Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Iphone vs Android vs Blackberry

This is basically the same review I did of Android And Apple, however, I have incorporated Blackberry. 


Interface     Apple - Although Ipone's interface is merely rows of icons, it is simple and allows you to get to apps quickly. The simplicity of the interface makes the Iphone easy to use and also the ideal type of device for someone new to smart phones. iOS 5 also features a notification center.          Score: 7/10     Android -Android's interface isn't as easy to use as Apples, however,  it features a fully customizable set of screens and a notification bar that allows you to easily check notifications and toggle settings. The display also allows the option of putting apps as icons, or as small, medium or large sized widgets. The widgets allow you to use fully animated apps in the interface without even opening them up.           Score 9.5/10   
    Blackberry - Blackberry's entire interface is basically a dock. It is arguably a little more "work friendly" but is no more user friendly than an Iphone. The Blackberry Bold 9900 was the first phone to come out with the new interface OS7, after what seems like an eternity of OS6. And after the long wait, not that big of a difference. OS7 basically looks like a redo of OS6 with a couple changes to the app drawer and icons. I honestly don't even see why they give it a whole new number. It might as well be OS6.1 
      Score 5/10
Display
     Apple - The Iphone 4S's screen size is only 3.5 inches, but it's LCD screen is actually a higher resolution than many of the Androids. The display is therefore crisper and brighter than the majority of Android phones. 
          Score 8.5/10
     Android - Android may not have a plethora of phones with crisper and brighter screens than the Iphone 4s, but the majority of Android phones have much larger screens, better contrast, and amazingly vibrant color. This makes playing games, watching movies, and even watching the animated widgets look that much better. In addition to this, there are phones such as a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with HD display (1280 x 720 pixels) 
          Score 8.5/10   
   Blackberry - The new Blackberry Bold 9900 actually has amazing screen clarity, and a very reliable touch screen. But, watching videos and playing games come off short because of it's lack of screen size Unfortunately,  Blackberry's with larger screens lack the resolution and clarity needed to even begin to compare with Android or Iphones. While Apple and Android have continually shown that there phones can be used for both work and play, it is becoming more clear that blackberry's are for strictly work purposes. Thus, making the desire to improve screen for game playing or video viewing a low priority.
         Score 6.5/10  
Keyboard
     Apple - Anyone who has used an Iphone or Ipod touch keyboard knows how truly amazing it is. Even though it has a very small screen, once the keyboard get's used to the common phrases you say, it learns.For example: If you often type the phrase: "Hey what's up" the Iphone will start to type that anytime your fingers move into the direction of the "h" "e" "y" and so fourth.  Often times, my fingers aren't even in the close proximity of the letters and the iPhone still types it based on tendency. In addition to this, although there are some words it might auto-correct, if you change the auto-corrected word to the actually word you want, it learns fairly quickly. Basically, the more you use the keyboard, the more amazing it becomes. 
          Score 9.5/10         
     Android -  Android phones keyboards are different depending on the android you get. Some come with both display and physical keyboards while some just come with just the display. The major advantage to Android is you can download third party keyboards from the market, including the popular Swype. This allows you to choose from hundreds of different keyboards until you find one your like.
          Score 8/10 
    Blackberry - Touch screen keyboards on blackberry's fail to compare with that of androids and Iphones.   This is the reason why most all blackberry (even touch screens) have physical keyboards. I have found that it is a little slower to type on blackberry after switching from the Iphones which pretty much guesses what you type before you type it, or the androids swype keyboards, but it is kinda nice to be able to press down actual buttons. In addition, people who use blackberry more often then myself seem to be able to type fairly quickly. If you don't like the keyboard, however, there is practically no way you can change it. This means you either love or hate them. 
      Score 7/10  
Data Speeds
     Apple - The Iphone 4s's new duel-antenna system has the potential to reach 14 Mbps, however, the Iphone 4 averages speeds of 2.2 Mbps and has a high of 5.5 Mbps.
          Score 7.5/10        
     Android - Any 4g Android phone you can find has faster speeds than the Iphone four, including the Galaxy SII which reaches on average over 12.5 Mbps.
          Score 9/10  
      Blackberry - Like the Iphone, I've heard that the blackberry 9900 has the alleged  potential of reaching 14 Mbps. However, repetitive tests show it's speeds a little higher than the Iphones 4's.  (around 5.6Mbps) 
       Score 8/10
Camera 
     Apple - Fast 1080 P video. Flash, HDR, some editing features. 
         Score 9/10
     Android - Slightly slower, less crisp, double flash, HDR, burst shot mod, panorama mode,  tons of effects, tons of editing features.
         Score 9/10
 Blackberry - Blackberry cameras are by no means as fancy as Androids or Iphones, however, they are very reliable. The blackberry bold 9900 has a 5.0 MP camera, 720P recording, and a 4X digital zoom. Which, although doesn't even come close to compare with it's competition, is a pretty nifty camera given the phones size and price. 
     Score 7.5/10
Apps
     Apple - Over 350,000 thousand apps, games with good graphics. Infinity blade..etc. Apps come to Iphone first before going to andoird.
     Score 10/10
     Android - Around 300,000 apps. Games not as high graphic. Angry birds is free. 
     Score 8.5/10 
     Blackberry - Let me try to be plain and simple here. BB app world sucks. Starting in 2008 the Iphones app store had 500 apps. In the first weekend ten millions apps were downloaded. While this was going on, the Android market had less than 50 apps, and Blackberry was just announcing that they were going to open up an app store. By the end of 2009, Apple has over 100,000 apps, blackberry less than 4,000, and android 30,000 most of which were free. In 2010, android reaches a billion downloads, apple 5 billion, and blackberry reaches a almost 1 million downloads per day mark. By the end of 2011, things start to pick up but blackberry is left behind. Apple confirms it's 500,000 apps but the average price is $3.00. Android gets it's 6 billionth download and has over 250,000 thousand apps. Blackberry, however, has less then 30,000.  
   Score 5/10
Overall
     Apple 51.5/60          
     Android 52.5/60
     Blackberry 39/60

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