by Jerry D on November 1, 2011
Watching the Nokia Lumia 800 launch it was easy to be seduced by the N9 design and the pretty tile-based UI of Windows Phone 7.5. This cosy partnership between Nokia and Microsoft might just work.
But on this site, a phone’s greatness is determined by how well it fights its corner against other smartphones. In this case, how does it fare in the ring with the Apple iPhone 4S? Ding. Ding! Seconds away, round one…
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by Jerry D on October 31, 2011
The Nokia N9 has risen from the dead! Behold the new Nokia Lumia 800, the first true Nokia handset to come packing Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 OS. The Lumia might look the same as the N9, but there are significant technical differences. The question is: is the Lumia 800 a better phone?
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by Jerry D on October 31, 2011
The hopes and dreams of the Nokia/Microsoft partnership have coalesced into the striking Nokia Lumia 800. But can Windows-powered smartphones like this save Nokia’s handset business?
Nokia Lumia 800 specs
- 4G: none
- 3G: 3G/HSDPA (14.4Mbps)
- Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n
- Bluetooth: 2.1 with A2DP and EDR
- Display: 3.7-inch AMOLED/ClearBlack (480×800 pixels)
- Camera: 8.0 Megapixels with autofocus with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, geo-tagging and 720p video recording
- Video recording: Yes
- HD video: Yes
- Front-facing camera: No
- Storage: up to 16GB
- Software: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango)
- Processor: 1.4GHz single core Qualcomm MSM8255
- Extras: GPS/A-GPS, stereo FM radio with RDS, Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and a digital compass
- Size: 61.2 x 116.5 x 12.1mm
- Weight: 142g
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by Jerry D on October 20, 2011
In this titanic battle between the Apple iPhone 4S and the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, let’s picture the trench run sequence from the finale of Star Wars… Which one is the X-Wing piloted by Luke Skywalker’s childhood pal Biggs? And which one is Darth Vader, flying the TIE Fighter Advanced x1 with its distinctive angled wings? We know this, one of these phones is going to crash and burn…
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by Jerry D on October 20, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus not only features a 720p HD display and a dual-core CPU… But it also debuts Google’s Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS and points towards even better Android phones to come.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs
- 4G: 4G/LTE
- 3G: 3G/HSDPA/HSPA+ (21Mbps)
- Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n
- Bluetooth: 3.0 with A2DP
- Display: 4.65-inch Super AMOLED (720×1280 pixels)
- Camera: 5.0 Megapixels with autofocus/touch-focus, an LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama mode and 1080p video capture
- Video recording: Yes
- HD video: Yes
- Front-facing camera: Yes
- Storage: up to 32GB
- Software: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Processor: 1.2GHz dual core TI OMAP 4460
- Extras: GPS/A-GPS, stereo FM radio (with RDS), three-axis gyro sensor, DLNA content sharing, Wi-Fi hotspot functionality, NFC, barometer, ‘face unlock’ and a digital compass
- Size: 67.9 x 135.5 x 8.9mm
- Weight: 135g
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by Jerry D on October 19, 2011
The classic RAZR brand is reinvented for 2011 with the launch of the Motorola DROID RAZR. While it doesn’t look like the iconic clamshell of old, it’s fabulously, wondrously skinny…
Motorola DROID RAZR specs
- 4G: 4G/LTE
- 3G: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A.
- Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n
- Bluetooth: 4.0 with LE+EDR
- Display: 4.3-inch LCD (540×960 pixels)
- Camera: 8.0 Megapixels with autofocus and touch-focus, an LED flash, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face-detection and full 1080p video recording
- Video recording: Yes
- HD video: Yes
- Front-facing camera: Yes
- Storage: up to 48GB
- Software: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Processor: 1.2GHz dual core TI OMAP 4430
- Extras: GPS/A-GPS, stereo FM radio (with RDS), Gorilla Glass, digital compass, HDMI port, DLNA content sharing and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality
- Size: 68.9 x 130.7 x 7.1mm
- Weight: 127g
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by Jerry D on October 5, 2011
After taking on the top dogs in our Top 20 smartphones list, the Apple iPhone 4S now turns its attention to the good-looking HTC Sensation handset. We give each one a brightly coloured Pugil stick from an old episode of Gladiators and tell them to fight it out on two small platforms 20ft in the air. And just to make it interesting, we’ve taken away the crash mat…
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by Jerry D on October 5, 2011
With the launch of the iPhone 4S, Apple has jumped back into the high-end smartphone market with a bang.
While some observers were expecting more of a technological leap forwards, Apple has augmented the iPhone 4 and given it an extra turn of ‘S’-class speed with a new dual-core A5 processor and graphics coprocessor that Apple claims delivers 7x the performance of the chip inside the old iPhone 4.
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by Jerry D on October 5, 2011
OK. So the Apple iPhone 4S wasn’t quite the ground-breaking iPhone 5 that many of us hoped for. But then Apple doesn’t always jump streets ahead of its competitors. It does just enough to keep you interested. The question now is: has Apple done enough with the 4S model. Can it meet the Motorola Atrix in open combat and knock it down on its ass? Find the answer below…
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by Jerry D on October 4, 2011
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the best Android phones we’ve ever seen. The iPhone 4S is the best iOS-powered handset we’ve ever seen. These are the tech-titans of the smartphone world. But which one is worth your hard-earned cash? Time for the biggest of big phone fights…
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