Buyer's Guide To Android Vs. iPhone


	Buyer's Guide To Android Vs. iPhone
Elizabeth Woyke
9-19-2008 2:32 PM
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google, android, apple, iphone
Elizabeth Woyke says:
Lifehacker produced a useful side-by-side comparison that, unfortunately, didn't copy well because of its formatting. Click through for the chart which lists price, storage, screen size, hardware specs and features like camera and browser type.
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>Android (HTC Dream / G1)</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>iPhone 3G</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Starting price</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">$199 with 2-year T-Mobile contract</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">$199 with 2-year AT&T contract</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Data plans</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">"Aggressively priced"</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">Starting at $30/month</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Storage</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">Based on microSD cards; Comes with 1 GB</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">8GB or 16GB (at extra cost)</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Screen</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">Touchscreen, with sliding and tapping. Zoom buttons used to scale text and graphics.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">"Dual touch," with sliding, tapping, two-finger scroll, pinch-and-spread scaling.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Hardware</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">528MHz Qualcomm 7201 CPU; 64MB RAM</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">Samsung S5L8900 (412 MHz ARM 1176 processor with 3D graphics co-processor); 128MB RAM</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s0">Weight / Size</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s1">Weight: 5.6 oz.; Height: 4.53 inches; Width: 2.17 inches; Depth: 0.64 inches;</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pw4hGiZuPMhzmLePcJEy8KA&output=html&gid=0&single=true&range=A1:C12"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="s2">Weight: 4.7 oz. 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