HTC Titan Review – Ultra Fast Windows 7 Phone

HTC has announced its new flagship phone – HTC Titan, with a 4.7 inch screen and 1.5 Ghz  processor, it takes the windows phone 7.5 to the next level with this beastly device.  But there are definitely some gripes on the phone as well, the resolution of the screen is only 480 x 800, a lower resolution compared to other top phones like iPhone 4.

The phone boasts of 8 Megapixel rear camera with Focal ratio of 2.2 (2.2 F), and Dual LED flash which vastly improves the low light photos. The phone also has a 720p video recording capability. Strangely the phone doesn’t come with 4G.

Compared to other top phones HTC titan lags in some areas here are the dimensions of other phones against HTC Titan. HTC Titan is the biggest phone among all the competitors and nearly matching the Samsung Infuse 4G.

 

HTC Titan – 131.5 x 70.7 x 9.9
Samsung Galaxy S2 (Attain) – 125.3 X 66.1 X 8.49 mm
Nokia N9 – 116.45 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm
Samsung Infuse 4G – 132 x 71 x 9 mm
Iphone 4 – 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
Motorola Atrix – 117.8 x 63.5 x 11 mm
Blackberry Torch – 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm

And in terms of weight is The heaviest phone around.

HTC Titan – 160 g
Samsung Galaxy S2 (Attain) – 116 g
Nokia N9 – 135 g
Samsung Infuse 4G – 139 g
Iphone 4 – 137 g
Motorola Atrix – 135 g

Size: 131.5mm x 70.7mm x 9.9mm (5.18″ x 2.78″ x 0.39″)
Weight: 160 grams (5.6 ounces) with battery
Display: 4.7-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution
Screen: 119 mm (4.7″)

CPU Processing Speed
1.5 GHz

Storage
Total storage: 16 GB
Available storage: up to 12.63 GB
RAM:  512 MB

Connectors
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
micro-USB 2.0 (5-pin) port

Sensors
Gyro Sensor
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor

Multimedia
See photos from your camera, Facebook and Windows Live™ accounts in the Pictures hub
Music and Videos Hub powered by Zune lets you listen to radio, download music, and more
SRS enhancement
5.1 surround sound for video
Audio supported formats:
Playback:.m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video supported formats:
Playback:.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v, .mbr, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1)
Recording:.mp4
(You can only playback a .3gp or .3g2 video if the video is an email attachment or is part of an MMS message.)

Power & Battery2
Battery type:  Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity:1600 mAh
Talk time:
WCDMA: Up to 410 minutes
GSM: Up to 710 minutes
Standby time3:
WCDMA: Up to 460 hours
GSM: Up to 360 hours

Network – Europe/Asia
HSPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia: 850/900/2100 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Camera
8 megapixel camera with F2.2 lens, dual LED flash, and BSI sensor (for better low-light captures)
Front camera: 1.3 megapixel front camera
HD video recording: 720p HD video recording

Internet (USA/Japan)
3G: Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed
Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed
GPRS: Up to 80 kbps downloading
EDGE: Up to 236.8 kbps downloading
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth® 2.1
A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit
Other supported profiles: AVRCP, HFP, HSP

Social Networking
Twitter™, Facebook® and Windows Live™
Share photos on Facebook® or Windows Live™ SkyDrive

Location
Internal GPS antenna
HTC Locations
Bing™ Maps

Tethering
Internet Sharing

iPhone 4 CDMA Review and Specifications

Apple is launching IPhone in CDMA version with Verizon in few days, and soon Reliance (India) and China Mobile will also get the CDMA iPhone. iPhone 4 CDMA has 3G network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A with data rate 3.1 Mbps CDMA2000 is a mobile technology standard which uses CDMA channel access for sending and signaling data between the mobiles and cell sites, it belongs to the family of 3G. CDMA channel access – CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access – channel access method which allows multiple terminals to be connected to same multi-point transmission medium for transmission and capacity sharing. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO is one of the set of standards in CDMA2000. EV-DO stands for Evolution-Data Optimized, which are the telecommunication standards for wireless data transmission via radio signals especially for broadband internet.

The dimensions of the are 115.2 * 58.6 * 9.3 mm with 640 * 960 pixels resolution, 3.5 inches screen size with LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colors, scratch resistant oleophobic surface and weighs 137 g. It is a speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack. The memory is of 16 GB, 512 MB RAM, there are no card slots for extendable memory cards. Its OS is iOS 4.2.5, and its processor is Apple A4 with 1 GHz speed.

The camera is of 5 MP with LED flash, auto focus, touch focus, geo-tagging. Its other features include Wireless LAN Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1  with A2DP for high quality audio streaming from one phone to another through bluetooth, GPS, Messaging through SMS, MMS, Push, Email, Games, Voice commands, audio video player, Google Maps, Digital Compass. Its battery is 1420 mAh Li-Po battery. The phone comes in two colors white and black. The price of iPhone 4 CDMA is $199 on contract.

iPhone 4 CDMA Specifications :

3G : CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A with data rate 3.1 Mbps

OS : iOS 4.2.5

Processor : Apple A4 with 1 GHz speed

Dimensions : 115.2 * 58.6 * 9.3 mm

Screen size and Resolution : 640 * 960 pixels resolution, 3.5 inches screen size with LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colors, scratch resistant oleophobic surface

Weight : 137 g

Memory : 16 GB, 512 MB RAM

Camera : 5 MP with LED flash, auto focus, touch focus, geo-tagging

Speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack

Wireless LAN Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth v2.1  with A2DP for high quality audio streaming from one phone to another through bluetooth

GPS

Messaging through SMS, MMS, Push, Email

Games

Voice commands, audio video player

Google Maps, Digital Compass

Battery : is 1420 mAh Li-Po battery

Colors : white, black

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Review and Specifications

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is a smartphone with Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS and ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 5.76 Mbps 3G specifications, it weighs 118 g and its dimension is 64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm with Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen, its resolution is WVGA (480 * 800) and 4.0 inches size, 16 Million colors.

The battery is a standard Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 1500 mAh battery with a stand by power of 576 h max and a talk time power of 393 min max. The camera is of 5 Mega Pixels with face detection, smile detection, geo-tagging, etc., Its has 16 GB memory, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM, and extendable micro SD till 32 GB. Both MP3 and MP4 players are available, its audio jack is 3.5 mm. The phone comes in two colors such as black and white.

Its other features include Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0 and profiles like GAP, SSP, SDAP, HSP, HFP1.5, A2DP, AVRCP, and etc., EDGE, GPRS, micro USB v2.0, WAP, AGPS, TV-output, FM radio and FM radio RDS, editors for image, video and documents, mobile printing, web pages like Google, Maps, Gmail, Picasa, GTalk, and etc., voice commands, HTML browsers like Chrome Lite, Flash Lite, also has flight mode, SMS, MMS, RSS Feeds, email and IM. Open Mobile Alliance device management (supports provisioning, configuration of device, software upgrades and fault management) and data synchronization are available.

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Specifications :

Dimensions :
64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm with Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen, its resolution is WVGA (480 * 800) and 4.0 inches size

when compared to : Nokia N8 its dimensions are 113.5 * 59.1 * 12.9 mm with Active Matrix OLEDs capacitive touchscreen, and 3.5 inches

iPhone its dimensions are 115.2 * 56.8 * 9.3 mm, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 3.5 inches

Blackberry Torch its dimensions are 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm with TFT capacitive screen, 3.2 inches

Weight : 118g

when compared to : Nokia N8 weighs 135 g , iPhone weighs 137 g , Blackberry Torch weighs 161 g

3G : High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 5.76 Mbps which is same for all mobiles compared above

16 million colors

Battery :

standard Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 1500 mAh battery with a stand by power of 576 h max and a talk time power of 393 min max

when compared to : Nokia N8 has standard Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery with stand by power of 400 h and talk time power of 6 h

iPhone has standard Li-Po 1420 mAh battery with stand by power of  3oo h and talk time power of 7 h

Blackberry Torch has standard Li-Ion 1300 mAh standard battery with stand by power of 340 h and talk time power of 6 h

Camera :

5 Mega Pixels with face detection, smile detection, geo-tagging, etc., whereas Nokia N8 has 12 MP camera

Memory :

16 GB memory, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM, and extendable micro SD till 32 GB

when compared to : Nokia N8 has 16 GB, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM

Blacknerry Torch has 4 GB, 512 MB RAM and ROM

MP3 and MP4 players

3.5 mm audio jack

Colors : black, white

Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

  • Bluetooth v3.0 and profiles like GAP, SSP, SDAP, HSP, HFP1.5, A2DP, AVRCP, and etc.,
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • Micro USB v2.0
  • WAP, AGPS
  • TV-output
  • FM radio and FM radio RDS
  • Editors for image, video and documents, mobile printing, web pages like Google, Maps, Gmail, Picasa, GTalk, and etc.,
  • Voice commands
  • HTML browsers like Chrome Lite
  • Flash Lite
  • Flight mode
  • SMS, MMS, RSS Feeds, email and IM
  • Open Mobile Alliance device management (supports provisioning, configuration of device, software upgrades and fault management) and data synchronization are available.