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Thursday, 07 January 2010 14:53
Last updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 14:24
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Superphone Wars: iPhone vs Blackberry vs Google
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by Faizul Azri & Syed Zahar
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Competition is getting fiercer than ever in today’s world of superphones (previously known as smart phones) especially after Google launched its first branded cellular that’s available in both an unlocked version (that can be used with multiple carriers) and as a subsidized phone tied to a two-year contract with T-Mobile.
By the way, a hand phone that would be categorized as a superphone is one with at least 320-pixel display (on short axis), 3G connectivity or greater and GPS. As far as platform is concerned, a superphone has hardware-accelerated graphics subsystem, integrated web browser (supporting current desktop development standards) and published native developer SDK that allows programmatic access to the specialized hardware/software features.
A well-designed smartphone must serve both for business and personal applications and looking at it, feature by feature, Google Nexus One beats the iPhone and Blackberry hands down. These are why the Google phone emerges as a winner:
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Price extpected to be lower than its direct competitors (US$530 unlocked, $70 less than iPhone and Blackberry)
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It will be the fastest (about twice as fast) of this superphone group (thanks to its Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor)
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Free GPS service
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Largest display screen (3.7 inches)
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An OLED (organic light-emitting diode) which gives a response time that’s 200 times faster than the LCD displays and a significant power savings for longer battery life
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Features voice activation integrated with dictation capability (translates voice automatically into text)
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Supports WiFi "n" (the most recent generation WiFi standard) which takes maximum data rate from 54Mbps to 450Mbps
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 Iphone 3GS
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 Google/HTC
Nexus One
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 BlackBerry
Curve 9000
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Height (mm) |
115.5 |
119 |
114 |
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Width (mm) |
62.1 |
59.8 |
66 |
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Depth (mm) |
12.3 |
11.5 |
15 |
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Weight |
135 grams |
130 grams w/battery |
136 grams with battery |
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Display |
3.5 inch Multi-Touch |
3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen |
TFT LCD |
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Resolution |
480 x 320 |
800 x 480 |
480 x 320 |
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Response Rate |
N/A |
1ms typical response rate |
N/A |
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Megapixels |
3 Megapixels |
5 Megapixels |
2 Megapixels |
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Autofocus |
yes |
yes. 6cm to infinity |
Yes |
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Optical Zoom |
No |
2x digital zoom |
No |
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Flash |
No |
LED flash |
LED Flash |
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Video |
640 x 480 at 30 fps |
720 x 480 pixels at 20 frames per second |
640 x 480 pixels |
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Extra |
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include location of photos from phone’s AGPS |
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Connection
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UMTS |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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HSDPA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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HSUPA |
No |
yes ( 2Mbps ) |
No |
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GSM/EDGE |
850, 900 1800 , 1900MHz |
850, 900 1800 , 1900MHz |
850, 900 1800 , 1900MHz |
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Wi-Fi |
802.11 b/g |
802.11 b/g/n |
802.11 a/b/g |
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Bluetooth |
2.1 + EDR |
2.1 + EDR |
Version2.0 |
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Stereo Bluetooth |
yes |
A2DP |
A2DP |
Battery Lifetime
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Battery |
Built in recharable lithium-ion |
Removeable 1400 mAH |
Removeable 1500 mA lithium Cell |
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Talktime |
up to 12 hours 2G |
up to 10 hours on 2G |
Up to 5 hours |
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up to 5 hours on 3G |
up to 7 hours on 3G |
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Standby time |
up to 300 hours |
up to 290 hours on 2G |
Up to 310 hours |
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up to 250 hours on 3G
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Storage, Processor and GPS
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Processor |
833 MHz underclocked to 600 |
Qualcomm QSD 8250 1Ghz |
624 MHz |
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Operating System |
OS 3.1.2 |
Android |
BlackBerry OS |
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Capacity |
16 GB or 32 GB Flash |
512MB flash |
1GB flash |
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RAM |
256 MB RAM |
512 MB RAM |
128 MB |
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External Storage |
No |
expendable to 32 GB |
expendable to 8GB |
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GPS |
AGPS/ Digital Compass |
AGPS / Digital Compass / Accelerometer |
AGPS |
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