T-Mobile G1 Faster Than iPhone 3G

An anonymous reader writes "CNET UK have run some very simple in-house tests comparing the T-Mobile G1's 3G connection against the iPhone 3G's. Result? The G1 loaded Web pages almost twice as fast as the iPhone's. Of course, the test only applies to the CNET UK offices if you're being scientific about it, as stated, but it's still impressive nevertheless."

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Re:somebody read it

[BobMcD]

3 and 4, per the conclusions of the author.

Don't worry, though, I'm sure some apple fan will be along shortly to debunk it.

Re:somebody read it

[dnwq]

From TFA:

Taking into account that we tested it against another 3G phone with a T-Mobile SIM in it, we believe that it's not a network factor, it's the G1's browser and processor being able to render pages much faster. So if you're looking for a fast Web experience on the go, we strongly recommend checking out the T-Mobile G1.

I actually quite like the trackball

[grahamsz]

I didn't think i would, but it's a nice touch.

Still by the time it's got a keyboard, a touch screen, some buttons and a trackball... it feels like it's perhaps over doing it.

Do you think it's ugly in person? Like my last HTC device, it's much nicer in your hand than in pictures.

The integration between the phone and third party apps is wonderful.

When a call comes in that isn't in my phone book, the whitepages app does a reverse number lookup and shows that on screen.

I can use shazam to identify music and then go straight to youtube or the amazon mp3 store to buy or listen to it.

I can scan the barcode of a book, compare the prices at online stores and it'll tell me which local booksellers have it and give me driving directions to the store (although it only seems to work for b&n)

Of course that's all mostly android and not the device.

Re:I actually quite like the trackball

[JCSoRocks]

You've just given more useful information about the phone than I've found in all the billions of hypefest articles on the 'net. It actually sounds really appealing now.

Re:I actually quite like the trackball

[grahamsz]

It records it from whatever radio station, coffee shop or party that it's being played at. It then analyzes the audio and identifies the band.

However rather than leaving you with a song id, you can buy it on amazon and download straight to your phones music library or you can hop over to youtube and find the video for that song.

I get my music from a mix of sources, sorry for not towing the slashdot corporate boycott line.

Simply... awesome.

[s13g3]

My room mate, a senior T-Mobile Engineer, did a test just last night of his new G1 on T-Mo's 3G network versus his iPhone on AT&T's network and saw a full 150kbps difference between the two, with advantage going to the G1. On a later test they ran the G1 against the iPhone with both on T-Mobile's network and saw between a 50 - 75kbps difference between the two, again, advantage G1.

So far I'm rather impressed with the device. The trackball is very functional, easy to use, and seems well made. The device is fast and responsive, and while the screen may not be quit as big or pretty as the iPhone's, it's still plenty nice enough. Ok, it doesn't have multi-touch (as far as I can ascertain), but it's fast, very functional and I really really want one now. Web-browsing was a wonderful experience (first time I can say that about a phone), and did I say it was fast? Also the native console and SSH functionality was awesome, and I was very surprised by how well it represented my SSH sessions, including irssi - I must have one.

It really does look better in the hand than it does on photos. Ok, not quite as slick as the iPhone, but I'm also not one of those people who will shell out an extra $X just to get a pretty PC case when all I want is functionality - I don't need my mobile device to be sexy in an artistic way, I want it to be sexy in a functional, useful and powerful way. The teenage emo girls on 4chan can have the iPhone, it's G1 for me.

Don't forget open standards for the phone too, and the fact that with the time and effort you can make it do anything you want to, and not have to be beholden to what Apple thinks you should be able to do, or a glorified pager that is the Blackberry.

Re:somebody read it

[grahamsz]

o2 has 3g coverage for 80% of the country. I find it very hard to believe that the skipped "London" when they were doing that.

T-Mobile UK is delivering a 7.2Mbps connection whereas O2 are still at 3.6Mbps - either way i find it hard to believe that download speed is a major issue.

Quite why they didn't use wifi - i dont know