Motorola DROID vs iPhone 3GS comparative chart

By JB on Oct 30, 2009 with View Comments

Taranfx.com has put together a nice comparative chart comparing the new Motorola DROID vs iPhone 3GS. How does the DROID compare to the champion of smartphones? We can finally start putting it in persepctive.

Feature/Spec

 Motorola Droid iPhone 3GS Winner
Operating System Google Android 2.0 iPhone 3.1.2 OS X Mobile N/A (Personal Preference)
Dimensions 115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm 115.5 x 62 x 12.3 mm None
Weight 6 ounces – 169 grams 4.8 ounces – 135 grams iPhone
Processor (CPU) TI OMAP3430 ARM Cortex A8 processor 550Mhz ARM Cortex A8 RISC 600Mhz iPhone
Graphics / Gaming Hardware accelerate OpenGL ES 2.0 Hardware accelerated OpenGL ES 2.0 iPhone
Storage 16GB Removable SD card 16, 32GB fixed Droid
Cellular, Data CDMA 1x Dual Band, EVDO rev.

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth 2.1

 GSM/EDGE TriBand UMTS/HSDPA TriBand

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth 2.

 N/A
Battery Changeable, Talk time: 8 hours Fixed, Talk time: 12 hours on 2G, 5 hours on 3G Droid
Display 3.7 inch with 854×480 pixels 3.5-inch with 480 x 320 pixels. Droid
MultiTouch Yes: Capacitive Yes: Capacitive, Gestures supported iPhone
Camera (stills) 5 MP, AutoFous, Dual flash 3MP, AutoFocus, Tap to Focus Droid
Video Recording DVD quality 24 fps 720×480 VGA quality 30fps 640×480 None
Applications 10,000+ 100,000+ iPhone
Cloud Sync Google Apps MobileMe Droid
MultiTasking Yes, Inbuilt No. Jailbreak required Droid
Sensors Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor None
GPS Assisted and Standalone GPS, Digital compass AGPS only, Digital Compass Droid
Keyboard External QWERTY+ Virtual Virtual Droid

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  • I am looking forward to buy Droin. Any idea where I can get it in India?
  • C.Tech24
    Well, The Processor says a loss for the Droid but in reality its the same since the Droid is under clocked at 550 it goes up to 600. So they should be a tie on that. As far as the Gaming/Hardware the Droid is the winner for 2 reasons. It has a bigger screen, physical keyboard, and a D-Pad. So its easier to navigate in games with the multiple options. As far as Graphics supposedly the Droid is better opposed to the iPhone. That I'm not sure about but from reports it says its more vibrant. Everything else is a good and accurate comparison. Now for storage its a Personal Preference in my opinion since 32GB Micro Sd Cards aren't out in full swing to consumers so the high end iPhone wins on that. Also support for 32 GB we have to see if its 100% Accurate at reading it on the Droid. So I would give that to the iPhone or call it a draw. BUT its nice to have it removable so I can see why it would win.
  • It looks like the Droid has the iPhone hardware beat on non gaming specs. It will be interesting to see if the software (android 2.0 and apps) can catch up to the iPhone’s.
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