Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas

So you already own a iPhone and want to move up on the smartphone ladder? Or are you brand new to the smartphone ownership? I'm a little confused after reading your post.

What about the Google Nexus One? It's a Android smartphone. Camera quality is excellent even if design is a bit on the weird side for me (don't like two-tones). What are you looking for the apps to do for you?

I have a iPhone 3G, before that I had a Blackberry. Back then things were a lot more clear cut, now the market seems diluted with phones, some smart, others just claiming to be IMO.

I am not a fan of the Nexus one, it got a whole heap of bad publicity over here after a few days of release due to Google not wanting anything to do with a batch that didn't work. Also, like I said, I would go android, but not so keen on Google knowing my phone whereabouts.

Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Jeepo, my contract isn't up until next spring, but I'm already working over the same debate that you bring up.

Right now, I don't see any other phones that can give you the same experience that an iPhone can. I see a few that have the potential, but the lack of development for the other platforms just gives Apple a massive leg up on the competition. If I had to decide right now, I'd have to stick with the iPhone. (but I'd move up from my 3G to a 3GS!)

I'm hoping that in the next year, the Android market shapes up, and the WinMo7 devices hit hard. If I were you, I'd definitely hold out until the new iPhone hits, and I'd probably try to wait until the new year to see if competition lowers prices or offers something better...

Like I say, I am probably going to wait until the new iPhone comes out and hit it, but deep inside I don't want to. I really really want a HTC handset, with a decent OS. But the UK market has little to offer in that department that will still give me the stuff my iPhone does. Basically, I want better hardware and software, and while Android offers that, in some respects it is very amateurish in comparison. Then there is the nightmare of moving all my music and re-buying apps..........I feel locked in by Apple TBH.

I agree with you regarding the development, nothing out there is even close, or seems to be. I could not even find stuff on the Android marketplace comparable to my current apps, so that would be a major lose right there. I just wish W7 had got their finger out earlier. Their hardware alone has me drooling. But I guess when my NEXT contract runs out, in winter 2011, the 2nd or even 3rd gen W7 phones will be around, hopefully with good support, great apps, great hardware, and full on Apple and Google bashing goodness.