With the official launch of Apple Iphone4S in India, there has been a
race with all smart-phones providing companies to reach or out-stand
the Iphone 4S offering.
Apple might have great products to offer always, when it
comes to pricing; India is never a happy market for Apple. For an
instance, the iPhone 3GS is still selling at Rs. 19,500, iPhone 4 at Rs.
34,500 and iPhone 4S starting at whooping Rs. 44500 for a 16GB version.
For the hardware which Apple offers; one question comes to our
mind... If you can't buy an iPhone 4 or 4S, which are the top 5
altertives available which are equal or outshine the awesome or
not-so-awesome 4S.
1. Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung Galaxy S2 is really a top consideration when someone is out for buying a smartphone. The Galaxy S2 has
one of the
best cameras on the block; whether you
are shooting a still image or HD video;
the phone truly stand out.
With it’s
hardware specs beating the Iphone at every aspect; this phone actually outshines and stands
as a clear winner - one
of the most complete smartphones ever manufactured.
For the phone you don’t have to shell out a month’s salary and has
everything you would desire for.
A sleek body, a extra brilliant & large display, powerful hardware and a great range of
pre-loaded and third party software are few of
the specs from Samsung Galaxy S2; available at Rs. 28,500 (Market Price)
2. Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Google)
This one’s for all the Android freaks. The Samsung
Galaxy Nexus comes straight from Google’s office offering the latest and
greatest version of Android so far - Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) - pre-installed.
The best part about owning a Nexus is that you would always stay updates with official and
quickest updates from Google directly.
The absense of a skin
over raw ICS makes the Nexus highly customizable and a dream come true for people who like to play around with their phone’s software and
try and add additional functionality to it.
IN addition to this, you also get that amazing new SUPER AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 resolution display and a powerful hardware that will get the best out of all your apps and games. The phone is expected at price of around Rs. 32,000 ; and it launches in January 2013.
IN addition to this, you also get that amazing new SUPER AMOLED HD 1280 x 720 resolution display and a powerful hardware that will get the best out of all your apps and games. The phone is expected at price of around Rs. 32,000 ; and it launches in January 2013.
3. Motorola RAZR (Reincarnated)
So now that the RAZR is
available in the market, how does it stand up to Apple's monster iPhone?
Priced at Rs. 32,000, the Droid RAZR is superbly thin, at just 0.28 inches. But it holds to stuff in a
dual-core 1.2-GHz TI OMAP 4 processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED advanced
qHD display, and 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p (That's full HD) video recording.
There's also 16GB of internal storage, along with a 16GB microSD card,
expandable to 32GB. And of course, there are the a lot of accessories,
not included, that can transform the RAZR into other devices, such as a
laptop (via Laptop Dock... Not sure, when they would release it in India)
The RAZR comes ready with Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread), but Motorola has announced an OTA update to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in early 2012.
The iPhone 4S, meanwhile,
is powered by Apple's new dual-core A5 chip (Bye Bye Samsung!! lol), which Apple claims can
deliver up to two times more power and seven times faster graphics
performance than it's predecessor the iPhone 4.It also has similar specs in Camera, Multimedia and other hardware specs - priced at Rs. 44,500 (16GB) in India.
4. Nokia Lumia 800
Once a dominant player in smartphones, a series of tactical errors and lack in innovations ruined not only Nokia's market share but also like-ability
from consumers.
We know what happened post self awareness – the all hyped
platform memo, then ending the flagship with Maemo and going back on slow Symbian, and then finally shaking hands with Microsoft to build Windows Phone smartphones.
In just six
months, Nokia announced its first batch of Windows
Phone smartphones in October and believe it or not, two months later they are available in the market - Nokia Lumia 710 Nokia Lumia 800.
Our search for the contendership for these Tops 5 slots bring us to Nokia Lumia 800. This phone is practically more of a experience phone.
A person who has tried out all Androids, iPhone or the BBs will certainly be a buyer of this phone.
The Phone has not encountered no problems at all. With Windows Live! support, Social Media Accounts embedded into Home Screen; and super bright OLED Screen brings you a refreshing view of smartphones. Priced at Rs. 33000, Nokia is all in hopes for this phone to change wonders for them.
