Android Has a Hardware Envy Problem

By Daniel Miessler on November 18th, 2009: Tagged as Android | Technology | iPhone

One of the main problems with moving from the iPhone to an Android-powered device is the fact that at least twice a week you’re hearing about a new Android device on the horizon that makes yours look like an ancient artifact.

Basically, if you have an Android phone that you didn’t buy within the month, your phone is old news. Here’s a good example:

This device is the HTC Dragon, from Samsung, and it’s supposed to be awesome. Looks good, right? Nope. A true Google phone is coming, and it’s supposed to be much better.

Bottom line: with the iPhone most don’t have to deal with hardware envy for a solid year, whereas if you go with Android it’s likely to be a constant issue.

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  • I'm not sure this could rightly be considered a problem.

    Is it such a curse to have several good options, with good reasons to purchase now as well as wait?

    Or rather, it is worth asking if the Android community would be worse off if there were only one Android phone released per year. I'm inclined to think the opposite, that the multitude of phones spanning several networks will be a boon to any owners, in terms of community support as well as application development.
  • The paradigm with iPhone and Android is a little different. The iPhone is a complete hardware/software solution. Android is just a software solution, like Ubuntu, OSX or Windows.
    That devices with better hardware are released monthly is nothing new or specific to the Android. The good news is that as Android improves, its new releases will continue to run on the hardware it happens to run on.
  • i love my android phone
    thats it? thats your only reason for not getting out from under apple's thumb with respect to your phone?

    f'ing really?

    I thought you were smarter than that.
  • Um, no. The list of reasons is pretty extensive. I'm working on that
    post right now.

    But if you read my site I would have thought you'd be smart enough to
    know this wasn't my only reason. ;)
  • Interesting that you say the list of reasons you dont like Android is long. I wonder how much of it is going to be biased because of the device you use, how much is going to be based on hyperbole from journalist and how much will be based on hands on use?
  • Yep, just bias and hyperbole here. No actual reasons. So when I post my list, don't read it.
  • Love you man.
  • I just realized that the sarcasm in my comment did not come through in my loritab induced stupor. I apologize if I upset anything I was really just trying to be funny.
  • No worries, man.
  • A minor correction. It is made by HTC not Samsung.
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