Android, BlackBerry, iPhone or Nokia? All you have to keep in mind
to buy the smartphone more suitable for your needs. Tips and indicative
prices
Beyond the recommendations of the WHO this week (see page 2), cell
phones are in everyone's hands. And the more attention they receive
smartphones, which combine high technology and sophisticated features to
function as pocket computers. They took 19% of worldwide mobile sales
in 2010, according to Gartner. In Argentina were 14% of phones sold last
year (nearly 1.7 million units), according to consultancy Carrier.
Popular or not, smartphones have their peculiarities,
which should be taken into account when choosing them. What defines a
smartphone is a sophisticated access to the Web (ie, that lets you view
pages without translating to a mobile version), multiple messaging
options and access to an application store. It is considered smartphones
to mobile operating system Android, Symbian (S60 or S ^ 3), IOS,
BlackBerry OS, Bada, Windows Mobile / Phone, WebOS, Meegan and some
others, each with their strengths and weaknesses, what adds the hardware
manufacturer to choose the teams.
In addition to making calls and sending SMS with
smartphones is possible to check the mail on the phone (for Exchange,
POP3 or IMAP), manage contacts and appointments synchronize that data
with another computer, use an instant messenger, take pictures, record
and share videos, use the computer as a music player and videos, access
the full Web, not the mobile version, and add applications and games
that complement the functions of cellular and downloaded from a central
store. Almost all those sold in the country are able to access 3G
networks as well as 2G and include Wi-Fi and GPS.
The cost of connection
Is
no minor issue is the Internet connection of these devices. In general,
smartphones assume beforehand that the user has a subscription that
includes megabytes of data and try to connect to the wireless network is
just turn on the computer. So at the time of purchasing the phone must
verify which includes the payment in terms of access to the Web
Consumption is not measured by time, but for data
transferred. The chat or e-mail does not consume many KB, browsing the
Web can be more expensive (especially if there are images on the page)
and what to avoid at all costs, unless you have a flat rate plan,
services are streaming audio or video such as YouTube, which consume
many megabytes.
The local operators offer alternatives to connect to
the Internet the more expensive monthly subscription, plus megabytes of
data to the Internet will have (besides call minutes, SMS, etc.) and
cheaper to be paid the new computer.
Claro offers, for example, a plan of $ 199 with
Multimedia 600 minutes, 300 SMS, 10 toll free numbers and 2 gigabytes of
data, Movistar, the Full 189, for $ 189 includes 600 minutes, 200 SMS,
free 4 destinations, discounts on calls and SMS lines of the company or
Telefónica, and 700 MB of transfer, plus unlimited access to email and
social networks. In the case of staff, his plan includes Black $ 199
free to call 10 numbers, 500 free minutes, 250 SMS and unlimited
browsing (after the 2 GB consumed reduces the available bandwidth).
Claro and Movistar also have a payment of $ 289 more minutes and
messages.
There are cheaper alternatives, from fertilizers
similar to the above but with less minutes, SMS and MB data packages to
complement what you already have the user, with unlimited access only to
email or social networks. RIM pioneered in this, the company that
manufactures the BlackBerry.
Today you can find in the country, teams with Android
(featuring Huawei, LG, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson, which
Alcatel will join in the coming months); Phone with Windows 7 (for now,
only LG ) Symbian (Nokia) with IOS (iPhone) BlackBerry OS (teams RIM)
and Bada (Samsung).
With all you can do more or less the same, the
variation is in how they do, what combination of hardware available and
what is the resulting price of the equipment.
In matters of messaging, all computers (except those
running Windows Phone and Bada) are able to connect to your Windows Live
Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger or Skype for instant messaging,
plus WhatsApp.
Android
The greater
range of prices, models and manufacturers is now with Android. Its
strength is in integration with Google services in the 200,000
applications available and that, as in the case of IOS Apple computer
interface is designed from the outset to be used with touch screens. And
you can find computers with Qwerty keyboard, horizontal or vertical.
Until a couple of weeks the top line was the Galaxy S
i9000, i9003 is sold today, similar, but with 4 GB of internal memory
and no digital TV, Personal offers it for $ 1299, Movistar for twice the
money . In a similar price range are the Motorola Milestone 2 and Sony
Ericsson X10, all with chips at 1 GHz. Then there are intermediate options, such as Defy
Motorola, Sony Ericsson X8, Samsung or LG 550 Galaxy Optimus One, among
others, with prices ranging from $ 750 to $ 1000, the difference is in
their slower processors, screens smaller and more modest houses.
In the coming months will be renewed Android high-end
equipment with dual-core chips, the Motorola Atrix (which should be
offering staff these days to 1999 pesos), followed by Optimus 2X LG and
Samsung S2 Galaxy.
And according to Alcatel One Touch 906 your phone, with
Android and resistive screen 2.8 "at 500 MHz chip will arrive within
two months to the catalogs of course a price close to 400 pesos.
BlackBerry
The
strongest of these phones is messaging, thanks to its highly desirable
BlackBerry Messenger, in turn, is the only platform that connects people
to Skype. RIM also offers equipment in several price ranges, all of
similar format, with a half-size screen and a Qwerty keyboard vertical.
The functions in the models are very similar: the difference is the
screen resolution, the camera and the materials used. The most
economical model is the Curve 8520 (not 3G), the top line is the Torch,
the only touch-screen keyboard; prices range from 900 to 2800 pesos,
depending on the fertilizer and the operator.
These teams do not have FM radio, and access to the Web
is a weak point. RIM's store offers more than 30,000 applications for
these teams. RIM also manufactures equipment not in Tierra del Fuego at
the moment, so it is not always easy to find in stores.
Nokia
Those
looking for a team that specializes in photography can be tested with
the Nokia N8 (between $ 1299 and $ 1999, depending on the chosen
operator and manure), which also includes a touch screen a 12-megapixel
camera with a sensor similar to digital camera pocket, and also offers
the E5 ($ 799 with Movistar), a device similar to the BlackBerry
(teclaro Qwerty and 2.4 "screen). Both teams include guided navigation
maps that do not require an Internet connection - and, therefore, do not
use credit data. The rest of the Nokia Symbian ^ 3, or S60v3 S60v5 maps
also include free access to mail, chat and more.
Nokia will migrate next year most of its Windows
platform smartphones Phone 7. Not that the teams stop working with
Symbian, or to receive updates, but is likely to limit the availability
of new applications in your store, now has 40,000 programs.
iPhone
The
iPhone 4 is one of the teams that most resonates with smartphones, but
it is almost impossible to get in Argentina, Apple computers do not join
in Tierra del Fuego, so it makes it difficult to import phones. And the
demand is lower than the rest: Apple team was 3% of the local market of
smartphones in 2010, compared with 22% of Android, BlackBerry 31% and
39% of Symbian. In fact, none of the three local operators have it in
stock, when it had its price was about 2500 pesos. The strength of the
iPhone is its aesthetics-both your hardware and software-half a million
applications available on its store and its polished interface, but
rather Android approached him in office and ease of use.
Bada / Windows
LG
offers the country its Optimus 7 ($ 1699 with Treatment), a high-end
mobile Phone with Windows 7, a very attractive operating system, but
still lacks some functions to be competitive with the rest (although no
problems to access the Web, Facebook or multiple accounts). And Samsung
promotes the country Bada Wave line, a somewhat limited operating system
with which the company aims to create own way in the world of
smartphones.
Mohanraj
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