The Iphone though has sold like crazy and the App store is what to thank. Having just delivered 1 Billion downloads from it, it has definitly made the Iphone a popular device. Many companies now are opening up app stores for their platform. Nokia just released its app store called Ovi store which will let Symbian users download apps over the air like the Apple app store. You can even download specific apps based on your location. This is a nice feature but will probably effect only a small amount of apps. And even Ovi has a long way to go to even compete with Apple, but Symbian is the most used mobile platform in the world so they might have a chance to catch up.
The Samsung i8910 runs on Symbian which means that the Ovi store does run on it and you are able to download apps when connected to the internet. Samsung has also built its own app store but there is still some work to be done to make it fully functional (link).
So let’s talk about the differences between the Samsung i8910 and the Iphone 3G S. One is made by Apple and the other by Samsung. Samsung has been making phones a lot longer then Apple and thus has more experience and knowledge with what people want. Apple has to but they are still a little behind.
Spec wise: Here is a comparison.
Display:
Omnia HD i8910
| Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.7 inches |
| - Accelerometer sensor - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Scratch-resistant surface |
Iphone 3G S
| Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches |
| - Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Scratch-resistant surface - Ambient light sensor |
Omnia HD i8910
| Primary | 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range, ISO 1600 |
| Video | Yes, HD 720p@24fps, D1 (720×480 pixels)@30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-mo video recording |
Iphone 3G S
| Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus |
| Features | Touch focus, geo-tagging |
| Video | Yes, VGA@30fps |
| Secondary | No |
Features:
Omnia HD i8910
| OS | Symbian S60 rel.5 | |
| CPU | ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator | |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email | |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Opera 9.5 | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | Asphalt 4 HD, incl. motion-based + downloadable | |
| Colors | Black | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 | |
| - Digital compass - MP3 player - DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player - Organizer - TV-out (for SD content only) - Turn-to-mute - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Voice memo |
Iphone 3G S
| OS | iPhone OS (based on Mac OS) | |
| CPU | ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email | |
| Browser | HTML (Safari) | |
| Radio | No | |
| Games | Downloadable, incl. motion-based | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | No | |
| - Digital compass - Google Maps - Audio/video player - TV-out - Voice command/dial |
Conclusion:
As you can see the Iphone still has a long way to start competing with European and Asian phones. The i8910 is better, cheaper at $650 unlocked which means that you can use it with T-Mobile and At&t. The only thing that I prefer over the i8910 is the fact that Iphone has multitouch and the app store. But in almost every other feature, the Samsung Omnia HD takes it away by a mile.
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