| Apple faces stiff competition from HTC as the | | | | The digital camera of Apple iPhone 3G would be ideal |
| Taiwan-based mobile phone powerhouse introduced | | | | for non-critical snapshots and should be used on bright |
| the HTC Touch HD smartphone. | | | | environments. |
| For a long time, the Apple iPhone 3G smartphone | | | | On the other hand, HTC offers a 5 megapixel digital |
| dominated the high end touchscreen mobile phone | | | | camera which is a first of its kind in the HTC |
| market with its huge 3.5 inch WVGA display screen. | | | | smartphone line. The digital camera of HTC also |
| This is a pioneering technology of Apple especially with | | | | features smart autofocus and a built-in camera flash. |
| its ultra high resolution display quality and very intuitive | | | | With such powerful features, you can use your |
| user interface. | | | | smartphone as a real Digicam to produce superior |
| However, HTC puts the competition a notch higher by | | | | quality images. |
| introducing a smartphone that matches the size and | | | | Processing Speed and Phone Memory Performance |
| quality of Apple's WVGA touchscreen display. You | | | | Apple's iPhone edges HTC on this aspect. iPhone 3G |
| now have two high end options when buying a | | | | has a 620 megahertz ARM central processing unit. |
| widescreen smartphone. | | | | You can also choose the phone memory power |
| The Race towards Better Touchscreen Display | | | | between 8 gigabytes and 16 gigabytes. These system |
| HTC Touch HD offers wider touchscreen at 3.8 | | | | features can provide faster data processing, high |
| inches which totally dominates the facade of this | | | | speed connectivity, and lots of storage space. |
| mobile phone. This type of design is common in Apple | | | | HTC Touch on the other hand works with a |
| iPhone 3G smartphone. That is why you cannot help | | | | Qualcomm 528 megahertz processor. It has a 288 MB |
| but compare HTC's smartphone from iPhone. | | | | internal memory and a 512 MB ROM. If you want more |
| However, the bigger screen and display size of the | | | | storage space, you can add a 4 GB Micro SD card on |
| HTC mobile phone will certainly pose a serious | | | | it. HTC also runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional |
| problem for Apple as consumers tend to favor wider | | | | operating system which can be surpassed by the |
| mobile phone screens. | | | | iPhone operating system. |
| Both mobile phones have ultra high quality WVGA | | | | Web and Wireless Connectivity Features |
| screen resolutions. HTC can provide brighter and | | | | HD Touch and iPhone 3G support multiple high speed |
| crispier VGA screen display under normal lighting | | | | networks to connect to web. Both can work on |
| conditions. On the other hand, Apple's 3G iPhone can | | | | HSDPA, GPRS, and Quadband GSM. iPhone however |
| outperform HTC when used under bright sunlight. | | | | can use EDGE network which is surprisingly absent in |
| Digital Camera and Multimedia Features | | | | the HTC smartphone. |
| HTC Touch HD takes the cake away from iPhone 3G | | | | HD Touch and Apple iPhone 3G are two of the most |
| when it comes to their built-in digital camera features. | | | | advanced smartphones today. It is up to you to decide |
| iPhone 3G has a 2 megapixel standard phone camera. | | | | which high end mobile would be suitable for your |
| It has no autofocus feature and lacks a built-in flash. | | | | needs. |