As popular as iPhone
is — selling more than 25 million handsets worldwide last quarter alone
(and iPhone 5 pre -orders topping 2 million in its first 24 hours) —
they're not the only game in town. In fact, many of today's Android
phones can outperform iPhone 5, feature for feature, plus Google's
mobile platform is far less restrictive than Apple's iOS. Microsoft and
Research in Motion are also cooking up some compelling iPhone
alternatives with its Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 OS smartphones, respectively.
1.Motorola Droid Razr HD:
The new 4-inch still employs Apple's "Retina" technology, which
refers to the fact the human eye can't distinguish the millions of
individual dots (pixels) that make up the text and images.
But those looking for a gorgeous screen might instead consider the upcoming Moto Droid Razr HD, an Android-powered phone unveiled on September 5.
Due out this fall on Verizon,
this Droid boasts a 4.7-inch 720p HD screen with 1,280 x 720 resolution
(iPhone 5's screen tops out at 1,136 x 640 resolution). The Razr HD's
display also spans edge to edge, with just a little bit of bezel
surrounding it.
As with the previous Razr, this new phone — measuring 131.9mm tall,
67.9 mm wide and a svelte 8.4mm thin -- can take a beating with its
durable Kevlar fiber and Corning Gorilla glass.
2.Solid cameraphone Nokia Lumia 920:
OK, let's get the obvious out of the way: Microsoft and Nokia screwed up by using a doctored promo video to showcase the photography and video recording capabilities of its upcoming Lumia 920, a next-generation Windows Phone 8 device. But make no mistake — this camera rocks, if our hands-on time with it following the September 5 event in NYC is any indication.
On paper, it doesn't look vastly different than iPhone's iSight camera; both the Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5 have an 8-megapixel real-facing camera (3264 x 2448 pixels) with autofocus and LED flash.
3.Long-lasting battery: Samsung Galaxy S III
As awesome as the iPhone is, battery life remains its Achilles' heel.
In other words, what's the point in being able to do so much if you're
looking for an AC outlet by the mid-afternoon?
Hopefully the iPhone 5 will have a better battery (or better battery management) than the iPhone 4S, but if you want a smartphone today that can truly last all day, look no further than the Samsung Galaxy S III
By comparison, Samsung Galaxy S III offers — get this — 790 hours of
standby and 11:40 hours talk time (3G). Remarkably, this is with this
Android's massive 4.8-inch screen, NFC (near field communications) radio
and LTE 4G connectivity.
Oh, and unlike the iPhone, the Galaxy S III's massive 2,100 mAh battery is removable, too, just in case a serious traveler wants to keep a spare handy.
This Android phone rocks, in part, due to Beats Audio
processing. Whether you're listening to your tunes the way they were
downloaded, side-loaded or streamed onto the smartphone (including
built-in apps like MOG and TuneIn Radio) or you've chosen to tweak the
sound with various equalizer presets and settings, music sounds great
with the bundled black earbuds -- or better yet, with pricier
over-the-ear headphones. (For equalizer options, try the Sweetener
profile for well-balanced lows, mids and highs.)
An HTC exclusive (HTC owns 51 percent of Beats, after all), the Beats
Audio technology sounds impressive even when playing games, watching
videos or listening to audiobooks or podcasts.
Heck, even phone calls seem loud and clear on the HTC One X, if anyone still talks on their smartphone these days.
It's no secret Sony is playing catch-up in the smartphone space as the company finds itself, but don't dismiss the impressive Xperia ion as a powerful and versatile Android phone for half the cost of iPhone 5.
On sale for $99.99 on a 2-year AT&T contract, Sony's first LTE
phone delivers broadband-like speeds in select markets. Its 4.6-inch
screen is more than a half-inch larger than iPhone 5 (and it's very purty, too) and unlike Apple's device you can expand its memory via up to 32GB microSD cards.
Other impressive features include a 12-megapixel camera (with 1080p
video capture and 3D sweep panorama mode), 1900 mAh battery or up to 10
hours of talk time an exclusive media apps such as Sony's Video
Unlimited and Music Unlimited.
OK, so its processor can't compare to iPhone 5 and it's an outdated
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) platform is a bit of a disappointment, but at
least Xperia ion users can access to the Google Play store (formerly
Android Market) and its more than 500,000 downloads.
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