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War of Smartphones : A Close Look

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When HTC unveiled two models of windows phones yesterday, it has become the forth remarkable entry in the smartphone market in the recent days after Nokia introduced Lumia920 on September 5th, Apple introduced iPhone5 on 12th September and Motorola introduced razr i on 19th September in the smartphone sphere. It simply looks a kind of undeclared war going on among these companies along with already launched Samsung Galaxy sIII have created a chaos like scene in the mobile technology with lots of new features, designs, shapes, structures and marketing strategies.

There looks a all time peak competition to add features on the smartphones, increase screen size and display with thin and attractive models to attract the smartphone lovers.
Only Apple can do it, 'better's can't, Queue of People Outside Apple Store (Image :httpwww.dailymail.co.uksciencetecharticle-2202584iPhone-5-pre-orders-Experts-predict-unprecedented-demand-queues.html)
Apple got 2 million pre-orders of iPhone5 within the 24 hours of its announcement and medias are reporting the long queues in the istores to know the updates will certainly boost up the Apple furthermore as they are going to present iPhone5 in the market from this Friday. Furthermore, there share prices have crossed $700 marks with being most valuable smartphone company in the recent dates. In the other hand, Samsung has already sold 20 millions of its Galaxy s3 model and expected to sell 30 million of them within one year, which definitely is giving the apple tough competition on the go. In other news, after being bought by Google, Motorola has come up with The Razr i is not only Motorola’s first Intel powered phone, it’s the first handset that contains a 2Ghz Intel processor. Nokia and HTC have already collaborated with Microsoft and introduced there windows phone in the market.

The War : Apple vs Samsung
The war looks on very intense mood, doesn't it?

Undoubtedly, Samsung and Apple are fighting for the number one spot in the smartphone arena, they are quite ahead in the business than others. But Nokia, Motorola and HTC also look in the mood of giving tough time out to those big headed smartphone big heads.

A survey said, 70% customers of the smartphone know what to buy before they get into the store. And when the world is so used to with Apple ios or android OS of Samsung, is there any possibility for these comparatively less welcomed arrivals in the market?

Let's have a look in brief about what they really carry on the store to amuse u?



1) Apple iPhone 5 :-
Undoubtedly, the marketing strategies and hard works of late Steve Jobs has left Apple to their customers in the market with great curiosity and response with everytime they do something new or they bring something new. The same story was repeated with Apple's latest invention iPhone 5 as it was introduced in the market with "not so many new features", but still, Apple is Apple and the madness continues. 
The gadget geeks badged the new iPhone being 'boring' without any 'hietorical' or 'magical' changes and the hardest rival of apple, Samsung gave the adds on the print media about why S3 is better than iPhone5. But who cares, as it used to, Apple excited the lovers and got the two times better order than it's predecessor iPhone 4S within 24 hours. The geeks look to the layers and sub-layers of iPhone5 to prove it less effective, but a gadget lover doesn't do it. Interestingly Apple spends $933 million on effective marketing, way and times better than its competitors, which has been ending in the good node ever. This time also the public runs madly after the new born apple product not because of some 'amazing' things it carries, but because of 'enjoyable' way it provides. 
Here are some of the features that iPhone5 carries within : 
Apple iPhone 5 : being introduced ( image : httpappadvice.comappnn201209standing-in-line-for-the-iphone-5-might-not-be-the-best-idea
  • New design with 18% thinner, 20% lighter and 12% less volume than previous (7.6mm thick, metal casing and non-removable battery)
  • Screen- 4 inch ratina display, 1136 X 640 resolution
  • Ultrafast Wireless
  • Power- 1 GB RAM, A6 chip with double speed performance and graphics using less batteries, Power TBC
  • All new ear pods
  • isight 8 mp camera with panorama, HD and LED Flash
  • Connectivity- the smaller, smarter and durable 8 pin connector, no micro SD, Micro Sim
  • Self designed maps of google
  • With new siri features, 8 hour Talk timed Battery
  • new ios 6
  • air print and air play
  • improved iCloud
The main features of new iPhone5 appeared to be a larger and taller screen with thinner presentation and a superfast new processor and some slightly improved designs along with camera.

2) Samsung Galaxy s3 :-
After the success of iPhone5, Samsung is said to be preparing for the Lunch of its new generation smartphone named Samsung Galaxy s4 in the next february's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With 20 million hits sold so far around the globe, Galaxy S3 is undoubtedly a massive success and it is reported in Korea times daily that the next phone will come up with 5 inch display. With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean already on the floor, Samsung Galaxy S3 could be a better Choice as well.
The Koreans Published an add on the newspapers naming 'It Doesn't take a genius' to mock the iPhone5 features not to be revolutionary and magical. They compared the list of features and wrote themselves in the end to be 'The  Next Big Thing is Already Here' to be S3. The recent court order for Samsung to pay $ 1 Billion to apple for patent rights has also infuriated the war.
Features:- 
Samsung Galaxy S3, already a Success (Image  : httpcmvlive.comtechnologygadgetssamsung-galaxy-s3-deals-top-smartphone-charts-comparison-site
  • design- 8.6mm thick, plastic casing and removable battery
  • Screen- 4.8 super AMOLED display with 1280 X 720 resolution
  • Power- 2 GB RAM, Exynos 4412, Quad-core 1.4 Ghz
  • Connectivity- Micro USB, Micro SD, Micro Sim
  • Camera- 8MP, LED Flash, Palm Swipe Captures
  • Battery- 2100mAoh, 11.4 hrs talk time
  • Android 4.0 OS
  • Group Cast, Smart Alert and Direct Call
  • S Voice
3) Motorola Razr i:-
After being bought by Google, Motorola has recently introduced its new smartphone which is the product of multi-year and multi-device agreement between Motorola and Intel in Las Vegas last year. The result of that agreement has now ended with a 2 Ghz Atom chip inside new Motorola handset with speedy operation and smart switching like switching between camera and apps. 
Not to forget, it was Motorola who had first presented the mobile phones in the market, but the dynamic time has changed everything. After introducing few models, Motorola was out of the scene for long. But with the new phone on the go, they think they have invented something special for the customers.
Features:-
Motorola Razr i (Image : httpwww.techradar.comnewsphone-and-communicationsmobile-phonesmotorola-razr-i-announced-with-intel-inside-1098097)
  • 2 Ghz atom chip inside "Medfield" z2460 Single core processor
  • 4.3in edge to edge screen with 540 X 960 HD resolution Display
  • Aircraft Grade aluminium with DuPont Kevlar Back and Gorilla Glass Screen but with lightweight
  • Improved 2000mAh Battery with 20 hours Multiple Usage
  • 8MP camera with its ability to take a picture in less than a second, 1080P HD video
  • Android 4.0 OS
4) Nokia Lumia 920 :-
Starting with Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, Nokia already have tried their best to snatch the attention in the world smartphone market, which more or less have turned into not great deal of success. They have included windows 8 operating system in collaboration with windows phone department of Microsoft replacing their own operating system Symbian. The Tech blog cNet.com has praised Nokia Lumia for "Innovative design" and "Gorgeous Screen" but complained especially about the camera and video quality of the handsets. Around all the buzz and craze for iPhone5, Nokia announced the release date of Nokia Lumia920 will be November this year. There's nothing like jaw-dropping 41mp camera in the previous version. :) 
Features :-
Nokia Lumia 920 (image : httpconversations.nokia.com20120905be-a-part-of-it-nokia-lumia-920-and-lumia-820-launched-in-new-york)
  • Pure Motion HD+ 4.5in IPS LCD Display (1270 X 768 resolution)
  • Dual-core 1.4 Ghz SnapDragon S4 Processor
  • NFC Chip
  • 2000 mAh Battery
  • Qi Wireless Charging
  • The Carl Zeiss Lensed pureview Camera 
  • Windows 8 Operating System
  • Spotify-Like service with unlimited Nokia Music Streaming
  • Nokia Maps with live Traffic Data
  • 32 GB Storage with no SD card Slut
5) HTC Windows Phone 8S and 8X:-
The Latest to unveil its new structure and feature, new HTC windows Phones were announced yesterday. With the boom magic of iPhone and Samsung around, it will definitely hard for HTC to catch up its part on the market, however, HTC has generated most of it's sales from Google Inc.'s Android software in recent years, will be able to count on Marketing Help from Microsoft. The smart thing these Nokia and HTC have done is, they have prepared their devices to look difference than the iPhones. HTC said the Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile will sell the windows 8 Phones. These models will be available in the market in the Novermber.
Features for 8S :-
HTC windows 8X (image : httpwww.zdnet.comwindows-phone-8x-by-htc-full-specs-7000004504)
  • 5 Megapixel Camera
  • 4 Inch Super WVGA Display
  • 1 Ghz Dual-core Processor
  • 4 GB Space with 512 MB of RAM
  • 1700 mAh smaller Battery
  • inbuilt Beats audio technology
Features for 8X :-
  • 8 MegaPixel Camera with Image chip
  • 4.3 Inch HD Super LCD 2 Display
  • 2 MP front facing camera
  • 1800 aMh embedded battery
  • 1.5 Ghz Qualcuamm SnapDragon dual-core Processor
  • 16 GB Space with 1 GB RAM
  • Inbuilt Beats Audio Technology



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