The HTC Dream G1 vs BlackBerry Storm vs iPhone 3G - A consumer report

The iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3G has done a great job of bringing an easy to use content discovery mechanism to consumers everywhere. Mobile gaming and phones in general have become much more fun after the launch of the App Store. I personally own this device because I stand by the hardware, love the developers community and think Rogers has done a great job giving me lots of data at an affordable rate. Of course there are things that the iPhone doesn’t have (cut and paste) that constantly annoy me, but I’m also very picky.

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Summary

The iPhone 3G is perfect for bringing a powerful mobile device to an unfamiliar market. The friendly nature of Apple products makes access to content and data driven services a breeze. Data usage in North America will surely surge by the success of the App Store and the iPhone. As a phone, it’s a great buy for any consumer. As a prosumer device, it could use some tweaking. The jailbreaking community, like the iPhone Dev Team, are the best thing to happen to this device. They have created an open developer market that offers things Apple will not be able to offer for a long time.

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17 Responses to “The HTC Dream G1 vs BlackBerry Storm vs iPhone 3G - A consumer report”

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1 VerSe
September 18, 2008 at 3:33 pm

You forgot a Window Mobile contender. Forget the HTC Touch Diamond, that thing is ugly, you should add the HTC Touch HD in there. Honestly I think that one looks better than the iPhone!
2 Kyle
September 18, 2008 at 5:00 pm

You’re absolutely right! The HTC Touch HD looks like it will be a great media phone.

I guess I just felt that 2 devices from the same manufacturer would show some bias I don’t really have.

But it is for sure a device worthy of attention!
3 VerSe
September 18, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Check out my reply to your comment on G Style. I totally agree with you. My thoughts were purely based on looks alone. In the end the iPhone would win regardless. Of this phones. Thought I’m a hardcore Blackberry lover, I don’t like the storm. The HTC is great with Android but that phone design sucks, but looking forward to seeing Android on another one, maybe even the Touch HD. And the iPhone, well that is the “in” phone right now.
4 ros
September 18, 2008 at 11:28 pm

Android on a HTC Touch HD…*drool*
Lets hope that happens!
5 jay
September 20, 2008 at 3:00 pm

The biggest problem with the IPhone: AT & T. I recently bought one and even after the 2.1 update it worked terribly. I am in Phoenix, AZ a major metropolitan area. It literally drops ever call, Safari constantly crashes, the apps are very buggy. The reception is horrendous.

Why Apple went with AT & T is beyond me. So I returned this to the Apple store after 20 days of use, and told them I would never buy a product from them again.

So now I am waiting patiently to try two other phones:

Blackberry Storm and the HTC Touch HD.

I expect the HTC HD will be available sometime in early 2009 through sprint - who has a great network, and of course Verizon has a great network so the Storm should work well.

IPhone has so much potential, but the bottom line is that if you cannot even have a decent conversation on it what’s the point?
6 VerSe
September 21, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Jay I would have to disagree with you. I’ve been with AT&T in New York City for the last 4 years and have never had one drop call. I’ve went from a regular basic phone (can’t even remember what that was back then), to the Blackberry 8700, then a Blackberry Curve 8300, and now currently a Curve 8310. Never had one dropped call, no problem with service or anything.

Don’t know why so many people with the iPhone have trouble.
7 Off Topic
September 22, 2008 at 11:33 am

A little off Topic here, but Barrack Obama is Horrible. Please do not vote for this man.
8 WR
September 23, 2008 at 10:41 am

I’m looking forward to the BB Storm. I was going to purchase the BB Bold, but I just received a Verizon postcard re: the Storm.

Q - Will the Storm have a trackball?

BTW (and in response to Off Topic), vote for Obama if you want the country to turn around and head in a much better direction then where we’re headed now (and will likely continue under McCain).
9 Storm Reviews
September 25, 2008 at 7:29 am

New images of the BlackBerry Storm here!!!! http://www.storm-reviews.co.uk/blackberry-storm-news/exclusive-blackberry-storm-screen-shots
10 Delegator
October 8, 2008 at 9:21 am

Android looks like a potentially interesting platform, but being in the software business I wouldn’t buy V1 of any new OS. Having the tried and true BB push infrastructure and synchronization, the V2 of Apple’s iPhone and its exchange integration…that’s what business users need/want.

Being tethered to the T-Mobile network is also a weak point for the HTC device. T-Mobile is almost a non-entity here in New Hampshire, where you lose their signal about half a mile off the highway. I need a device that makes me reachable when I’m skiing, traveling, etc. Even AT&T has lots of coverage problems up north, which is why I don’t have an iPhone.

I’m far from the only one who is limited to Verizon for coverage purposes, but maybe HTC will release a CDMA version of this thing once Verizon’s network becomes open in December 2008. More competition for devices is good.
11 Coolness
October 8, 2008 at 10:03 pm

There’s only an available black G1. Where did this person get the gold? I want the gold!
12 Steve
October 8, 2008 at 11:34 pm

Can anyone explain why iPhone doesn’t have a the simple edit functions of copy and paste and to forward messages? The lack of these functions makes it useless if you are doing any written communication.
13 abcyesn
October 15, 2008 at 7:09 am

Loving the phone, it’s probably one of the best phones coming into the mobile market, I really like how it has all the blackberry software with a full touch screen, there’s already a fans website for the storm at http://www.Storm-BlackBerry.com
14 i h8 obama
October 16, 2008 at 1:02 pm

response to WR’s obama comment!
don;t post your political views on a technology forum! and the BB storm doesn’t connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.
15 valod
October 24, 2008 at 4:23 am

verse your an idiot the “in” phone? what if the “in” thing was smoking crack? just because a bunch of 14 year old girls buy the iphone doesn’t mean its the :in” phone. voting for obama is the in thing now but the votes don’t count. the best phone is the android phone because the os is open source i don’t know much about the storm but i know that the iphone sucks. cant record video cant send pix msg cant do shit but spend money on apps that don’t do shit. it just looks nice but that doesn’t matter. my dick looks nice too but it doesn’t get sucked enough
16 celltek1
October 30, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Open source OS is a step in a better direction as this works to the mobile user benifiting from a growing programmer base. It would be nice if the G1 incorperated UMA to allow for VOIP calling so that I could log onto an open WIFI network and make unlimited calls including long distance for 10$ per month (see T-Mobile’s @ home product for more info). As to who is better T-Mobile or ATT is a matter of perception based on where you primarily use you phone (rural vs urban) I’ve worked for both as a contractor and the equipment in the field is pretty much the same in many regional areas. Look at a cell tower and you’ll see multiple tiers of antenna arrays, yep you betcha most of the time their on the same tower. Ultimately it comes down to perception, just like with presidential choice.
17 henry
March 28, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Just look at a comparison between the
iPhone, G1, blackberry bold, and blackberry storm
The Blackberry storm seems to win in most categories.

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