How do competitors match to the Iphone?

List of Iphone's competitors:

HTC HD2

Motorola Milestone a.k.a. Droid

Google Nexus One

• Blackberry Storm 2

Palm Pre

(This list is non-exhaustive)

Apple's Iphone has always been the hottest commodity to have since blackberry released its first smart phone. Blackberry used to control almost all of the market for smart phones until the iphone came along! Skyrocketing in sales, the iphone took over most of the market share per singular phone and ever since, everyone's is trying to be the iphone killer!

So has a company been able to tower over the iphone yet? at least in terms of functionality and beauty (as opposed to market share). After reading Ting Yung Chang's blogg ( Ting Yung's Blogg) on the new HTC HD2 phone I was ALMOST convinced that a new heir to the thrown had been appointed: 

"in order to compete with iPhone, HTC focuses on inventing the best smart phones ever. In the commercial for HTC Evo 4G, which is the latest product launched in June 2010, shows all the functions that have been improved. The HTC Evo 4G has a bigger screen, almost three times faster internet connection, higher resolution camera available in both the front and the back of the phone and so on. The battery, memory card and SIM card are removable. All these features are definitely much better than the iPhone which lately has been all over the headlines for malfunctioning. When I saw this commercial I feel it must be the best phone in the world and HTC has come a long way to launch itself onto the world stage in the same league with Apple."

For a company to be able to take on the iphone and possibly be the next answer to phone users they must  not only match but tower over the iphone's features and beauty;

After some research I concluded that no company, not even the HD2 phone is able to match the Iphone's mystique. As put by Alejandro on Buzz.com (Alejandro's Article) "iPhone Competitors Comparison: HTC HD2 vs iPhone

" best device by far, the HD2 is a monster of a phone. With a huge 4.3 inch capacitive screen, this phone was touted to be the iPhone killer when it released. Boasting of a 1 GHZ snapdragon processor and 5 MP camera, the only downside of this phone was its Operating System. Windows Mobile. In comparison, the iPhone with its multimedia capabilities, was a much more stable phone. The HD 2 lost out on the operating system, otherwise would have been a perfect phone to topple the iPhone from its top spot. Windows mobile users will actually agree with me here, that the phone is prone to crashing and rebooting suddenly, which is rare in the iPhone. However, for people who do not want the perfect multimedia experience, the HD2 is a very good buy, considering that it has a faster processor, bigger screen size, and better camera."

Finally, with the HD2 coming very close to beating out the Iphone, I predict that in the future, a company will get the right combo of capabilities and features to triumph over the iphone, but clearly, the apple has a competitive advantage that appears to be almost impossible to climb over. Hence, it will be a while :) (specially with the launch of the new Iphone 4)