New Gadget 2011

Since the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Apple iPhone 4S are officially coming their way here in the Philippines by next month, comparing these two much-sought smartphones along with the other two flagship phones � Motorola Droid Razr and Nokia Lumia 800 � will help us decide if which of these handsets best fit to our lifestyles. Let�s find out which of them stood out as we comparatively breakdown each of these handsets� specifications and features.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is no doubt the most powerful smartphone among the others. Aside from evidently having the largest Super AMOLED Plus display of 5.3 inches, it sports monster specifications including a whopping 1.4-GHZ dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16/32GB of built-in storage, which is expandable to another 32GB of memory via microSD. It currently runs the Android Gingerbread but upgradeable to the latest Ice Cream Sandwich next year.

The Galaxy Note has the best front-facing camera with 2 megapixels compared to iPhone 4S� VGA and Droid Razr�s 1.3MP.

During the battery life test done by GSMArena, the new Samsung flagship smartphone bested the iPhone 4S in 3G talk time, surviving for almost 13 hours. However, the Galaxy Note got a lower score in the overall test called the �endurance test�.

This smartphone-cum-tablet, which was officially launched in the Philippines just yesterday, is now available in all Samsung stores and SMART outlets nationwide with a suggested retail price of Php35,990!


Apple iPhone 4S�s advantage�

The Apple iPhone 4S, which runs the latest iOS 5, packs a 3.5-inch LED-backlit IPS TFT display that makes the iPhone 4S have the highest pixel density in the comparison. It�s powered by a 800-MHz dual-core processor, which was supposed to be 1GHz but didn�t push through to save up the battery life. It has an internal storage of up to 64GB and 1GB of RAM.

The iPhone 4S is also said to have the best 8-megapixel-camera, which includes a Carl Zeiss lens on the back, just like the Nokia Lumia 800; but the difference is, the iPhone 4S� can record 1080 Full HD videos while the latter cannot.

As for the battery life of the iPhone 4S, it�s superb. Even though it had a battery-life failure before because of the mobile OS, it still managed to be back on track. In fact, it got the highest rating for the overall battery test (a.k.a. the endurance test).

The iPhone 4S will be officially launched anytime next month via Globe and Smart, as previously reported in my previous post. Until now, there�s no word on its exact release date and price from both telcos. All we need to do now is just wait.


Motorola Droid RAZR�s advantage�

The major and greatest advantage of the Droid RAZR is that, you can hold on to the device with a strong grip as it has the thinnest and lightest body of not just in the comparison, but also all the smartphones around yet. But despite being the slimmest and lightest device yet, the Droid RAZR still remains to be a durable and not-easy-to-break device and packs powerful specs including an enormous 1.2-GHz dual-core chip with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of built-in storage, which is expandable to another 32GB via microSD.

The Droid RAZR also comes up with an 8-megapixel camera but there�s nothing extraordinary about it since no special lens were installed. But it has a better secondary camera than the iPhone 4S though.

As of this writing, there�s no announcement (nor rumors) when would the Droid RAZR be available in the country and what carrier would it fall in. However, there are already a few online stores (or maybe offline as well) who are unofficially selling this for around Php33,000 to 36,000.


Nokia Lumia 800's advantage�

Looking on the specs alone, there�s nothing special about the Nokia Lumia 800and it seems like it�s been left out or something. But since it runs the Windows OS, which is a first time for a Nokia phone, the Lumia 800 has caught a number of people�s attention. In fact, it�s said to be doing very well in some countries including the UK, where it�s the second most-popular smartphone as for the Vodafone UK website.

The Lumia 800 is supposedly to top the camera department along with the iPhone 4S but as said, it can only record 720p videos. Worse, it doesn�t come up with a secondary camera, which is very unusual for a flagship device.

On the outside, the Nokia Lumia 800 has a unique yet simple and beautiful body, which exactly looks like a replica of the N9. I also like how to camera has been put at the back along with the flash. Let�s just credit Nokia for �not copying ideas� for the built or body design from other manufacturers.

Though I�m looking forward to Nokia in the coming months. I�m hoping that they will be able to fully catch up in the high-end category by offering a new flagship smartphone that packs monstrous specifications and eye-opening features.