Five Alternative Smartphones to the Apple iPhone 4 2

I am aware that the Apple iPhone’s popularity especially to its loyal followers is hard to go against but there are also a lot of people who are trying to find an alternative to the Apple iPhone 4. With the rise of Android smartphones, there are now many choices aside from the closed and exclusive iPhone and these smartphones can give one freedom in terms of choosing and downloading applications since Android is open source.

Below are five smartphones that can be an alternative to the Apple iPhone 4 together with their specifications and features.

*Samsung Epic 4G

Samsung Epic 4G specifications and features:

GENERAL
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Announced 2010, June
Status Available. Released 2010, September

SIZE
Dimensions 124 x 65 x 14 mm
Weight 155 g

DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
– QWERTY keyboard
– TouchWiz 3.0 UI
– Multi-touch input method
– Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
– Touch-sensitive controls
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
– Swype text input

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA GPRS No
EDGE No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WiMAX
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA
Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA

FEATURES
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
– Social networking integration
– Digital compass
– MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
– Organizer
– Image/video editor
– Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
– Flash Lite v3.1
– Voice memo/dial/commands
– T9

BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

*HTC EVO 4G

HTC EVO 4G specifications and features:

GENERAL
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Announced 2010, March
Status Available. Released 2010, June

SIZE
Dimensions 122 x 66 x 13 mm
Weight 170 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches
– Multi-touch input method
– Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
– HTC Sense UI

SOUND
Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 512 MB RAM; 1 GB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included, buy memory
DATA GPRS No
EDGE No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, WiMAX 802.16 e (Wi-Fi router)
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
FEATURES
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8650 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
– Digital compass
– HDMI port
– Dedicated search key
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail
– YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
– MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
– Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications
– Voice memo

BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

*Motorola Droid X

Motorola Droid X specifications and features:

GENERAL
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Announced 2010, May
Status Available. Released 2010, July

SIZE
Dimensions 127.5 x 65.5 x 9.9 mm
Weight 155 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.3 inches
– Multi-touch input method
– Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 6.5 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 16 GB included, buy memory
DATA GPRS No
EDGE No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3266×2450 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@24fps, D1@30 fps
Secondary No

FEATURES
OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
CPU TI OMAP 3630-1000 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Need for Speed Shift + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
– Digital compass
– MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC+ player
– MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
– TV-out (720p video) via HDMI 1.4 port
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
– YouTube, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Photo viewer/editor
– Organizer
– Adobe Flash 10.1
– Voice memo/dial/commands
– T9

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Po 1540 mAh
Stand-by Up to 220 h
Talk time Up to 8 h

*Motorola Droid 2

Motorola Droid 2 specifications and features:

GENERAL
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Announced 2010, August
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, August

SIZE
Dimensions 116.3 x 60.5 x 13.7 mm
Weight 169 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches
– QWERTY keyboard
– Multi-touch input method
– Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
– Swype input method

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included
DATA GPRS No
EDGE No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA
Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus
Features Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization
Video Yes
Secondary No

FEATURES
OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Via third party application
– SNS integration
– Digital compass
– MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC+ player
– MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
– TV-out (720p video) via HDMI port
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
– YouTube, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Photo viewer/editor
– Organizer
– Adobe Flash 10.1
– Voice memo/dial/commands
– T9

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Po 1400 mAh
Stand-by Up to 315 h
Talk time Up to 10 h

*Blackberry Torch

Blackberry Torch specifications and features:

GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 /800
Announced 2010, August
Status Available. Released 2010, August
SIZE Dimensions 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
Weight 161 g
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
– QWERTY keyboard
– Optical trackpad
– Multi-touch input method
– Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
– 3.5 mm audio jack
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB card included, buy memory
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization
Video Yes, VGA
Secondary No
FEATURES OS BlackBerry OS 6.0
CPU 624 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
– Social feeds
– BlackBerry maps
– Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
– Media player MP3/WMA/eAAC+/FlAC/OGG player
– Video player MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264
– Organizer
– Voice memo/dial
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
Stand-by Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 30 h