With the launch of Apple iPhone, RIM has faced challenge like never before to keep up their sales of Blackberry phones like many other mobile phone manufacturers. Everyone will agree with me that iPhone is a revolutionary product that changed the way people used to think and act with their mobile phones. But Blackberry was always there to suit the needs of the corporate people. What makes these full featured phones so different? Let us discover 10 differences between these two blockbuster mobile phones.
1. Design
The iPhone design has made a revolution in Cellphone world. Keeping in mind that the recent Blackberries look smarter than before, they are just a good looker but not gorgeous like the iPhone. If the design were a fad then there wouldn’t be hundreds of iPhone Clone available in the market. The clones are selling only because it has the iPhone look.
2. E-Mail
The E-Mail service of Blackberry is simply the best. A Blackberry set up with Microsoft Exchange server has intelligent push email service that downloads the message immediately on the phone and an LED indicates that a new message has been received. The iPhone recognizes new messages in 15 minutes and needs to be checked actively by the user.
3. Application
Any discussion of iPhone is incomplete without a mention of iPhone Apps. The developers of the applications for Blackberry use outdated tools that don’t give them enough access to the core APIs on Blackberry handsets. On the other hand iPhone is the easiest device to develop applications for. This is why there are thousands of developers developing millions of apps for the iPhone.
4. Surfing the Internet
The Blackberry browser is only a primitive one compared to the stunning safari browser of the iPhone. But the iPhone browser seems to load the pages more slowly than Blackberry over the EDGE network.
5. Keyboard
Every Blackberry except Storm boasts a full QWERTY keyboard. It is excellent for fast and accurate typing. It is true that the virtual keyboard in iPhone comes nowhere near the typing satisfaction by hardware keyboard and it takes time to master typing ability in a virtual keyboard. But there are a plenty of people who are fans of QWERTY keyboard only that takes up the whole bottom part of the front face of their cell phone and for them iPhone is really a bliss.
6. Camera
Most of the Blackberries have better camera than the iPhone. For example The Blackberry Storm has a 3.2 MP camera with image stabilization, auto-focus, white balance, variable zoom and flash. The 2.0 MP camera of iPhone is still not upto the mark to be fair. With storm you can also capture videos.
7. Battery
The iPhone battery runs out faster than Blackberry which makes it less reliable for corporate use. Although one reason for this may be due to the fact that iPhone is used for more tasks. But still I feel that iPhone has a poor battery.
8. Phone Call Quality
Blackberry has good RF reception ability. They get signal in many areas where many other phone don’t. The iPhone on the other hand has similar kind of reception quality too. So not much to distinguish between the two.
9. Multimedia
The iPhone is a great multimedia entertainer. It has good music and video players that is far ahead of any other device. The only place where Blackberry is superior than iPhone in multimedia section is the camera quality. But anyway, for multimedia, Apple iPhone -hands down.
10. Usability
At first, the iPhone may seem to be bit awkward with its full touchscreen design but you can use your intuition to get things done. On the other hand everyday Blackberry users can do the tasks faster with their shortcut keys. But Apple iPhone is just too ahead when its about learning from the scratch. Its very simple, easy to understand and still stylish.
Conclusion
At the end of the day, I have to say that the iPhone may be a very good, attractive and revolutionary phone but it still lacks the features that are vital ones for corporate people. But for ordinary people like many of us, the iPhone is the best. They both have their own sets of target and that is why, no matter what Apple iPhone and Blackberry battle will be on for some time to come.
How about a comparison of iphone vs Nokia N97???????
Wait till blackberry comes out with a browser as good as the iphone’s browser (2010). It is much easier for RIM to upgrade to a better browser than it will be for Apple to have the security and business like features, such as push email (which, by the way, they haven’t even come close to perfecting yet) like the blackberry has. I honestly believe that once RIM comes out with a device that matches the internet capabilities the iphone has (which they will, for sure, since they are currently working on it for the summer of 2010), the iphone will be in a bit of trouble. Apple needs to make a device with a physical keyboard. I’ve owned both. The iphone is great to play around with, when you’re in the mood to surf the web, or play games. But if you have to text, or write a long email, its not as user friendly, due to the lack of keyboard. And im actually pretty darn fast with the iphone. Apple is just plain old stuborn. And unless they come out with a physical keyboard, they will bite themselves in the ass. Its just a matter of time until eveyone else can produce phones with similar internet capabilities. Just a matter of time!!!!!! Wake up Apple!!!!
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The Blackberry is the best gadget that i ever received as a gift from my best friend. It has nice features and the design looks very cool too.
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