The Nexus One phone and the iPhone 3GS present as attractively sleek and slimline phones, with curved edges which makes them both comfortable to hold and use.

Just beneath the display screen on the Nexus One are four touch-sensitive buttons: back, menu, home and search, and a trackball. Dotted around the edges of the phone are the power button, a 3.5mm headphone socket and a micro-USB port. The 3GS, like its predecessor, has a “home” key at the bottom of the front surface, volume, sleep/wake buttons on the edges and access to the applications is via the touchscreen.

The iphone has a 3.5” touchscreen display, measures 115.5mm by 62.1mm by 12.3mm and comes with a reputed 256MB of RAM, and storage of up to 32GB. The Nexus One houses a 3.7” touchscreen display, and measures just 119mm by 59.8mm by 11.5mm. The phone comes with 512MB of both RAM and ROM, and a microSD  slot to accommodate a card of up to 32GB.

The most noticeable problem with the Nexus One is that the colours are somewhat oversaturated, especially with red and orange. Additionally, it is problematic to view the screen in bright light.

While a 5 megapixel camera is built into the Nexus One, which produces sharp and detailed images, the 3GS sports a surprisingly low 3 megapixel camera, although it does have autofocus when compared to its predecessor, although it does appear to over-expose photos. The Nexus One’s Gallery application is user-friendly and includes a pan and scan slideshow, which makes for a fun photo-browsing experience.

Looking at the insides of these phones, the 3GS is pretty quick in flicking between homescreens, scrolling through lists and when using Spotlight. When it comes to the games department and the use of high density graphic applications, the latest iphone certainly has the power to keep the gamer content, compared to the Nexus One whose gaming capabilities are not of the highest quality. Homescreen navigation on the Nexus One is swift and straightforward. An improvement in the Nexus One over its predecessors is the useful “home” icon which allows the user to zoom in on icons, and scroll through them, over the homescreen currently in use. To this end, there are accessible homescreens available.

Both phones are host to a range of other functions including Google Maps, a music player, a touchscreen keyboard and audio recognition. Each phone does have its own merits, depending on what additional functions and capabilities the user seeks.

The brand new iPhone 3G S released on 18 June 2009 looks texactly the same as the previous version. Only difference is the S in 3G which stands for speed!

Sadly the camera does not come with a flash. Maybe next time Apple huh? It has a 3 mega pixel camera compared to the lower quality 2 mega pixel. There is a new Tap to Focus feature which is bonus. It automatically focus on the object that you have your eye on. Outdoor snaps are the best.

This iPhone 3G S is the first iPhone to have video recording. There is also a new voice control feature. Interestingly if you cant remember what the name of the song that is playing on your new iphone 3G S all you have to do is to ask What song is this and then the iPhone will answer back with the song name and the artist.

Integrating with the Tom Tom the iPhone has now the capability of being a fully functional GPS device.

A cool new feature of the iPhone is if you are a scatterbrain, you can locate the iphone by using a computer to find it’s location on a map. How cool is that. You can then send a message to the iPhone and make it ring. If someone has run off with your phone you can use a service to remotely wipe the data of it!!al performance

A downside is that battery life still hasn’t improved. This can be annoying as I have to always keep my phone plugged in when I am in the office to make sure I have enough talk time when I am on the move.