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It’s just under a week until Apple is ’supposedly’ releasing the new 2.0-version of the fabled jesusPhone. The release is apparently going to be global, so everyone can finally join the Apple bandwagon. All silliness aside, I’m looking forward to the new iPhone.

Reason being, my current Nokia is slowly but surely dying on me and needs replacing. And as a feature-lovin’ nerd that I am, I’ve pretty much narrowed it down to either Apple’s iPhone or Sony-Ericsson’s Xperia X1 (christ, that’s a stupid name for a phone). Both will probably be about the same price — around 500€ — and have certain features that I’ve been missing from my current ‘brick’.

The iPhone, granted, has super sex appeal about it and the UI is something out of this world — I’ve got the iPod Touch, which is basically the same device sans the phone-part, and I love it. Also, since I use a Mac, the iPhone would be a pretty smart choice in terms of seamless compatibility.

Unfortunately, what the iPhone makes up with its looks and overall fanboy craziness, it lacks in features. Bare in mind that I’m just comparing the iPhone to the X1, since that’s all I really give a [synonym for sexual intercourse] about. The Sony-Ericsson boasts a very fast HSDPA-connection as well as a much sharper screen (800×400 pixels, whereas the iPhone is ‘only’ 320×480 pixels). The things that makes this comparison especially difficult is that the Sony-Ericsson also has a touchscreen. I was kind of looking forward to dismissing the X1 completely on those grounds but damn it, now I can’t! :)

The X1 uses microSD memory cards instead of a built-in flash drive but that’s not really a plus or a minus. The iPhone loses in terms of megapixels in its built-in camera, but I would imagine that the 3.12MP camera in the X1 is equally shit, whichever way you look at it. An internal GPS transceiver in the X1 is something that gives it major points, as well as the ability to send MMS messages and view flash on websites.

Of course, all this comparing is basically pretty much futile since a new version of the iPhone should be coming out next monday. The thing that really sucks about it is, that then I’ll really have a hard time choosing which phone to buy.

Here’s a technical comparison between the two.