The competition in smartphone market is heating up every day with new phones releasing right and left. Its natural to get confused trying to figure out which smartphone suits you best. The best thing to do is learn about the features of the phones you are considering and then compare with your requirements. So here is a comparison of three latest and much talked about smartphones for you:
Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S) Vs BlackBerry Torch 9800 Vs iPhone 4
BlackBerry Torch 9800
BlackBerry maker, Canada-based firm Research In Motion, released its latest device BlackBerry Torch 9800 with touchscreen in order to compete with touch-screen devices such as Apple’s iPhone 4, HTC Droid Incredible, Droid X etc. The Torch has a full physical keyboard, which is accessible by sliding the screen of the device.
The Torch also comes loaded with a touch pad. The Torch is powered by RIM’s revamped OS- BlackBerry 6. The BlackBerry 6 is equipped with an interface that’s much easier to use with a touch-screen. The Torch comes equipped with 5 mega pixel camera and 1300mAh lithium battery.
Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S)
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G is a thin slider phone. It is pretty light at 5.46 ounces with dimensions of 4.9 by 3.5 by .56 inches. The Epic boasts of a 4-inch screen with 800-by-480 resolution and has a large QWERTY keyboard. The screen of the Epic uses Samsung’s own Super AMOLED technology. The Epic’s keyboard has five rows, including a dedicated number row, and physical keys for Android’s home, back, menu, and search functions.
The Epic comes loaded with Swype text-entry method and it also has six possible virtual keyboards. The Epic comes loaded with Bluetooth 3.0, which is very similar to version 2.1. The Epic also works as a Wi-FI hotspot. Sprint Epic 4G runs Android 2.1 and uses Samsung extensions. It runs on a 1-GHz Samsung Hummingbird processor.
iPhone 4
The iPhone 4 went on sale on June 24 and it did record shattering business as 1.7 million units were sold in just three days. The iPhone 4 uses AT&T’s network and it runs Apple’s in built OS- the iOS4. The iPhone 4 is powered by A4 chip.
The smartphone is equipped with 512 MB of RAM. The iPhone 4 has a 3.5 inch touchscreen with Retina Display. The dimensions of iPhone 4 are 4.5 x 2.31 x 0.37 inches. The iPhone 4 has a 5 MP camera with an LED flash. It captures 720p HD video.