In many cities the number of cell phones is already larger than the population itself. Leisure to work, they are part of Brazilian life and one of the objects of desire. Check out the list of 10 mobile phones (all smartphones) most wanted in the first half of 2011, here in Brazil, and see if your model is among them dream.
10 - Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
The Samsung S Galaxy is, if not the greatest, one of the biggest direct competitors of the iPhone 4. Running Google's mobile operating system, Android, this Samsung model has the strength of his 4-inch touchscreen, a major market, with 800x480 pixel resolution.
The 5 megapixel camera is not the most powerful of the market, but its high resolution of 2592x1944 pixels, is satisfactory and capable of providing video recording in high definition (HD), with 1280x720 pixels. Overall, he sins only in the absence of a flash.
The thickness is of a smaller, 9.9 mm, and the internal memory is also considerable, with 16.4 GB, expandable to 32 GB using microSD memory card.
With internet connection via 3G and Wi-Fi, your average cost is $ 1,600.
9 - Motorola A953 Milestone 2
Designed to compete with the iPhone 4, like its predecessor, the Motorola Milestone, competed with the iPhone 3G, this is considered one of the most complete and reliable smartphone market.
Its main highlight is the physical QWERTY keyboard, leaving the entire screen available for displaying content, without fighting for space in time to work, talk to text or surf the internet. Obviously, not for physical keyboard that you need to keep typing it. The touchscreen version is also great and well spaced on its 3.7-inch screen (854x480 resolution).
The camera with LED flash and 5 megapixel resolution also produces high-resolution videos in 720p HD. It works with Android OS 2.2, and comes with a voice system that allows you to search Google without even having to type on the screen.
The only disadvantage of "toy" is the price in the range of $ 1,400.
8 - Motorola EX115 Motokey
The smartphone from Motorola has its strength in being a dual chip technology unlocked Quad, which makes it very "flexible" as it is allowed to use chips from any carrier.
The keyboard is of QWERTY type, making browsing the internet via WAP. The camera, which is the weak point of the smartphone has only 3 megapixels. The high-resolution screen is great not only to access the web as to play, although they are few options to download free games.
Price is another major attraction of this model: about $ 600.
7 - Nokia N8
Nokia N8 is direct competitor to the iPhone and Xperia X10. Your bet is the main camera with 12 megapixel resolution and Carls Zeiss lens, autofocus, and its the front camera for video calls.
Capable of playing multiple types of audio files and video, including HD and Real Video (previously only played in Real Player, computers), this model allows you to create your own radio, selecting songs on a frequency that is not is being used and using the FM transmitter in your playlist.
It comes with the program Ovi Music Unlimited, which lets you download songs and albums for free for 6 months, and the files can be transferred to your computer. Another useful feature is to pause the music automatically when the headset is removed.
The internet access is via Wi-Fi and 3G, and your operating system, Symbian ^ 3, allows the user to customize the home screen, create shortcuts to the programs you run - and run multiple applications at once, without halt or slow down.
The non-removable battery lasts in standby 390H, 12 hours talk time and 50 just playing music, and model sells today for $ 1,200.
6 - Motorola Defy
This is one of the cell more resistant to dust and liquid market. See our review to understand what we mean. The 3.7 inch screen with a resolution of 854x480 pixels, in addition to colors and sharp images, is remarkably resilient, thanks to technology Gorilla Glass.
Its 5 megapixel camera with LED flash shooting in VGA, which is not very good, but functions such as landscape, macro and night, and filters in black and white and sepia, are beautiful in the still images.
Another nifty feature is the CrystalTalk, which gives sharpness and clarity to voice, removing part of the external noise. And speaking of sound, you can enable a 3D stereo effect that gives an experience close to a home theater during the playing of music, videos and games.
Android 2.1 running on hardware with 512 MB of RAM and internal storage capacity of 2 GB (for applications only), expanded to 8 GB card that comes with the device, it weighs only 118 grams and 13.4 mm thickness, and the battery lasts a day with moderate use. Your price today is only $ 1,000.
5 - Blackberry 9800 Torch
The model more than previously released by the BlackBerry, shaped slide that hides the classic QWERTY keyboard underneath, leaving space (and highlighting) for a 3.2 inch touchscreen. The call buttons are still the same.
The most striking feature of the device is the new BlackBerry OS 6, simpler and faster, with a system of five tabs that are on-screen menus, you can add custom icons for functions chosen by the user.
The browser has tabs and bookmarks features, besides the universal search engine words and files in both the handset and the Internet, even suggesting related links on YouTube and Google.
Other items in the device are 624 MHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera, 3G and Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. The two major disadvantages are the average screen resolution of 360 by 480 pixels, and the price at around £ 2500.
4 - Blackberry Curve 9300
The Curve 9300 smartphone is a basic, but won the public at affordable price, one of the cheaper models of BlackBerry. Overall, it's a good smartphone with Wi-Fi and 3G, GPS, 2.4 inch screen, QWERTY keyboard, and 256MB of space, expandable to 32 GB with microSD card.
A unique feature of BlackBerry is the existence of buttons (Play / Pause, Back and Forward) to separate external command Player. The size is also another attraction. To supply the smartphone with files or charge the battery, there is a single entry microUSB. Its only major drawback is the camera, which has only 2.0 megapixels and no flash, far below the competitors.
Its price, again, can cost up to $ 900, but it's hard to find it on the market.
3 - Motorola Atrix
The 'smart phone that turns your computer' is one of the most revolutionary devices in the list, with docks and applications that let you turn it up on notebook when needed. The unit stores in their only 10.9 mm thick a 1GHz dual-core processor in each core, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal memory (expandable to 48GB).
The touch screen with fingerprint reader (which protects the device data accessible only to the owner) is more resistant, has 4 inches and resolution of 960 × 540 pixels.
To turn it into the computer, one way is to connect the dock HD with HDMI output on a TV or monitor. The other way is to use the laptop dock, created exclusively for him, turning it into the processing center of a notebook.
The dock is basically a laptop notebook with 11.6-inch screen and keyboard. And nothing else. All processing is controlled by the processor of the smartphone, running the apps in Android 2.2. Because of this, too, your battery is very powerful, holding about 12 hours of heavy use.
The smartphone has a Webtop system that enables Web browsing via Mozilla Firefox, using the virtual keyboard touchpad on the unit. You can also connect USB keyboard and mouse inputs in real USB device.
With two cameras, a VGA in the front for video calls and a 5 megapixel camera (with LED flash) for pictures, this model is costing about $ 2,000.
2 - iPhone 3G
Due to its new processor, the iPhone 3G is about three times faster than the iPhone 3G, why this "S", Speed (Speed). And to account for the largest number of features, the handset has twice RAM, 256MB.
Besides letting the real 3D gaming and well defined due to the new processing power, Apple has put a coating on the screen olefóbico to reduce the amount of fat left by the use.
In addition to GPS, the iPhone has a digital compass and Voice Control, another great feature that lets you make calls and play music just with voice command. He also says the song name and create lists of music style, if requested.
For those who like to play sports the unit comes with the Nike + iPod application, a sort of MP3 and pedometer, installed. And thanks to Find My iPhone, you can find it anywhere in the world - even it is stolen. He is currently going for $ 1,000, but there are few units in the market.
1 - 4 iPhone
The evolution of the iPhone 3G has won a second VGA camera in front, ideal for video calls, plus the new 5 megapixel camera for photos, now with the LED flash.
Although Flash does not run as its Android competitor, the new IOS operating system allows you to run more than one application simultaneously and has support for HTML 5, a new technology that is replacing the Flash on the Internet.
The design, 24% thinner than the models that preceded it, has a thickness of 9.3 mm and a 3 inch screen, with an optimal resolution of 960x640 pixels.
In it, GPS is more accurate than its predecessors by having a larger number of antennas inside, and the motion sensor, a gyroscope, motion records in 3D, unlike the accelerometer of the 3G model, which records only movements in two dimensions.
