Apple iPhone 4 vs BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 (Preview)

The BlackBerry (BB) Storm2 9550 (9530 / 9820) is another attempt by BlackBerry. There is a world of touch screen cell phones and to compete with them, BB learnt some lessons from its serious mistakes, BlackBerry Storm, and pushed Storm 2 in the race. And when it is up against Apple’s iPhone, it really needs some courage and something special. Apple, the touch inventor, is moving running with a great pace in this race, making the run difficult for its rivals! Yes, you will know when we get them neck to neck for comparison. So let the battle begin.

1) Design: We talk about the BB first. The thickness of the phone is a bit on the higher side (we consider this point because we see much thinner and sleeker touch screen phones than this). Coming to iphone 4, it is very sleek with a thickness of just 9.3mm. The front and back glass cover gives it a glossy look and is resistant to finger prints. Also, iPhone 4 is also lighter than BB Storm2 in terms of weight. So we definitely give a point to iPhone here!

2) Camera: BB Storm2 comes with 3.15 MP camera, LED flash and is certainly an improved one over the previous Black Berry Storm. iPhone too has upgraded over its previous generations bringing a 5MP camera with a LED. The tap to focus feature in iPhone4 is an icing on the cake! We feel that since the resolution of iPhone4 is way better than Storm2, you can have quality pics on iPhone4 rather than BB Storm 2.

3) Music: The iPhone comes with a 3.5mm audio jack and an iPod in it which is a great combo. On BB Storm2, you have a 3.5mm audio jack and the BB Media Sync allows you to sync your personal music via iTunes and Windows Media Player. So its a 50-50 here.

4) Screen: On BB Strom 2, we have a 3.25 inch capacitive touchscreen. The touch response is guided by the Sure Press technique, which did not receive a good response from the users. Whereas the iPhone4 comes with a 3.5 inch retina display (capacitive) having a stunning 326 pixel per inch resolution. Apple claims it to be the best of screen resolutions ever to be deployed. So the iPhone wins again.

5) Features: BlackBerry Storm2 features Wi-Fi which went missing on the original Storm. The messaging and emailing is the best as always. The BB OS 5.0 is a good improvement over BlackBerry OS 4.7 which is being shipped in Storm. The touch response when compared (we don’t want to compare but…) to iPhone is not really great. The iPhone boasts the iOS 4.0 which imparts the iDevice with more than 100 features. Finally, multitasking is added to the iPhone. Gyro Axis in the iPhone takes the gaming performance to an all new level, an area where RIM’s Black Berry lags behind.

6) Memory: The iPhone 4 comes with a 16GB and a 32GB internal storage option while Blackberry has a 2GB internal memory and has a memory card slot to support expansion up to 16GB.

7) Pricing: iPhone 4 comes with two options- 16GB for $199 and 32GB for $299 along with AT&T’s contract and the unlocked version might cost you anywhere  between $599 to $750. Whereas the BlackBerry Storm2 9520 comes for approx $700, unlocked!

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