Let me begin by saying that I don’t own any of those phones, so I’m not going into a technical comparison. But knowing I’m an Open Source fan, you should immediately understand which side I am leaning towards. :-)
You might think: “he hasn’t tried any of them and he wants to tell me which one is better! How is that?!?” Well, as I said, I’m not going to tell you which one is better technically but I can tell you which one is better philosophically.
Here are the key points I think matter:
Open Source — Developers and manufacturers are free to implement and change Android in any way they like, which opens up the platform to tons of new ideas and innovations.
Fully Hackable — You can do whatever you want with it. It’s your phone. Try hacking the iPhone. There is nothing you can do unless Apple wanted you to do it.
Dozens of Phones to Choose From — The iPhone is a beautiful piece of hardware, but what if you want a QWERTY keyboard? Or something bigger? Or smaller? Or cheaper? With the iPhone you’re stuck with just the iPhone. With Android there are dozens of options.
Never will a software be perfect, but we should never renounce to freedom and choice. That’s what open source is about. And Android, being open source, wins on that front.
That is it! :-)
