Smart phones change from ordinary mobiles in two simple ways: the way they are built and what you can do. Currently, the Apple 3GS iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold are arguably two with the best smart phones available inside market. Here’s that they match-up against the other:
DESIGN
The iPhone’s revolutionary touchscreen design has challenged the competition for our children and grandchildren of smartphone's. Nokia and Samsung are suffering from similar designs for their mobile phones. There are also higher than a hundred iPhone clones out in the market, all attempting to cash in on the iPhone’s status. The 3GS iPhone looks virtually just like its predecessor, the iPhone 3G. The Blackberry Bold is the most effective looking BlackBerry up to now, but the iPhone’s design is definitely an instant classic. Winner: iPhone 3GS
OPERATING SYSTEM
It needs a bit of time for it to get used to the two 3GS iPhone as well as the BlackBerry Bold. BlackBerry has always been known for usability focused on business applications. The BlackBerry phone has shortcut secrets of get things done quickly, however, it’s still easier and faster to master the iPhone 3GS. Winner: iPhone 3GS
DISPLAY
The iPhone 3GS features a 3.5-inch screen with 320 x 480 pixels resolution and 16M colors. With a small 2.6-inch screen simply 16K colors, the Bold lags behind in this department not only against the iPhone though other top smart phones as well. Winner: Apple iPhone 3GS
KEYBOARD
The BlackBerry Bold’s large keyboard used some from the space that could have been useful for the display nonetheless it’s worthwhile because it’s a pleasure typing inside full QWERTY keyboard, which features a sure and fast response. The iPhone’s virtual keyboard is flashy however it takes time for it to master fast and accurate typing. Though there’s an error correction system, it’s not reliable if there's a large number of mistakes. Functionality beats flashy within this round. Winner: BlackBerry Bold
APPLICATIONS
When looking at applications, no mobile phone comes close to the iPhone because it's the easiest platform to formulate applications for. With a large number of developers creating an incredible number of applications for that Apple App Store, the sky’s the limit for that Apple 3GS iPhone. Winner: Apple iPhone
SPEED & CONNECTIVITY
With an ARM Cortex A8 processor clocking 600 MHz and HDSPA improve to 7.2 Mbps, it’s no wonder the ‘S’ in Apple iPhone 3GS is short for speed. However, the BlackBerry Bold isn't slouch as it carries a 624 MHz processor. Both smart phones are capable of communicating over Quad Band GSM network supporting frequency bands of 850/900/1800/1900, are both GPRS, EDGE and WiFi enabled, and both have Bluetooth A2DP support and USB Connectivity. While the BlackBerry Bold only has an HSDPA speed of 3.6 Mbps, there’s really no speed difference with there being currently no companies that give 7.2 Mbps. Winner: Draw
CAMERA
The camera may be the iPhone’s “weakness” as a smartphone, although not over the BlackBerry Bold. The iPhone 3GS comes with a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus, a decent 640 x 480 resolution at 30fps and excellent audio. The BlackBerry Bold includes a standard 2-megapixel camera with an LED flash. Winner: Apple iPhone 3GS
STORAGE
With 16GB and 32GB models, there’s no question that this iPhone 3GS trumps the BlackBerry, which just has 1GB of memory and can only support as much as 8GB of external memory. Winner: iPhone 3GS
CALL QUALITY & BATTERY LIFE
Winner: Draw
THE VERDICT
The Apple iPhone 3GS can be a worthy successor to its predecessors and the BlackBerry Bold is the very best BlackBerry phone ever produced. The iPhone 3GS can be a consumer phone with something for anyone while the BlackBerry Bold maintains BlackBerry’s reputation being a business gadget. At the end in the day, it’s just what the user needs that matters one of the most.
