Apple iPhone 4

The surprise was limited: Apple unveiled the new iPhone 4. It looks different to an improved screen, a faster processor and more powerful batteries have - and to buy soon. Apple attacks the competition with a revamped version of its iPhone mobile phones. The iPhone 4 have announced a drastically improved screen, longer battery life, a faster processor and a more powerful camera. The new screen has four times as many pixels as before. The higher resolution provides sharper images, such as the Apple in comparison to its predecessor, iPhone 3G demonstrated. As expected, the iPhone 4 has also received a second camera on the screen side for video chats.

The resolution of the main camera was increased from 3 to 5 megapixels. New software for video editing is also available. The phone has a modified, slightly edged style than previous iPhone versions. The heart is the Apple-developed processor A4, the first in the new Tablet PCs came iPad used. This will lengthen the battery life. The new operating system iOS4 allows the simultaneous operation of multiple programs. The third search engine after Google and Yahoo, Microsoft adds Bing. 

Apple has the iPhone in the past three years significantly influenced the development of the mobile phone market, especially in the field of smart phones, like the mix of phone and computer is called. The iPod and Mac Manufacturer indicated, however, an ever-increasing competition from the Internet Company Google with its Android mobile operating system exposed. Market leader for smartphones is still currently the world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia, but get the rivals to fast.

Samsung Galaxy

Samsung launches last month, a smartphone with Android 2.1 for a price of 400$ on the market. The newcomer even comes with wireless-n, therefore. The phone supports HSDPA, a 3.2-megapixel camera feature, including several special functions, and provides a long battery life. The Galaxy 3 I5800 is operated by the 3.2-inch TFT touch screen. This displays up to 16 million colors and provides a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. The low for an Android device screen resolution ensures that only relatively little information fit on the display. 

There is no hardware keyboard, it does not, and all entries must be typed on the screen. Of the four typical Android, there are only two buttons, which are implemented as touch keys. In addition to retracting the menu is probably the key. As usual with Samsung smartphone, here are the alternative user interface Touchwiz comes in version 3.0 is used. The operating system is no longer very current Android 2.1 available. For photo and video footage is a 3.2-megapixel camera with auto focus are available. In addition to the Smile Shot, there is a Panorama function, using coupling shot two images can be combined into one. For the location functionality has 114 x 55 x 12.9 mm large handset with a GPS receiver. The memory holds 170 MB, more data can be on a micro-SD card store and the maximum of 32 GB may be large. 

The UMTS phone supports all four GSM networks, GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA with a maximum bandwidth of 3.6 Mbit / s. As more wireless technology for wireless integrated 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1. In addition, a 3.5 mm jack is available to use any headphones with the smartphone. In addition to a music and video player, FM radio is included. Samsung Galaxy has Long battery life also in the UMTS mode. With the 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery weighs 109 grams and the phone is in GSM mode to create a very good talk time of 15 hours. In the UMTS mode, the talk time dramatically reduced to a maximum of 7 hours. In standby mode, must be charged the battery after 21-26 days.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson brings new color versions of its small smartphone Xperia X10 and X10 mini out pro. New are gold and a pink version of the Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro, and gold in the Sony Ericsson X10 mini. In the new colors brings the mini-Sony Ericsson Smartphones in September in selected countries in the trade. Those who refreshments for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini or the Xperia X10 pro (with a physical keypad) are interested, you can choose from more colors soon. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini has been around in pink, so only the golden version added new. In Pro-model pink and gold as new color options on the market. In selected countries, the new colors come in September in the trade. As you can see in semcblog.com published photos, the front of the golden model is indeed more black, but buttons and labels are also golden. The new colors will help to attract new buyers for the small smart phones, which the design of their phones is very important. 

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini or the Xperia X10 mini pro should be for smartphones due to their tiny dimensions can not be underestimated. The model X10 weighs just 88 grams and mini, with its 83 times 50 times 17 mm amazingly small. The keyboard model is X10 mini pro, with 90 times 52 times 18 mm, a little larger and takes about 120 grams. The operating system, although the outdated version of Android is 01.06 used, but in the third quarter to an update published on Android 2.1. With the new operating system version, the Mini-smartphones even more interesting, because on the hardware side, they offer even more than many larger competitors. 

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and the Xperia X10 mini pro have a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, photo light and video. As the main processor is a Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz speed is used. Included WLAN, UMTS with HSPA include support, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth and A-GPS. A stereo headset and a microSD memory card with 2 GB of storage space are included. The display offers a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which, given its small size of 2.55 inches a good deal. Typing on a capacitive touch screen of this size, however, is problematic. If in doubt you should therefore choose the keyboard model Xperia X10 mini pro, because the price difference is small. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 refreshments will be available from about 387 $, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini starting at about 353 $.

Motorola Aura

Motorola introduced the Aura, a new luxury mobile phone in extraordinary design. The mobile phone consists of 700 individual parts and the casing is made of stainless steel. On a rotation system can turn on the phone. To open the device, Motorola has installed a rotary mechanism to open, even after 100,000 times yet showing signs of fatigue. Highlight of the device is a circular display that can display 16 million colors and made of scratch resistant 62-carat sapphire crystal exists.

The Aura offers the Motorola audio technology "Crystal Talk", stereo Bluetooth and Messaging features like MMS, SMS and e-mail. The device also features an integrated 2-megapixel camera without autofocus. The Aura has a size of 47.6 x 96.87 x 18.55 millimeters and a Weight 141 g. The battery provides talk time of up to seven hours and a Standby-operation of up to 16 days. It records video in the formats H.263, H.264 and MPEG4. An integrated music player compatible with the formats AAC, AAC +, AAC + Enhanced, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMA v9 and v10 from, while the user can also via Bluetooth and A2DP music streaming wirelessly to a suitable stereo Bluetooth headset. The internal memory is 2 GB for music, photos and other data.

It transmits to the GSM frequencies 850, 900, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz, it also supports Class 12 EDGE and GPRS Class 12th UMTS or even HSDPA, the user is looking in vain. The battery life of Motorola is just over 7 hours of talk time and about 16.5 days in standby mode before the battery must be recharged. When browsers of Motorola rely on open source software that provides more detailed information, the manufacturer does not. Whether you surf the Internet on the round and very small display is at all meaningful, must be doubted. An e-mail client is also installed.