen itself, and how they are NOT all the same.
There are actually two types of widely used touch screen technologies. The most innovative one is used by the Apple iPhone 3Gs and is called the "capacitive" touch screen. It works by recognizing the electrical properties of your finger to locate where you are touching the screen. This makes the capacitive screen much more sensitive and responsive to movement on the screen itself. The second type of screen is pressure sensitive. Thus referred to as a "resistive" touch screen. It works by stacking multiple thin layers beneath the touch screen. When pressure is applied on the face of the screen it causes these layers to come into contact, telling the phone where you are on the screen.
The Motorola Droid's QWERTY keyboard is quite standard in function. Although critics will point out how it makes the Droid more heavy and bulky. Proponents of the keyboard are happy to make a little sacrifice to have an actual physical keyboard.
So it looks as if until the prophecy of the "iPhone Killer" is fulfilled, we will all continue to bow down to the Apple iPhone 3Gs (or at least until the iPhone 4Gs comes out). At the same time the Motorola Droid must be acknowledged for its features and functions as well, despite not living up to all the hype centered around its launch. However, with the iPhone is still provided exclusively with AT&T Wireless, an adequate comparison of the iPhone 3Gs and Droid will always require comparing the difference in AT&T and Verizon, respectively.
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Tags: Apple, at t, Call Quality, Droid, Iphone, iPhone Articles, Motorola, screen, Verizon
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