the mp3 player is actually pretty good, if you run linux, you can sync the phone with a program called banshee, with sees the phone, and syncs music with it, all for free, the actual sound of the music, is slightly bassier, whereas the iphone music, seems a bit flat, plus it has a better camera, although, the actual pictures taken arent as good, but it does has a fold out keyboard, iphone is better for texting, but both have similar quality touch screens, and the google phone apps market is free, and there are some good extra software out there