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Comparison: Three Giant Smartphones
Network provider is one of main factor user take it into account while buying a phone.
In US, Windows phone 7 is available with AT&T, T-Mobile and very soon Verizon will be providing Windows Phone 7 too.
In US, Google phone is also available on all network provider - AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Cellular South etc.
Apple IPhone is only available with AT&T.
Windows Phone 7 devices are built by Samsung, HTC, LG, Dell and few more are coming up.
Google phone are built by HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony, Dell etc.
Apple IPhone is only built by Apple.
Here is comparison of other features of major phones
- O/S
- Network provider
- Memory
| Category | Features | Windows 7 Phone | Google Phone | iPhone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O/S: | Operating System | Windows OS 7 | Andriod 2.2 | iPhone OS 4.0 |
| Skinnable OS | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Kernel | Windows CE 6 | Linux Kernel | OS X Mobile | |
| OS Updates | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| OTA Updates | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Hardware : | Processor | 1 GHZ and up | Snapdragon | Apple A4 Chip(1GHZ) |
| RAM | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB | |
| Internal Memory | 8GB - 16GB | 16GB | 16GB or 32GB | |
| Home Screen | With customizable tiles | Widgets | Non Customizable | |
| Display | WVGA-480x800 Super AMOLED | AMOLED display screen of 720x480 pixels resolution | 960x640 Retina Display | |
| Multitouch | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Multitasking | No | Yes | Push Notification Service | |
| Physical qwerty Keyboard | Some devices have physical keyboard | No | ||
| Camera: | Camera and Video Recording | 5-8 MP Camera with 720p Video recording | 5MP autofocus camera with 2X zoom | 5MP camera with 720p video recording |
| Audio & Video Player | Zune Player | - | iTunes | |
| Flash | No | LED Flash | No | |
| Music: | Music Store/Media to PC Sync | Zune | Third Party stores only | iTunes |
| Connectivity: | Tethering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | No | No | |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| WiFi | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Maps: | GPS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maps | Maps Through Bing | Google Map | No | |
| Software: | Search | Bing Search | Google Search | Spotlight & Google |
| Social Networking | It is a people hub Facebook and Windows Live Feed | - | - | |
| Live Calendar | Yes | No | No | |
| Video Calling | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Silverlight (Mobile): | Yes | No | No | |
| Gyroscope | No | Yes | ||
| Cloud Sync: | Proprietary Cloud-Sync Service | Free, My Phone 2.0 | Free, Google Apps | Paid, Mobile Me |
| Office Software : | Office Mobile | Built-in own Office applications including mobile versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and Powerpoint | Google Documents | Only third-party office suites like Quickoffice |
| Browser | IE | browser based on the WebKit Core | Safari | |
| Microsoft Outlook, multiple Exchanges accounts | via Gmail | Unified inbox and message threading | ||
| iBook | No | No | Yes | |
| Games: | Games | EA games especially designed by Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) on Xbox Live | - | Many available through App Store |
| Applications: | Applications available | Few Hundreds | More than 50,000 | More than 150,000 |