Best Phone on the Market
There are many technology lovers amongst us who would absolutely love to know about the best phone on the market right now. Smartphones have really changed the cell phone market over the last couple of years, and the power of these devices that we carry around in our pockets is simply amazing. With the help of these amazing phones, we can now surf the Internet whenever and wherever we want, check our email, watch movies and videos, listen to music, download loads of other stuff, click amazing pictures, share these pictures with our friends, work on word processors and spreadsheets, update our social networking accounts and also talk on the phone.
These are extremely powerful mini computers that we carry in our pockets, and for some people, a newly released phone is something that is just plain irresistible. There are many great phones available in the market today, but some of them do have the distinction of being better than the rest. So let's take a look at a list of possible winners of the title 'Best cell phone on the market'.
Which is the Best Phone on the Market
There are many mobile manufacturers out there today, who claim to make the best phones. We have Apple Inc, RIM or Research in Motion (makers of the Blackberry), Nokia, HTC, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and even Google Inc. for that matter. Here you will find the best phone on the market right now from each of these makers, in no particular order.
Apple iPhone 4
Released in June 2010, the iPhone 4G is easily applicable for being deemed the best phone ever made. It is the 4th phone in the iPhone series, and it has people salivating at the thought of owning one. Though there have been a few issues about the signal reception of the phone off late, this still happens to be a highly advanced model that is superior to pretty much every other phone around. Here are its specifications.
- 960 x 640 pixels screen resolution
- 3.5 inches screen size
- Capacitive touch screen
- Comes with 16 GB or 32 GB storage space
- 5 MP camera with LED flash
- Latest iOS 4 operating system
- 1 GHz Apple A4 processor
Blackberry Bold 9700
Blackberries have been the preferred business phones for many years now, and even today this is the phone of choice of businessmen and high level executives. Moreover, the quality of the screen of a Blackberry is far superior than any other phone around. The Blackberry Bold 9700 was released in November 2009, and it followed the path paved by its predecessor, the Blackberry Bold 9000. Here are its specifications.
- 480 x 360 pixels screen resolution
- 2.44 inches screen size
- QWERTY keyboard and optical trackball for navigation
- 256 MB internal memory, can be increased to 16 GB with microSD card
- 3.15 MP camera with LED flash
- Blackberry OS 5.0 operating system
- 624 MHz processor
Nokia N900
With the great popularity and success of the Apple iPhone, many companies have now started producing phones to match and beat that device. Finnish company Nokia, who are not known for their touch phones by any means, have attempted to do just that. With the N900 they have come as close as they possibly can to beating the iPhone, and in the process they have managed to create a monster of a phone. The N900 was released in November 2009, and its specifications are as follows.
- 800 x 480 pixels screen resolution
- 3.5 inches screen size
- TFT resistive touchscreen
- 32 GB internal storage
- 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and LED flash
- Maemo 5 operating system
- ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor
HTC Desire
HTC has a lot of great phones, and specializes in making touchscreen phones. The HTC Desire, released in March 2010, is one of the contenders for the best Android phone on the market. Android is a new operating system made by Google that is taking the world by storm. Here are the specifications of the HTC Desire.
- 800 x 480 pixels screen resolution
- 3.7 inches screen size
- AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
- 4 GB memory included, but it can be expanded to 32 GB (via microSD card slot)
- 5 MP camera with LED flash
- Android OS v2.1 (Eclair)
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
Motorola Droid
This is sold as the Motorola Milestone outside the US, and was released in November 2009. Motorola had been a dormant company for a long time, but with the introduction of this device they are firmly back in the market. Here are the specifications for this phone.
- 854 x 480 pixels screen resolution
- 3.7 inches screen size
- TFT capacitive touchscreen
- 8 GB memory included, can be expanded to 32 GB (via microSD card slot)
- 5 MP camera with dual-LED flash
- Android OS v2.0
- ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor
Not to be left behind in this race for the increasingly growing smartphone market, Sony Ericsson released the Xperia X10 in March 2010 in the midst of a lot of expectations. Offering the very attractive Timescape and Mediascape UI, this phone was eagerly awaited. Here are its specifications.
- 854 x 480 pixels screen resolution
- 4.0 inches screen size
- TFT capacitive touchscreen
- Memory expandable to 32 GB with microSD card slot
- 8 MP camera with LED flash
- Android OS v1.6
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
Google Nexus One
Google Inc. surprised everyone by releasing a phone of their own in January 2010. This device is the closest competitor to the Apple iPhone, specifications wise, but its sales figures are surprisingly small. Still, it remains to be one of the best phones in the market right now, and is easily the best Android phone around as well. Here are its specifications.
- 800 x 480 pixels screen resolution
- 3.7 inches screen size
- AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
- Memory expandable to 32 GB with microSD card slot
- 5 MP camera with LED flash
- Android OS v2.1 (Eclair)
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
As you can see, the choices for the best phone on the market are quite large, because there are many more devices apart from the ones mentioned here. But there must certainly be a solid reason behind why almost every individual claims that the Apple iPhone is the very best that you can buy.
