It has been awhile since Apple has put the iPhone on the market and for awhile there has been no competition for it at all. Companies like LG, HTC, and Samsung have made efforts to beat the iPhone. The question is, have they accomplished their task? LG has created the PRADA and Voyager phones to compete with Apple’s one-of-a-kind device. HTC, who created Touch for wireless services Verizon and Sprint, has also made efforts to match the iPhone. Recently, Samsung brought to the table the Glyde. All of these phones are great, but do they really match Apple’s iPhone. First off, LG’s Voyager and Samsung’s Glyde, aren’t really meant to be a business device. Yes, they do support e-mail and the internet, but don’t have the capability of doing much more. I think a Blackberry could give the iPhone a run for its money, but we are talking touch here. I personally think that the touch race is between LG’s PRADA and Apple’s iPhone. The overall appearance between these two devices are pretty different. The iPhone is 115 mm in height and the PRADA is 98.8 mm. You can see that the iPhone is a taller device. PRADA wins the race in thickness as well. The PRADA is 54 mm wide and the iPhone is 61 mm wide. The feature that I like about the iPhone is that it brings a lot of color to the table. The PRADA is boring to me. I know that you can change the appearance of the background and tabs, but Apple has done a nice job with making the iPhone look crisp and neat. Since the iPhone is a bigger device in general, you get the advantage of having a larger screen. IPhone’s multi-touch screen registers at 3.5 inches from one corner to the opposite corner. The PRADA is only 3 inches long from corner to opposite corner. Weight is also a major issue when it comes to producing the world’s top notch devices. In the “Red” corner, weighing in at 135 grams, the Apple iPhone. In the “Blue” corner, weighing in at an astounding 85 grams, the LG PRADA. So you can see, the PRADA weighs 50 grams less than the iPhone. Depending on what type of device you want, you have to sacrifice in some areas to get a feature that you desire. Lets talk pictures, shall we? So there is a draw between the devices. They both are equiped with a 2 megapixel camera. Apple has made 2 options of memory for the iPhone. You can get the iPhone in 8 or 16 GB of memory. It is not equipped with having an external source of memory like the PRADA is. Some other features of the iPhone is the Wi-Fi, maps, youtube application, and widgets. Just like the Apple computers, the iPhone has widgets, which are applications such as, stocks and the weather report for your desired area. The downfall of the PRADA is not having a QWERTY keyboard. The iPhone does have a QWERTY keyboard, which I think, gives it the edge over the PRADA. Another reason I think it has an edge over the PRADA is that it is very similar to the Apple computers. It runs a lot of the same programs that Apple run. This makes it a lot easier to use. A weakness that Apple is in the process of fixing is making the iPhone more business oriented. The price for the iPhone ranges from $399.00 to $499.00 and the PRADA is on the market for $499.99. The Apple iPhone runs off of the new AT&T Network. When it first came out on the market, it was having problems running on the network, but they finally got their act together and worked out the problems. Now, it seems like it is working like a charm. On the other hand, the PRADA is impossible to find in the United States. The only source I know of purchasing the PRADA is from eBay. I have a feeling that this phone is easier to find in Europe, but it really hasn’t been introduced in the United States. I have read many reviews about how the PRADA works in the U.S. I have heard that it works pretty well in California and brought a lot of attention to the public. T-Mobile is the only service I know of that supports this device. I have heard good and bad things about it.
Sources:
-iPhone information:Apple.com
-PRADA information: www.pradaphonebylg.com
