The New Droid phone from Google by Motorola officially landed today offered with the Verizon network. There has certainly been a lot of buzz surrounding this release, to the point that disheartened AT&T and in some cases Apple users are defecting to try this hot new alternative phone in the mobile market. Well, there are many reasons as to why to may be and here are just a few: first, Apple's rejecting of Google Voice's application to run on the Iphone system, this certainly created a lot of bad sentiment against Apple, to the extent that FCC had to get involved in an investigation as we all know; second, Apple's restrictions and unwilling to open up its system and release all the current updates and capabilities that the Iphone may offer, instead of releasing and opening things up so slowly, which in some cases cause users to jail brake their phones or simply switch to the Android system; and lastly, the AT&T network and the services which is second to Verizon and non-existent or lack of customer service.
So, this takes us to the Iphone's prospective future...will the new Droid dethrone it from its place in the market? Well, as many editors and bloggers have expressed in their reviews of the Droid and comparison to the Iphone; the new Android device is not really a threat to the Iphone and by no means it's BETTER than Apple's Iphone. The Iphone is much sleeker, smoother, has a humongous app store, has a huge market share and it's Apple, among many other factors!
The Droid is a much more functional phone in that is open and has no many restrictions and limitations to its users, Android app center is smaller, but has a much more qualitative number of useful apps and is part of Google, which without question is always on the online/internet technology forefront!
My verdict is that the new Droid has come at a very good time and has made a very clever choice by going with Verizon. Apple's Iphone and it's reputation has been tarnishing a bit in the last few months and having an exclusive contract with AT&T most certainly DOES NOT HELP!
AT&T's actual submergence in the mobile market is due largely thanks to the Iphone, which has made a incomparable impact to the mobile market and its devices by introducing a revolutionary smart phone that has almost everything!
By no means the Droid will be an Iphone killer; it will just become an alternative to mobile users out there and it's nice to see a more 'realistic' challenger to Apple's phone because up to this point the only that would come anywhere near is the Blackberry, but again is a whole different market and phone. Competition will be good for all parties involved in the mobile industry, which has proven to be one of the fastest growing forms of media these days--along with social media.
Even though that skeptics and Apple haters think the Iphone ''sucks'', like this blogger from the UK recently called it the ''worst mobile phone ever!"; Apple is by no means in trouble.
Apple's contract with AT&T will finally expire at the end of next year and rumors has it that they will go with Verizon next, not to mention the next Iphone update will prove to everyone why Apple is the choice for many. Even though the most recent ad campaign for the Droid makes fun of the Iphone and gives it a bad name--with the help of Verizon--it's only a transitory stunt that Verizon seems to have pulled to make a bigger buzz and catch Apple's attention.
So, I can't wait to see the new Iphone update and what is has to offer and once it's offered by Verizon switched to them and have a much better phone service altogether.
For more on these rumors read on this article from my friends at Mashable...
IPHONE COMING TO VERIZON IN 2010 [RUMOR]Many signs point to the Apple and AT&T agreement that makes the latter the exclusive carrier of the iPhone within the US coming to an end within the next year.
For starters, non-exclusivity has been profitable for Apple in other parts of the world. Moreover, even AT&T’s CEO acknowledges the deal won’t last forever.
And while Verizon might be all about showing off what Droid does right now, a new report suggests it could become the first carrier other than AT&T to offer iPhone on American soil, starting in the second half of 2010.
According to a report obtained by Apple Insider, “Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone due in the third quarter of next year that will enable the company to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US” – the significance of CDMA being that it’s the standard that Verizon’s network uses, versus AT&T’s GSM.
As you might suspect, there’s currently no comment from Apple or Verizon, but it’s not the first time the two companies have been linked. Just last month, a report surfaced suggesting that Verizon and Apple were already testing a 4G version of the iPhone. While we await more details, we can’t help but be amused by how we might end up looking back at the current attack ad battle taking place between Verizon, AT&T, and Apple if a Verizon iPhone comes to fruition.
CAN'T WAIT FOR IT!!!