Android Battle: CLIQ edition
By Ross Miller 
posted September 10th 2009 8:00PM
posted September 10th 2009 8:00PM
 CLIQ
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 Galaxy
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 Tattoo
|
 Hero
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 Magic / MT3G
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 Dream / G1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier | T-Mobile | -- (GSM / HSDPA) | -- (GSM / EDGE) | Sprint | T-Mobile | T-Mobile |
| Manuf. | Motorola | Samsung | HTC | HTC | HTC | HTC |
| Price | -- | -- | -- | $179.99 | $99.99 | $149.99 |
| Released | -- | July 2009 | -- | Oct 11, 2009 | Aug 5, 2009 | Oct 22, 2008 |
| Keyboard | Slide-out | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Virtual | Slide-out |
| Android | MOTOBLUR | Standard | Sense UI | Sense UI | Standard | Standard |
| Processor | 528MHz MSM7201A | 528MHz ARM11 | 528MHz MSM7225 | 528MHz MSM7201A | 528MHz MSM7201A | 528MHz MSM7201A |
| Screen | 3.1-inch (est.), 320 x 480 | 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 | 2.8-inch, 240 x 320 | 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 | 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 | 3.2-inch, 480 x 320 |
| Headphone | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | ExtUSB | ExtUSB |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive | Capacitive | Resistive | Capacitive | Capacitive | Capacitive |
| Still Camera | 5MP with AF | 5MP with Flash | 3.2MP | 5MP with AF | 3.2MP with AF | 3.2MP with AF |
| Bluetooth | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Exchange | ActiveSync | ActiveSync | -- | ActiveSync | Depends on version | Depends on version |
| Storage | 256MB, microSD | 8GB, microSD | 512MB, microSD | 512MB, microSD | 512MB, microSD | 256MB, microSD |
| Battery | 1400mAh | 1500mAh | 1100mAh | 1500 mAh | 1340 mAh | 1150 mAh |
| Weight | 163g | 114g | 113g | 135g | 116g | 158g |
Update: We had a typo on the Hero screen size -- it's 3.2-inches, not the other way around! Stupid keyboards.
awoogah
Tattoo and Hero and number 1 and 2!!!:))) Look awesome
@Daniel
Why are they number 1 and 2? Doesn't look that way to me...
PS: Cool hat. SIKE.
The screen sizes are disappointing in all models.
um...what about wifi!?!?
seriously, engadget, can't you make a more comprehensive chart? this is pretty bad considering how big you are..
Well duh they all have WiFi.
Why no iPhone? Why do people try to pretend that the iPhone isn't a major player.
@steve get lost fanboy, this is a dicussion about ADROID phones, not the iphone.
more of the same
Its good to have variety, but how much is going to be different with a touchscreen phone that requires the hardware buttons Android has?
Kinda moot to me. Its like when touch screens went crazy and anybody said everybody was just copying the iphone. A couple have normal keyboards, and a couple have touchscreens.
not having much to write about Engadget?
At least they all have capacitative!!!!
Correction for the Hero: It's not a 2.3" screen its a 3.2". Just a little typo.
Yeah and the Sprint Hero was upgraded to a 1500mAh battery, not 1350mAh. They got the specs wrong for the Hero.
G1 is just resistive as is the touch if I am not mistaken.
You're mistaken...
Ya, you're wrong about that one. Glass capacitive. If you're getting that from Ziegler's post a couple articles back, he was mistaken as well.
woow thats a great lineup
The Hero has a 3.2 inch screen not a 2.3 inch screen. Easy typing mistake to make.
Sigh they are all the same almost, The G1 looks to have almost better specs
did you even look at the hero specs? they beat the g1's specs.
@beaner69
not really the g1 still wins because you can hack it to do whatever you want. the g1 can run all the roms of its android counterparts and unlike some it has a slide out qwerty keyboard. i love my g1 and none of these phones offer anything new that my g1 can't have with a trip over to xda. i hope soon manufacturers release phones that are more powerful and have more hardware features so i can upgrade.
Didn't google say the G1 wouldn't even support the next selection of pastry (aka version of android)?
If that's true, won't all of these be woefully outdated in six months?
@digiboi: It has to do with how much onboard memory the phone has. The G1 has 256mb.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/17/t-mobile-g1-wont-see-any-android-updates-beyond-1-5/
Jesus I haven't even had my myTouch for 2 months and there's already been 3 new android phone announcements, a new ROM, and a $100 price cut to my phone (thanks to a certain fatty). I have a feeling that android is the next OS, hopefully Google recognizes this and helps to expand it's development.
Speaking of prices, Engadget can you *please* stop reporting the arbitrary costs carriers charge for phones? Please report the SIM-free cost since this is what you end up paying anyway, and many people don't want to buy them with an overpriced contract.
Cheers.
Sprint's Hero gets a slight battery bump from the chin edition, 1500 mAh.
Thank god the iPhone has involved under the hood!
Did I get your panties in a bunch?
The thing is, the G1 on paper sounds like it was ahead of its time. Faster processor and its specs are still great a year later. Can't really improve without going into the $700 range like the over-the-top Nokia.
But sad no one is willing to break the cookie cutter mold.
*evolved
And barely.
Yes, evolved. DUH! Thanks.
Barely, I will have to completely disagree with you. I struggled with the 2G for two years. It crashed a lot and it was kinda slow. But the 3GS is near perfect. No hassles except for the micro case cracks. Had the phone replaced after 5 mins of talking to someone in the store.
That's more software-related than hardware.
I know how you'd think that but it's the opposite. My phone can finally keep up with me. I am no longer getting impatient and trying to get my phone to do too much too fast. The processing speed and the bump in amount of RAM has helped the whole phone faster and smoother.
You don't sound like have owned an iPhone.
I own a macbook. "Snow Leopard" comes out, and suddenly it's all faster. Yeah, sometime it is a matter of software.
Well just imagine the iPhone OS on several similar looking phones. Same concept..
Except the processor can actually handle the OS.. Gawd my myTouch is slow XD
CLIQ may have the same guts, but 5mp, much smaller, decent battery. Too bad it's on T-Mobile. Service is non-existent where I live (literally- & my wife's locked into another 5 months even though they *admit* she doesn't have service in the area).
It might be smaller, but it is thick and heavy. Considering how small the screen is, it really doesn't stand up too well at all to the Nokia N900, other than on price and maybe UI.
Seeing as how TMO is going to have both handsets, and the N900 is only slightly thicker and heavier, the N900 seems to be in a different league. HVGA display, 3.5", radio, dual cameras, better looking, 32GB internal storage and OMAP3 processor.
The CLIQ weighs about 40% more than the MT3G and all it adds is a keyboard and a higher res camera.
Considering that 2/3 of the phones on the list are manufactured by HTC and that of those four phones the Magic/Dream and the Tattoo/Hero are the same phone in different bodies...I'd say that the lack of differentiation is well accounted for.
Wow, that flowed a lot better before I started typing.
Magic/Hero
@jdotuk
It flowed just fine.
yeah, if you ignore the processor row, pretty much all of these look like good choices. I'm still don't understand why no company has announced an Android phone with Snapdragon, Tegra, or at least OMAP3 inside
I believe that is a 3.2" screen on the hero...
Looking at the spec comparison, I think I'm falling in love with the Samsung Galaxy. It's the lightest of the bunch, with the biggest battery and a camera w/ flash.
but it's also the ugliest...
Fuck you, Verizon!
Sholes.
+1
WOWZERS! If phone arena is right and this guy is TriBand UTMS=ATT3G and 7.2 to boot...I'm all over it. $399 walk-in would be GREAT! Considering I am on that short list that included Charlotte,NC for ATT 7.2 rollout, it could be a slam dunk for me!
/endgloat
Galaxy is the best, has flash, 8gb storage, the bigest battery and its 2nd lightest. Pease bring it to t-mobile.
This woman on t3.com has a Motorola Dext (CLIQ) and says on video that it slower than HTCs and a poor mans G1, though I don't think she knows what she's talking about.
What about Hauwei (T-Mobile) Pulse in that list?
I was thinking that also. Where is the Pulse.
Hopefully the Sholes will break this little mold.
Just think...if the Cliq can go as fast as they say on the same processor as every other Android...
The Sholes with it's rumored updated processor should be like greased lightning in a vat of oil.