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| The iPhone vs. Its Competition | ||||||
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| Feature | Apple iPhone | HTC Touch | Helio Ocean | Nokia N95 | BlackBerry Curve | Samsung Upstage |
| Cost | $500 (4GB) or $600 (8GB) with a two-year contract | $600 for an unlocked phone from Dynamism | $295 from Helio | $750 for an unlocked phone from Nokia | $300 with a two-year contract; $200 after mail-in rebate | $80 with a two-year contract |
| Service provider | AT&T | Unlocked | Helio (Sprint network) | Unlocked | AT&T | Sprint |
| Cell voice networks | GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900) | GSM (900, 1800, 1900) | CDMA | GSM (850,1800,1900) | GSM (800,850,1800,1900) | CDMA |
| Data networks | EDGE | EDGE, GPRS | EvDO | EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA, UMTS | EDGE, GPRS | EvDO |
| Display | 3.5 inches, 320 by 480 pixels; landscape or portrait layout | 2.8 inches, 240 by 320 pixels; portrait or landscape layout | 2.4 inches, 240 by 320 pixels; landscape or portrait layout | 2.6 inches, 240 by 320 pixels; portrait or landscape layout | 2.5 inches, 240 by 320 pixels | Phone display: 1.4 inches, 176 by 65 pixels Media display: 2.1 inches, 176 by 220 pixels |
| Dimensions (inches) | 4.5 by 2.4 by 0.46 | 3.9 by 2.3 by 0.55 | 4.33 by 2.2 by 0.86 | 3.9 by 2.1 by 0.83 | 4.2 by 2.4 by 0.6 | 4.1 by 1.7 by 0.4 |
| Weight (ounces) | 4.8 | 4 | 5.61 | 4.23 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| Camera | 2 megapixels | 2 megapixels | 2 megapixels with flash | 5 megapixels with flash | 2 megapixels with flash | 1.3 megapixels |
| Controls | Touch screen, software keyboard | Touch screen, software keyboard | Navigation pad, slide-out keyboard, slide-out phone keypad | Navigation pad, slide-out phone keypad, slide-out multimedia controls; no keyboard | Keyboard, navigation pad, trackball | Phone side: phone keypad Media side: navigational pad; no keyboard |
| Built-in memory | 4GB or 8GB | 64MB | 200MB | 160MB | 64MB | 70MB |
| Memory expansion | None | microSD | microSD | microSD | microSD | microSD |
| Operating system | OS X | Windows Mobile | Custom | Symbian | BlackBerry OS | Custom |
| Third-party applications | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Battery life (manufacturer's talk-time rating) | 8 hours | 5 hours | 5.1 hours | 4 hours | 4 hours | 2.5 hours (6.3 with extended battery) |
| Video capabilities | Playback | Playback, recording | Playback, recording | Playback, recording | Playback | Playback, recording |
| Music formats | MP3, AAC, Audible, Apple Lossless, .wav | AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WMA, .wav | MP3, AAC, WMA | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA | AAC, AAC+, WMA, MP3 | AAC, MP3 |
| E-mail connections | POP3, IMAP | POP3, IMAP, push | POP3, IMAP, push from AOL, Hotmail, and Yahoo | POP3, IMAP, push | POP3, IMAP, push | POP3, IMAP |
| Web browsing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | No | No | For Google Maps tie-in and friend locator | Yes | No | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g | 802.11b/g | None | 802.11b/g | None | None |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |