It has been reviewed that the Blackberry Torch 9800 provides stiff competition to other smartphones, but will it out-do the iPhone 4? Let us look at various points and analyse which phone scores the highest.
The Display
• The Torch 9800 has a 3.2 inch high resolution capacitive multi-touch display. Whereas the iPhone 4 boasts a 3.5 inch widescreen multi-touch ‘Retina’ display, which provides a higher resolution than the Torch 9800.
The Camera
• The Torch 9800 has a 5 mega-pixel camera with autofocus, flash and 2X digital zoom. The iPhone 4 also provides the same features, with the difference of an LED flash, which is preferable. The iPhone also wins in video playback, allowing HD quality as opposed to Torch 9800’s VGA quality. Additionally, the iPhone comes with geo-tagging and tap-to-focus which means that iPhone has again taken over.
The Keyboard
• Blackberry is known for having the best physical keyboard qualities, and has provided the Torch 9800 with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is RIM’s thinnest ever, but has been commented upon as “tedious to use.” The Torch 9800 also provides a virtual keyboard, which has been deemed “not bad”.
iPhone 4 does not provide a physical, but a virtual keyboard, which is easy-to-use, intelligent and allows the user to switch between numeric keyboards with one click.
The Processor
• The Torch has 512MB RAM and 8GB storage space. It supports a micro SD card slot for up to 32GB cards. The iPhone comes with 512 MB RAM but with no expansion slot. However, the iPhone comes with a choice of built-in 16GB or 32GB flash drive, which is much more than the Torch 9800.
The Battery
• The Torch 9800 provides 5.5 hours of talk-time and 18 days of standby time. Alternatively the iPhone allows up to 14 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours of standby time, without the need to recharge.
E-mail
• The Blackberry’s popular e-mail and text messaging services are built into the Torch 9800, which high-level of security allow users to transmit information wirelessly. iPhone does not incorporate such high-level technology. This has not gone against the iPhone, as RIM have been criticised over their devices, potentially posing national security risk as security agencies are unable to access the data transmitted by them.
App Store
Mobile Phone users have access to the iPhone app store, where they are able to download over 100,000 apps for free, or for a small charge. Blackberry’s app store has a long way to go in comparison.
This allows us to conclude that the Torch 9800 is no doubt an exceptional development in the field of smartphones. Rim have done a great job in creating a design which stands out in terms of quality and functionality. However, RIM have not made a product which offers what the iPhone does. Hence, RIM has gained some of the market as far as smartphone makers are concerned but the Torch 9800 has not come anywhere near to knocking the iPhone off the shelves.
The Display
• The Torch 9800 has a 3.2 inch high resolution capacitive multi-touch display. Whereas the iPhone 4 boasts a 3.5 inch widescreen multi-touch ‘Retina’ display, which provides a higher resolution than the Torch 9800.
The Camera
• The Torch 9800 has a 5 mega-pixel camera with autofocus, flash and 2X digital zoom. The iPhone 4 also provides the same features, with the difference of an LED flash, which is preferable. The iPhone also wins in video playback, allowing HD quality as opposed to Torch 9800’s VGA quality. Additionally, the iPhone comes with geo-tagging and tap-to-focus which means that iPhone has again taken over.
The Keyboard
• Blackberry is known for having the best physical keyboard qualities, and has provided the Torch 9800 with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The keyboard is RIM’s thinnest ever, but has been commented upon as “tedious to use.” The Torch 9800 also provides a virtual keyboard, which has been deemed “not bad”.
iPhone 4 does not provide a physical, but a virtual keyboard, which is easy-to-use, intelligent and allows the user to switch between numeric keyboards with one click.
The Processor
• The Torch has 512MB RAM and 8GB storage space. It supports a micro SD card slot for up to 32GB cards. The iPhone comes with 512 MB RAM but with no expansion slot. However, the iPhone comes with a choice of built-in 16GB or 32GB flash drive, which is much more than the Torch 9800.
The Battery
• The Torch 9800 provides 5.5 hours of talk-time and 18 days of standby time. Alternatively the iPhone allows up to 14 hours of talk time, and up to 300 hours of standby time, without the need to recharge.
• The Blackberry’s popular e-mail and text messaging services are built into the Torch 9800, which high-level of security allow users to transmit information wirelessly. iPhone does not incorporate such high-level technology. This has not gone against the iPhone, as RIM have been criticised over their devices, potentially posing national security risk as security agencies are unable to access the data transmitted by them.
App Store
Mobile Phone users have access to the iPhone app store, where they are able to download over 100,000 apps for free, or for a small charge. Blackberry’s app store has a long way to go in comparison.
This allows us to conclude that the Torch 9800 is no doubt an exceptional development in the field of smartphones. Rim have done a great job in creating a design which stands out in terms of quality and functionality. However, RIM have not made a product which offers what the iPhone does. Hence, RIM has gained some of the market as far as smartphone makers are concerned but the Torch 9800 has not come anywhere near to knocking the iPhone off the shelves.
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