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
Email 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


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