Which is Better - iPhone or Blackberry

Which is better - iPhone or Blackberry ? iPhone, given the dominance it has
in the market is in a league of its own. Blackberry phones, on the other hand,
have always been known as business phones, suave and very classy. So let us take
a look at both these heavyweights of the smartphone industry.

In a sense,
the question which is better - iPhone or Blackberry couldn't have come at a
better time. The reason being, Apple launched the most anticipated phone of the
last year, the Apple iPhone 4G which went on to become a best-seller in the
third quarter of 2010 and Blackberry which was once known for its business
phones, launched two user-friendly touchscreen phones, Blackberry Torch and
Blackberry Storm to take the iPhone head on. Apple iPhone or Blackberry, has
since then been one of the evenly contested battles in the cellphone
industry.

Which is Better - iPhone or Blackberry?

As I mentioned
earlier, that the answer to the question which is better - iPhone or Blackberry
would have been different couple of years ago. Till then, the world was still in
awe of the iPhone 3G and the Blackberry phones were mostly seen in the hands of
corporate honchos or accountants who it seemed had been given the tiring job of
replying to many e-mails!

Apple realized that if it has to retain its
dominance in the smartphone market, which was being flooded by HTC phones,
Motorola phones, etc., it will have to make some innovate changes to its next
iPhone model. So, the iPhone 4G was unveiled and in a couple of days, it was out
of stock. People who had pre-ordered it months ago, got the phone, with many of
them having to pay up to $200 upfront along with a two year contract. It boasted
of some of the features seen first time in the mobile phones industry like the
Retina eye display and a two-way FaceTime video chat.

Blackberry on the
other hand made so many qwerty keypad phones that every other qwerty phone in
the market was tagged as 'blackberry type' phone. But then, it had a limited
market and developers at RIM (Research in Motion ) were aware that to capture
the smartphones market and to be an able alternate to iPhones, they will have to
come out with something which appeals to the masses. The result was two awesome
touchscreen phones, Blackberry Storm and the more recent Blackberry Torch. RIM
also changed the way it used to market the Blackberry phones, with youth, with
their increased spending capabilities featuring in their adverts rather the
suave looking businessman showing his boss some statistics on the phone. By
including a 5.0 megapixel camera and sleek graphics, the Blackberry of today
symbolizes a device which still can be used for business purposes, but won't let
you down on entertainment quotient. So the debate on which is better - iPhone or
Blackberry is still wide open.

Blackberry has more than a dozen models in
the market as compared to Apple's four, so iphone vs Blackberry comparison would
be too vague. Instead let us take a look at some of the specifications of Apples
iPhone 4 and Blackberry Storm.

iPhone 4 vs Blackberry Torch

Specification	iPhone 4 16GB	Blackberry Torch
Display	640×960 pixels	360×480 pixels
Screen size	3.5 inch capacitive retina	3.2 inch TFT
Processor	1 Ghz	624 Mhz
Browser	Safari	WebKit
Keyboard	Touchscreen	Touchscreen QWERTY
Storage	16 GB	4GB (Expandable upto 32 GB)
Camera	5.0 megapixels HD	5.0 megapixels SD
Battery	1420mAh	1300mAh
Weight	137 g	161 g
GPS	Yes	Yes
Application Store	Apple App Store	BlackBerry App World
Price	$599	$550

I have read numerous iphone
vs blackberry reviews and have been into many debates with my friends whether
the iPhone or Blackberry is the better phone, but all these debates have been
inconclusive and often exhausting! The fact is that both of these brands have
been successful in creating a niche for themselves. Many critics, however are of
the view that there are other brands which have phones with better cameras and
efficient touch screen technology. Instead, they feel that many people just want
to have these phones because of the status symbol quotient associated with these
phones. As far as I am concerned, I have never been able to type more than two
words on a touchscreen phone, so if someone asked me which is better iPhone or
Blackberry, I would go with Blackberry and to name one it would be the
Blackberry Storm. The reason for that being it allows one to use the touchscreen
display and has a slide-out qwerty keypad for text messages and e-mails. I hope
this article will help you in deciding which one - iPhone or Blackberry, is more
suitable for you.

By Rahul Pandita