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US magazine rates Motorola Droid over iPhone 3Gs

Posted 10th December 2009 at 1:08pm by Matt Dixon

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The Motorola Droid has beaten off all comers to claim the title of best gadget of the year according to Time magazine, displacing the iPhone from its previous spot at the top of the list.

Time praised the Droid, saying that it was the best example of an Android handset that made the most of the software, challenging the supremacy of the iPhone for the first time since its release.

Time highlighted the quality of the Droid's touch screen and also said that the full QWERTY keypad was partly responsible for its success.

The size and weight of the Droid was also mentioned, although Time suggested that the good looks of the iPhone were no longer important enough to justify it overtaking the Droid.

The iPhone was ranked number four in the list behind an e-reader and a Dyson product. Time explained that the slip was due to the lack of real innovation exhibited by the iPhone 3G S.

The magazine said that despite the speed increase and camera improvements, it was essentially a souped-up version of the original rather than an entirely new phone.

Despite the critical acclaim still being heaped upon the Droid, its sales figures are still dwarfed by those of the iPhone 3G S, which managed to sell ten times more units in the first weekend of its release than the Droid.

Motorola has been aiming the Droid at the male market with a recent marketing campaign, identifying the fact that its smartphone is concerned with power and performance, not looks and faddish functionality, which it associates with the iPhone.

Statistics show that this approach may well have worked, as the positive perception of Motorola amongst the 18-35 male demographic has now surpassed that of Apple.

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2 Comments

  • 1

    Janice, 10th December 2009.

    How did you get that Time rated the Droid *BETTER* than the others?

    Yes, the Droid did make Time's "TOP LIST"... but here are other things that Time Magazine also considered "top":

    Joaquin Phoenix horrible interview on Letterman
    That cat that caught the Swine Flu
    Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift during the awards show
    The Ballon Boy scam (actually on the list 3 times)
    The children's book: Duck Rabbit
    Lady Gaga tries to wear 'normal' clothing
    GM goes bankrupt
    A story about people with too much "Brown Fat" in their bodies
    Michel Jackson death
    You can't go hiking while naked in the Swiss Alps any more
    The awful song "White Liar" by Miranda Lambert
    Kanye West's t-shirt "Imma let you finish" quote
    Ophra's tweety page
    The video game called "Scribblenauts"
    Chryler's need to be bailed out by with US tax dollars

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    Bcill, 10th December 2009.

    I switched from the Motorola Razr to the Blackberry which was a game-changer in its day. I now own an iPhone - another game-changer. The difference is that I can't see how I could ever switch from the iPhone because of the applications like NeuroMobile and Dictionary.com that I rely on.

    The applications advantage makes the underlying handset technology less relevant. Apple now just has to keep pace with the handset technology and keep churning out great applications. The next version of the iPhone will one-up the Droid.

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