comparing Apples and Oranges $199 iPhone Freerunner GTA02

Rahul Joshi rjoshi31 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 10 09:07:26 CEST 2008


3G iPhone coverage:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/09/wwdc-2008-coverage-roundup-the-iphone-3g-has-landed/

Its a good phone. extended Office functionality is missing though. $199 is
just too good a price to beat.

Rahul J

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Richard Reichenbacher <
richard5 at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

>  It's 8GB not 4 and it's $199 with a 2yr contract.  Regular retail prices
> have yet to be announced.
>
>
>
> *From:* community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:
> community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] *On Behalf Of *Ron K. Jeffries
> *Sent:* Monday, June 09, 2008 10:38 PM
> *To:* OpenMoko
> *Subject:* comparing Apples and Oranges $199 iPhone Freerunner GTA02
>
>
>
>
> [I trust this will not initiate a flame war.] Please?
>
> iPhone v2 announced today. I'd like to understand
> on a hardware basis ONLY (I grok the value of
> free and open source) how does
> the entry level $199 iPhone with 4GB
> compare with Freerunner GTA02.
>
> where I get lost is how much RAM iPhone
> has vs Freerunner. I realize I can buy
> high capacity microSD flash card to match
> iPhone flash capacity
>
> are these assertions correct?
>
> Apple has:
>
> -- 3G data [much faster than Freeruner's GPRS]
> -- faster processor
> -- larger physical screen size (but about the same  dpi?)
> -- 2 megapixel camera
> -- proximity sensor (knows when held to face, can dim screen)
>
> the two smart phones are aprox equal on
> -- wi-fi
> -- accelerometer
> -- bluetooth
>
> Ron K. Jeffries
> http://www.retaggr.com/Card/RonKJeffries
>
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