Apple iPhone 4S Review

Apple iPhone 4S

Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 1900 - for Telus
	Announced	2011, February
	Status	Available. Released 2011, April

Body	Dimensions	125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
	Weight	116 g
		- Touch-sensitive controls

Display	Type	Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass
		- TouchWiz UI v4.0

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB
	Internal	16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Data	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 12
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0+HS
	NFC	Optional
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go

Camera	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality
	Secondary	Yes, 2 MP

Features	OS	Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.x
	Chipset	Exynos
	CPU	Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
	GPU	Mali-400MP
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML, Adobe Flash
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White, Pink
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 710 h (2G) / Up to 610 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 18 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)

Misc	SAR US	0.16 W/kg (head)     0.96 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.34 W/kg (head)  While Samsung Galaxy S II owners in the United States awaited their promised update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, many are waiting for the next Samsung Galaxy, the Samsung Galaxy S III which many thought would be announced in February at Mobile World Congress.  Here's a round-up of rumors from all over the globe. Mother May I Say April Instead of May Please? For a while many thought the Samsung Galaxy S III would be released in May.  In fact all Samsung officially has reported is a second quarter(Q2) release date. Then Samsung's Greater China president Kim Young-ha at Samsung Forum event in Beijing said in order to "increase sales' Samsung is considering releasing the Samsung Galaxy S III in April. Some contend that the release could be coming away to steal away not the HTC ThunderBolt but HTC's thunder when it releases the HTC One X in April and makes it announcement in New York, April 4. Just a Chip off the Old Exynos Techeads and bloggers who quoted a unammeed Samsung executive who said tha the Samsung Galaxy S III will have a quad-core Samsung Exynos processor with built-in LTE and WDMA radios.  Earlier reports claimed that the new --- will have 1.5GHz quad-c0re Samsung Exynos processor, 4.8" HD touchscreen, 8MP camera, ceramic case, front-facing camera and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Samsung Galaxy S III Smiles for the Photoshopping  Weber Shandwick, a PR firm's logo was seen along with a rendering of the Samsung Galaxy S III.    A similar rendering showed up as wells as GSM Helpdesk image.  The design on the mock-ups looks exactly like screens on the Samsung Galaxy S II. These two leaks could be chalked up to Photoshopping.  Today, there an actual photograph of what is referred to as the Samsung GT-i9300 that is buttonless and follows the numbering of the Samsung Galaxy S II  Samsung Galaxy Nexus which which were GT-i9100 and GT-i9250.  The model number previously was associated a lower resolution screen.  Whatever it is, it does show the Samsung Logo. Inducted in the Hall of Wireless Charging A translated Korean website revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S III will have wireless conductive charge built-in.  This would mean to charge the phone you won't have to connect it to a cord it will charge with out conductive mat, as far as two-to-three feet away.

Samsung Galaxy S 2 i9100 review.

Sony Xperia S

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - LT26i
	Announced	2012, January
	Status	Available. Released 2012, February

Body	Dimensions	128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
	Weight	144 g
		- Touch-sensitive controls

Display	Type	LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.3 inches (~342 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes, up to 10 fingers
	Protection	Scratch-resistant glass
		- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine - Timescape UI

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Card slot	No
	Internal	32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Data	GPRS	Up to 86 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 237 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera	Primary	12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer, check quality
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps

Features	OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon
	CPU	Dual-core 1.5 GHz
	GPU	Adreno 220
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	White, Black
		- MicroSIM card support only - TV launcher - SNS integration - HDMI port - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player - TrackID music recognition - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 450 h (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 7 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)
	Music play	Up to 25 h

Misc	SAR EU	1.30 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)	Sony Xperia S reviews are getting praise from everyone. 12MP smartphone has been launched in India for Rs 32549‎ Sony Xperia S is one of new premier Android handsets from the Japanese tech firm. Sony, which recently bought out Ericsson from the celebrated phone brand Sony Ericsson, removed curtain on Xperia S at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas. Xperia S has grabbed headlines for its large High Definition display, 12-megapixel rear camera and lots of other outstanding features. The Xperia S is now one of the best Android handsets we can find in stores. Sony Xperia S tech specs Form factor: The 4.3-inch Sony handset comes with a moderate size and weight. Featuring the dimensions of 128 x 64 x 10.6mm, the Xperia S weighs 144 grams. The device will steal the hearts of customers with its perfect and simple design, which is certainly typical Sony style. Display screen: The Sony handset advances up with a 4.3-inch LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen. The screen has better screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels at a superb 342 ppi. The multitouch display, which can support up to 10 fingers, is protected by scratch-resistant glass and the Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine makes it further excellent. Timescape UI adds to the smoothness of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread handset. Processor, RAM & GPU: On the board, Sony has housed a 1.5GHz dual core Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon processor, Adreno 220 graphical card and 1GB of RAM for the neat performance of the handset. Storage: The Xperia handset sports 32GB of internal storage, which is enough for most of mobile users to store their documents, songs, movies and other data. However, the Xperia S misses a microSD slot for additional memory. Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread is the on-release firmware of the Xperia S. Even though, it is upgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the operating system from Google. Camera: A 12-megapixel rear camera with massive 4000 x 3000 pixels is one of the chief selling points of the Xperia S. Thanks to Sony’s long-year expertise in camera technology, the company has embedded a high quality camera on its new Xperia phone. The device further touts features like autofocus, LED flash, check quality, geo-tagging, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization and much more. The rear camera can capture video at 1080p@30fps and there is a 1.3-megapixel front camera on the device. The front camera can shoot video at 720p@30fps. Connectivity: All significant connectivity options are there on Xperia S. You have GPRS, (up to 86kbps), EDGE (up to 237kbps), HSDPA (14.4 Mbps), HSUPA (5.8 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and a microUSB 2.0 on the Xperia phone. Further, it has the much-touted features like Near Field Communication (NFC), Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot for connectivity. Battery: The Li-Ion 1750 mAh ensures 8 hours and 30 minutes of talk time on a single charge. What makes it great? The Xperia S is certainly a superb Android handset. In several aspects, it triumphs over many of its competitors in stores. To count a few, the Xperia S is identified for its features such as a fantastic screen, NFC, high quality camera, large internal storage and good overall design. What makes it not so great? Well, you might have noted that Xperia S comes sans a microSD slot, which is a big shortcoming as customers largely wish to see vast storage option. The sleek and chic design of the handset makes it vulnerable for easy dropping. Finally, the lack of Android Ice Cream Sandwich is yet another downside of the Sony handset. What others say? “The Xperia S is a great device. The display and the speaker are absorbing and addictive. The battery life is excellent, the processor is a good fit and the absence of expandable storage shouldn’t weigh too heavily if you get the 32GB option,” says Engadget’s Sharif Sakr. “With a great HD screen, 12MP camera and a few quirky extras, the Sony Xperia S should be right up there with the best of the rest, but it doesn’t quite come together. The screen isn’t quite as good as we’d hope and the camera is well below expectations. Meanwhile the design, although quite nice, doesn’t really wow us. It is still an excellent phone, just not the barnstormer it could’ve been,” notes Trusted Reviews’ Edward Chester.

Sony Xperia S Review

HTC One X

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HTC One X

We have been waiting for this ever since the phone was announced at the Mobile World Congress by HTC but we finally have the majestic HTC One X in our hands. The first quad-core smartphone to launch in the country, the HTC One X has a brilliant 4.7-inch 720p Super LCD2 HD display, 8 megapixel camera
with 1080p video recording, and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, all in a beautiful unibody design.
But before we give you the full review (which we are working on), here is quick hands-on with the HTC One X.

The HTC One X uses a gorgeous unibody design. The entire phoneâ?™s surface is made from two parts, one is the polycarbonate shell and the Gorilla Glass at the front. Being made out of one single block of plastic makes it feel very strong and sturdy, but it does come with some disadvantages such as the inability to remove the battery. The Gorilla Glass on the front is completely flat but thanks to curved sides, it gives the optical illusion of the glass itself being curved.
Underneath that Gorilla Glass sits a stunning 1280 x 720 resolution IPS LCS. The high pixel density makes the display look very sharp and the large size and the bright colors make it a joy to behold. Unfortunately, thanks to the large size of the display, it makes the phone itself pretty large and we found it rather difficult to use it single handedly. It may not be as big and unwieldy as the Samsung Galaxy Note but itâ?™s not exactly comfortable to use either.

On the hardware front the One X comes with a 1.5GHz Nvidia Tegra 4 processor. It uses the new 4-PLUS-1 configuration, where the CPU has four performance cores and one companion cores. All your usual tasks are generally handled by the companion core, which consumes far less battery power and only when things get too demanding does the processor seamlessly switches over to the performance cores. Apart from that, there is also a 12 core GeForce GPU for 3D applications and games. Then there is 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory of which 25GB can be seen when the device is mounted on the PC and about 2GB is reserved for apps. Unfortunately, there is no microSD card slot.
On the software side, the phone comes with Android 4.0.3 with Sense 4.0. Unlike the previous versions, Sense 4.0 us much lighter and cuts down on a lot of the frivolous animations, such as the spinning homescreens when you do a quick swipe. It also looks a bit more understated, with some matte finishes instead of glossy icons. Some of the older frivolities have given way to new ones, such as the 3D cube animation when you scroll between the category tabs at the bottom and or the splitting of the list when you try to scroll at the end of the list. Weâ?™ll cover these more in the review.

At the end of the day, though, despite its improvement, Sense is still an unnecessary extra that exists solely because HTC wants to differentiate its products from other Android phones out there. Personally, weâ?™d take stock Ice Cream Sandwich over this anyday. HTC should at least offer an option for people to choose if it must put Sense on its phones.
Performance-wise the One X is really good, with everything from scrolling through the homescreens and opening and switching between apps being really quick. We tried some graphically heavy games like Dead Space and ShadowGun and they all worked really well.

One small problem is that because the One X does not have a dedicated menu button, older apps that are not optimized for Android 4.0 and that donâ?™t have the on-screen menu button (which would be almost all of them) tend to show up a bar at the bottom of the screen with just the menu button in it. This can be really annoying because a decent portion of your display gets wasted. Hopefully developers will update their apps to take care of this problem.

HTC made a big deal of the camera on the One series phones. The deal was actually made about the speed of the camera rather than the outright image quality. Everything from the time taken to start the camera app to the focussing speed and the time taken to save the image have been greatly received and all this was possible by a dedicated image processor that HTC calls ImageSense. All we can say is that this is the fastest mobile phone camera we have ever seen. As for the actual image quality, it was only above average with the cameras from the Galaxy S II and the iPhone 4S putting on a far better show. Same is true for the 1080p videos as well.
We are still using the phone and putting it through our usual battery of tests and benchmarks. We should have the full review for you to read shortly. Stay tuned.

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2012, February
	Status	Available. Released 2012, April

Body	Dimensions	134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
	Weight	130 g
		- Touch-sensitive controls

Display	Type	Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass
		- HTC Sense UI

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Memory	Card slot	No
	Internal	32 GB (26 GB user-available) storage, 1 GB RAM

Data	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0

Camera	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p

Features	OS	Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
	Chipset	Nvidia Tegra 3
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz
	GPU	ULP GeForce
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML, Adobe Flash
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Gray, White
		- MicroSIM card support only - Beats Audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk - Document viewer/editor - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Po 1800 mAh