Well, seems you have also published an incomplete list. What exactly is the storage amount on…let’s say the top of the line Nokia N95:

Up to 160 MB* internal dynamic memory for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications

Memory card slot supporting up to 2 GB microSD memory cards

160 I should be able to store plenty of media on that…I mean compared to 4 or 8 Gigs on the iPhone. Wow! it supports 2 whole gigs (less than an iPod Nano) which of course will cost me more money, but it is more storage than say 8 gigs, no reality distortion here…love dumping more money into an $800 phone, what a deal!!! What? 800 bucks is less than 500 or six hundred. Thanks for pointing that out I may have been taken by that greasy company Apple! Great camera though I should be able to get about 10 photos on the supplied memory card just before the battery dies & I need to make a call. Thanks, man!

Weird design, cheap plastic, flimsy according to most reviews I have read
GPS function built in well kind of I have to pay an extra monthly fee for it of course. Wow!!! 800 bucks & I just keep dumping money into this phone. Poor battery life, sluggish interface (according to numerous reviews). The list goes on & on. I’ll bet the rest of the phones on your list fare far worse than the top of the line Nokia N95. Oh, no US carrier. This article is a joke. I could buy the top of the line iPhone & still have a couple hundred left over to pay for the plan or whatever else I choose to spend my money on. I guess you also have a problem with your own reality distortion field.

Hey Joe, don’t hate, don’t hate….

That was exactly the point of this post! These charts don’t work! You can manipulate them any way you want to make any cell phone you want look better. That’s all I was trying to point out.

The chart Apple released made the iPhone look way to good. The chart I created made the iPhone look way too bad. Is either one right? Definitely NOT. They are selective in what they decide to choose.

But that was the point of this article.

Doesn’t change the fact that Nokia N95 and all the other phones blow and no one is interested in them. Go cry in a corner as the iPhone outsells all those shit on a sticks combined.

So basically you’re saying you wrote the article to show that marketing materials for products highlight the good points and minimize that bad. Wow, how insightful.

To make your point you collect a bunch of meaningless “features” that you think show the iPhone in a bad light… umm, MMS?!? Seriously, the iPhone has a FULL REAL E-MAIL CLIENT… MMS is a joke in comparison. Why would Apple include an inferior technology when it already includes the best possible solution to the problem of mobile e-mail? Oh and, you also dredge up the “no replaceable battery” line, so common amongst those trying to deride the iPhone. Well, when was the last time that you replaced the battery in your cell phone? I suspect, like almost everyone else on the planet, you’ve never done it. I am a HEAVY cell phone user and have been for over the past 10 years. I have used a cellphone exclusively for over 5 years and never – not one time – have I ever wished I could replace the battery.

So, ya, thanks for stating the obvious and then trying to make the point with completely irrelevant examples. If anything, the only thing you’ve proved is that Apple is VERY smart about what it puts in, and even smarter about what it leaves out, of its products.

Hi Phillip,
It may be better, to point out, what your point actually is, in the article itself.
Because, after a few good arguments in the comments, it is obviously not a good article to write.
Even on my iPod Video, I have never wished for a FM receiver. A modem? Who wants such a slow way of getting mail, surfing the Web, etc…
As you see, the iPhone is a new way of thinking, a far better one. 3G? Yep, one point I agree, but I’m pretty sure, that when the iPhone hits the European market, it WILL have 3G capabilities, I’m sure.
And indeed, I have never changed my battery in my cellular (after 8y of being a mobile user). I’ve always spent 350 euros for a new phone, and everytime, I thought: “this one will last at least 5 y”… Think again. After 2y of use, they all die in one or the other way. I’ve had Nokia’s, Siemens, Sony Erikssons (which are in my eyes the best). I will give Apple the benefit of the doubt, and have my own iPhone.

Fine comparison chart but it only includes the factors that reveal shortcomings. Why not add in the visual voicemail? Add in the touch screen? integration of iPod/iTunes? integration of Coverflow? What about use of OSX (not a mini-OS)? Or how about Real Web browsing? Throw in the accelerometer for the device to change orientation or disable the keypad when the phone is in use?

Add these to the list and the others stop looking so shiny, too. It’s all date…torcher them the right way and they can say anything.

Not trying to hate, I was just pointing out the flaws in your article. It seems to me you are starting to spin what you wrote. Want to do a fair comparison? Do a feature for feature article when the iPhone hits the market. Like i Said $800 bucks for the Nokia which seems to tout itself as a media phone? Talk about misleading.

Extra charges to use the GPS that every article I’m reading seems to point out the iPhone doesn’t have. I also see a lot of articles saying “You can’t add memory to the iPhone” are these people smoking crack? It has 4-8 gigs of mem. what do most of these “Smart phones” have? How much will it cost me to get to 8 gigs of mem. Tack that on to that $800 phone. GPS 95% of the people could give a Sh@#t. Doesn’t work with business? Who cares. I’ll bet that is a small percentage of the market. No tactile feel for the keyboard? What? I’m not going to write the great american novel on my phone. It runs OSX the phone can be updated through iTunes. I probably won’t have to buy a new phone to get new features. I suggest you go back & read your article. It is very misleading & I think that it was intended just as that.

Design is about trade offs. The Nokia phone is a perfect example of reality distortion. It is on the market now. The iPhone hasn’t even hit the shelves & the PC press is trying to kill it. Have to ask yourself why? Go read any article about Apple’s phone on Cnet, ZDnet, etc., etc. etc. Even with all of it’s flaws the Nokia still got 8.5 out of 10 at Cnet. With No storage to speak of, hidden charges, small screen, sluggish interface performance, high price tag, etc., etc. etc. The people that reviewed the phone said that they really wanted to like this phone. Why? They are reviewing a product, not looking for a life partner. Odd statement. Buy the time i finish paying for all these “features” & add ons on the Nokia I could have bought an iMac.

Alright. I didn’t expect so much reaction for this one.

Just to clarify once again: I think the iPhone is great. I will get one the day it comes out, however, I still believe that the iPhone isn’t perfect. Neither is the Nokia N95 or any of the other phones in the list.

I understand that a lot of you don’t care about a modem or a replaceable battery for example. I think it is great to have a modem in your phone for those instances when you don’t have wireless internet available but need to work from your laptop computer. (A 3.5 inch screen is great but it can’t beat my 15″ when multitasking between Adium, Safari, and FTP-Uploads)

And yes, with my phones so far I have only once exchanged the battery. However, for my MacBook Pro I have two batteries in case one runs empty. Because there will be days that I will use the iPhone for more than 6 hours of internet surfing and still would like to make calls, it would have been great to be able to pop in another battery if the first one runs dry.

I might be in the minority with that but just wanted to clarify my thinking.

you forgot 3G – why that is not in the iPhone i will never know.