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

HTC 7 Pro Review and Specifications

HTC 7 Pro is a smartphone with QWERTY slideout keypad and as the name would suggest it is a phone running Microsofts Windows Phone OS 7. The dimensions of the phone are 117.5 mm * 59 mm * 15.5 mm, it weighs 185 g, 3.6 inches capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom capability and with resolution of 480 * 800 WVGA. The 3G network has a High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of  2 Mbps

The camera is of 5 MP with auto-focus and flash, HD video recording can be done at 720p. It is a speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack, SRS surround sound, with audio supported formats like mp3, m4a, m4b, wma (Wondows Media Audio 9) and with video supported formats like mp4, 3gp, 3g2, m4v, and etc.,

The internal memory of the phone is 8 GB, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM. It has CPU Processing Speed of 1 GHz. The other features of the phone include GPRS, EDGE, Internal GPS antenna, Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate, A2DP for wireless stereo headsets, HTC hub where you can view weather, stocks, converter, photo enhancer, sound enhancer, and etc., webpages like facebook, twitter are available for social networking, sensors like G-sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, digital compass and etc., are available

The battery is of 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with standby power of  420 h and talk time power of  420 mins. The messaging options include SMS, MMS, Push, Email and IM. It is only available in one color ie., black. The expected price of HTC  7 Pro is $575 for unlocked phone.

HTC 7 Pro Specifications :

  • OS : Windows Phone OS 7


  • QWERTY slideout keypad


  • Dimensions : 117.5 mm * 59 mm * 15.5 mm

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S dimensions are 64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm

iPhone dimensions are 115.2 * 56.8 * 9.3 mm

Blackberry Torch dimensions are 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm


  • Weight : 185 g

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is 118 g

iPhone weighs 137 g

Blackberry Torch weighs 161 g


  • Resolution : 480 * 800 WVGA

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is WVGA (480 * 800)


  • Screen : 3.6 inches capacitive touchscreen with pinch-to-zoom capability

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen

iPhone is TFT capacitive touchscreen

Blackberry Torch is TFT capacitive touchscreen


  • 3G : High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of  2 Mbps
  • Internal memory : 8 GB, 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM, CPU Processing Speed of 1 GHz
  • Camera : 5 MP with auto-focus and flash, HD video recording can be done at 720p
  • Music : speaker phone with 3.5 mm audio jack, SRS surround sound, with audio supported formats like mp3, m4a, m4b, wma (Wondows Media Audio 9) and with video supported formats like mp4, 3gp, 3g2, m4v, and etc.,
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • Internal GPS antenna
  • Wi-Fi with IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth v2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
  • A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
  • HTC hub where you can view weather, stocks, converter, photo enhancer, sound enhancer, and etc.,
  • Webpages like facebook, twitter are available for social networking
  • Sensors like G-sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, digital compass and etc.,
  • Battery : 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery with standby power of  420 h and talk time power of  420 mins

when compared to : Samsung I9000 Galaxy S 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

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

  • Messaging : SMS, MMS, Push, Email and IM
  • Color : black

Nokia E5 Review, Specifications and Comparison

E5 of Nokia is a QWERTY phone with High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 10.2 Mbps max and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 2 Mbps max 3G network and Tri-Band WCDMA. The phone weighs 126 g, dimensions are 115 * 58.9 * 12.8 mm, 2.36 inches in size, TFT screen with 256,000 colors and 320 * 240 pixels resolution (QVGA). Its Operating System is Symbian OS v9.3 and ARM 11 600 Mhz processor.

The battery is 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery with a talk-time power of 6 h, standby power of 670 h and stereo music player playback time of 38 h. It has music player for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, and WMA, Real Media Player, Ovi Music, Internet Radio, Stereo FM Radio, speakerphone with 3.5 mm audio jack. While looking at other features like camera the phone has 5MP, full focus, LED flash, can zoom up to 3x digital, image editor, can take video in VGA at the rate of 15 frames per second with mp4 video file formating, recording file formats like mp4 and 3gp.

On viewing its memory storage capacity it has 250 MB internal memory, 256 MB RAM, and external memory microSD memory card slot with 2GB card extendable till 32 GB. Its other features include wireless LAN Wi-Fi of IEEE 802.11 b/g, Stereo Bluetooth v2.0 with (A2DP – Advanced Audio Distribution Profile – used for streaming high quality audio from one device to another using bluetooh connection, AVRCP – Audio/Video Remote Control Profile – a single remote control to control all audio/video equipments to which it has access), Local and remote synchronization, GPS, GPRS, EDGE, Messaging through SMS, MMS, Push, Email, and IM, Audio messaging, Games, Flash Lite 3.0, business phone features like Quick office suite, Adobe PDF Reader, ZIP, Intranet, Device Encryption and etc., the phone comes in five different colors such as carbon black, copper brown, silver grey, chalk white and sky blue.

Nokia E5 Specifications and Comparison :

Dimensions : Nokia E5 – 115 * 58.9 * 12.8 mm, 2.36 inches in size, TFT screen with 256,000 colors and 320 * 240 pixels resolution (QVGA)

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – dimensions are 114 * 58 * 10 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution
  • Nokia E63 – dimensions are 113 * 59 * 13 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution

Weight : Nokia E5 – 126 g

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – 128 g
  • Nokia E63 – 126 g

QWERTY keypad

OS : Symbian OS v9.3 and ARM 11 600 Mhz processor

Memory : Nokia E5 – 250 MB internal memory, 256 MB RAM, and external memory microSD memory card slot with 2GB card extendable till 32 GB

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – 250 MB, 128 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB
  • Nokia E63 – 120 MB, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB

3G : Nokia E5 – High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 10.2 Mbps max and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 2 Mbps max

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 10.2 Mbps max and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 2 Mbps max
  • Nokia E63 – 384 Kbps

Tri-Band WCDMA

Battery : Nokia E5 – 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery with a talk-time power of 6 h, standby power of 670 h and stereo music player playback time of 38 h

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 576 h, talk-time power of 6 h
  • Nokia E63 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 480 h, talk-time power of 5 h

Camera : Nokia E5 – 5MP, full focus, LED flash, can zoom up to 3x digital, image editor, can take video in VGA at the rate of 15 frames per second with mp4 video file formating, recording file formats like mp4 and 3gp

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – 5 MP, LED flash, auto focus
  • Nokia E63 – 2 MP, LED flash

Music player for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, and WMA, Real Media Player, Ovi Music

Internet Radio, Stereo FM Radio

Speakerphone with 3.5 mm audio jack

Wi-Fi  – IEEE 802.11 b/g

Stereo Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP, AVRCP)

Local and remote synchronization

GPS

GPRS

EDGE

Messaging through SMS, MMS, Push, Email, and IM, Audio messaging

Games

Flash Lite 3.0

Business phone features like Quick office suite, Adobe PDF Reader, ZIP, Intranet, Device Encryption and etc.,

Colors : carbon black, copper brown, silver grey, chalk white and sky blue

Price : Nokia E5 – currently the phone is available for $ 169.00 in Amazon and Rs 9904 in India

comparison :

  • Nokia E72 – currently the phone is available for $ 249.00 in Amazon and Rs 16,250 in India
  • Nokia E63 – currently the phone is available for $ 176.99 in Amazon and Rs 7740 in India

Therefore the mobile seems to be a best deal while considering its price and its features with 3G network