Best of Breed - SmartPhones Summer 2010

Best Mobile Phone – Summer Contenders

CameraPhone Review

With so many great mobile phones on the market and the launch of the iPhone 4 arguably raising the bar what is the top mobile phone available now, or expected to be available in the coming months?

Although choosing a mobile is a very personal affair, In a bid to answer this question Camera Phone Review has compared the top phones from the top manufacturers to see if there is a clear winner.We have compared size, screen, camera, multi-media, general performance and other features and looked at the Apple iPhone 4, Nokia N8, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 and the HTC Desire.

First the iPhone 4 Apple’s latest offering and most sought after handset

iPhone 4 size

115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm 137 grams

iPhone 4 screen

Apple’s Retina display 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display with 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi

iPhone 4 camera

5-megapixel still camera, Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio, LED flash, Tap to focus video or still images, Photo and video geotagging

iPhone 4 multi-media iPod music player, iMovie, iBooks and iTunes

iPhone 4 other features

• UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)

• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)

• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

• Assisted GPS

• Digital compass

• Talk time:Up to 7 hours on 3G / Up to 14 hours on 2G

• Standby time: Up to 300 hours

The Nokia N8 is expected in stores around 24th August. Our Nokia N8 review holds out this to be a solid device with the highest resolution camera of all of the phones compared.

Nokia N8 size

113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm 135 grams

Nokia N8 screen

3.5-inch OLED capacitive touch screen with 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED and 16.7 million colours

Nokia N8 camera

12 megapixel sensor and full Xenon flash and the ability to record video in 720p HD. HDMI connector for easy downloading and viewing of your video.

Nokia N8 multi-media

Music player, internet, messaging, photos, Ovi Store, Videos, WebTV, Office document editors, Video & photo editor, Mail, Chat, Radio

Nokia N8 other features

• Bluetooth

• HDMI connector

• micro-USB connector

• 3.5 mm AV connector

• FM radio

• FM transmitter

• Internal memory: 16 GB

• MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB

• A-GPS receiver with Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation

• Talk-time (maximum): GSM 720 mins / WCDMA 350 mins

• Standby time (maximum): GSM 390 h / WCDMA 400 h

The HTC Desire is the first Android phone in our summer heavyweight round up.

HTC Desire size

• 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm
• 136 grams

HTC Desire screen Touch-sensitive 3.7 inches screen with pinch-to-zoom capability and 480 X 800 WVGA pixels

HTC Desire camera

• 5 megapixel coloUr camera

• Face detection capability with auto focus

• LED flash

• Widescreen photo capture and geotagging

HTC Desire multi-media

• Photos application for viewing photos and videos

• Music

• FM Radio

HTC Desire other features

• 1 GHz processor

• 576 MB Ram with microSD™ memory card up to 32 GB

• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack

• Bluetooth

• GPS with Google Maps navigation

• Facebook™ integration

• Talk time:WCDMA: Up to 390 mins / GSM: Up to 400 mins

• Standby time:WCDMA: Up to 360 hours /GSM: Up to 340 hours

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has been out in the market longer than the other mobiles in this round up and yet it has a camera and picture performance to rival certainly the iPhone and the HTC models. Like the HTC it is based on Android with a custom interface.

Xperia X10 size

• 119.0 x 63.0 x 13.0 mm
• 135 g

Xperia X10 screen

• 480 x 854 pixels WVGA, 65,536 colour TFT touchscreen

Xperia X10 camera

• 8.1 Megapixel camera with 16 x digital zoom, auto focus and face recognition, geo tagging, flash and smile detection

Xperia X10 multi-media

• Music, video and social networking integration

Xperia X10 other features

• Micro USB connector
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• aGPS with Google Maps™
• Bluetooth
• WiFi™

3G

• WCDMA 1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 10.2Mbps (Category 9/10)/7.2Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 5.76Mbps

TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)

• Talk Time (3G): up to 270 mins. Talk Time (GSM): up to 540 mins

BATTERY TYPE

• 1390 mAh Li Ion

STANDBY TIME

• Up to 320 hours

MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING (MMS)

EMAIL2

• Push Gmail™, Push Exchange, IMAP, POP3

TEXT MESSAGING (SMS)

INSTANT MESSAGING (IM)

• Google Talk

The Motorola Milestone XT720 smartphone makes high-defintion video recording and playback easy, with HDMI and wi-fi conectivity. The 3.7 inch touchscreen also is home to a 9 MP digitial camera with Xeon flash, all in a thin and elegant design.

TOUCH TABLET

MEGAPIXELS

• 8MP, Digital Zoom with Xenon Flash

FOCUS

• AutomaticTouch to focus with easy panorama, face detection, multi-shot (6 shots in a row), face filter, red eye reduction, camera shake prevention), scene controls and effects

SYNCHRONISATION

WEB BROWSER

• Webkit Full HTML5 Browser

WIFI

• 802.11 b/g

GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES3

• Standalone GPS/E-compass, Google Maps, MOTONAV

DATA ACCESS4

• USB 2.0 HS, FOTA, OTA ActiveSync, Bluetooth Class 1, 2.1 + EDR (inc. A2DP & AVRCP), Mobile HDMI type D, Android WEBKIT

HEADSET JACK

• 3.5mm

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)

GAMES

WEB ACCESS
Android WEBKIT

NOISE REDUCTION

MAPS AND GPS

• Standalone GPS/E-compass, 2D/3D accelerator for graphics

OPERATING SYSTEM

• Android 2.1

TOUCH SCREEN

• Multitouch and soft keyboard

MUSIC PLAYER

RADIO

• FM Radio

VIDEO CAPABLE

• HD video capture at 720p, video playback onto HDTV via HDMI cable

PLAYABLE FORMATS

• MP3, AMR WB, MPEG-4, WAV, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, AMR NB, WMA v9, ACC+ Enhanced

STREAMING MEDIA

• Video

VIDEO CAPTURE RATE

• HD 720p video capture and playback

VIDEO PLAYER

• H.264, MPEG4, WMV v9

DISPLAY TYPE

• 3.7" 480x854 WVGA TFT

COLOURS

• Navy Blue

WEIGHT

• 160g

SIZE

• 60.9 x 115.95 x 10.9 mm, 79.7cc

DISPLAY SIZE

• 3.7", 480 x 854 FWVGA

ANTENNA TYPE

• Internal

MATERIALS AND FINISH

• Navy blue colour combined with silver tones, mirrored screen finish and sleek sub 11mm thin design

APPLICATIONS

• Google Search, Google Maps, Google Street View, Android Market, Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, YouTube

FLIGHT MODE

MEMORY⁵

• 8GBmicroSD, 512M ROM 256M RAM

NETWORKS²

• WCDMA 1700/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 10.2Mbps (Category 9/10)/7.2Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 5.76Mbps

PROCESSOR SPEED

• 550Mhz

REMOVABLE MEMORY

• up to 32 GB microSD

SENSORS

• 3 axis Accelerometer, OpenGL ES 2.0 support, 2D/3D accelerator for Graphics, Proximity Sensor