What do you think is the best 4G smartphone in the market? International CTIA WIRELESS 2011 announced the key E-Tech Awards winners in mobile electronics, including accessories and phones / smartphones March 23-24, 2011. These mobile devices were chosen by industry peers via the online or on-site text messages vote.
The smartphones-winners are the following:
II – LG Thrill 4G
III – HTC ThunderBolt 4G.
“Best in Show” winner is the Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
Let’s compare 4G phones which won the awards at CTIA WIRELESS 2011 (full specification compared).
| Product name | Samsung Galaxy S 4G | Motorola Atrix 4G | LG Thrill 4G | HTC ThunderBolt 4G |
| Carrier | T-Mobile | AT&T | AT&T | Verizon Wireless |
| Release date | February 23, 2011 | March 06, 2011 | coming soon | March 17, 2011 |
| Platform | Android 2.2, Froyo
HSDPA 21 Mbps / HSUPA 5.76 Mbps |
Android 2.2, Froyo
HSDPA up to 14.4 Mbps |
Android 2.2, Froyo
HSDPA up to 21 Mbps / HSUPA |
Android 2.2, , Froyo + HTC Sense
Verizon promises 5 to 12 Mbps (download); 2 to 5 Mbps (upload) in the coverage area (LTE can offer up to 73 Mbps in theory) |
| Display | 4’’,
480×800, touch screen Super AMOLED |
4’’,
960 x 540, qHD with 24-bit color graphics, Corning® Gorilla® Glass |
4.3”,
480 x 800, Glasses-Free 3D |
4.3”,
480 x 800, WVGA TFT capacitive touch screen (Super LCD display) |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS,USB, Internet HTML
WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM |
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/1900/2100 |
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, DLNA, micro USB port, GPRS, EDGE | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
LTE 700; CDMA EvDO revA; GPS/AGPS, Micro USB 2.0 port |
| Camera | 5 MP rear-facing camera; HD camcorder;
VGA front-facing camera; 4x digital zoom |
5 MP with autofocus, LED flash;
front-facing camera; digital zoom |
Dual 5MP cameras with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, stereoscopic features | 8MP with autofocus, dual LED flash, 1.3MP front-facing camera |
| Processor | 1 GHz | 1GHz dual core | 1 GHz dual core / dual-channel RAM processor | 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, Qualcomm MSM8655, Qualcomm MDM9600 |
| Battery | Standby time – up to 400 hours;
Talk time – up to 6.5 hours |
1930 mAh Li Ion Polymer;
Standby time – up to 350 hours (WCDMA), up to 400 hours (GSM); Talk time – up to 9 hours |
Data not revealed | 1400 mAh Li Ion |
| Storage, memory | Up to 32 GB;
1GB ROM; 512MB RAM |
Up to 32 GB microSD;
16 GB on board
|
16 GB preloaded (8 GB onboard, 8 GB microSD card) | preinstalled 32 GB microSD;
8 GB emmc; 768 RAM memory card |
| Size | 4.82 x 2.54 x 0.39 inches | 2.5×4.6 x 0.4 inches
(63.5×117.75×10.95 mm) |
(128.8 x 68 x 11.9 mm – nonofficial) | 4.8 x 2.6 x 0.52 inches |
| Weight | 4.16 oz | 4.8 ounces
(135 grams) |
(168 grams – nonofficial) | 5.78 ounces |
| Price | $129.99 for Samsung Galaxy S 4G on a contract;$439.99 for unlocked Samsung Galaxy S 4G at Amazon website
(Check these prices for the discounts at this moment) |
$509.98 for unlocked version of Motorola Atrix 4G; $99.99 for Motorola Atrix 4G on a contract from Amazon store (Check these prices for the discounts at this moment) |
not available | $669.99 without service; from appr. $129.99 (according to your location) to $249.99 (Verizon Wireless) with a contract from Amazon store (Check these prices for the discounts for the HTC ThunderBolt 4G at this moment) |
