A couple of days back, I was reading this news article about the upcoming availability of the Blackberry Bold 9000 from Smart and Globe. Smart has also announced that their new HSDPA mobile network will be able to provide up to 7 Mbps of bandwidth speed for HSDPA enabled phones.
Since I am shopping for a new mobile phone, I decided to look into the features and specs of the Blackberry Bold 9000. The specifications are actually what you’d expect in a business-centric mobile phone but I was just wondering how on earth can it be perfect for Smart’s new HSPDA network when the Blackberry Bold only supports up to 3.6 Mbps?
So I went and check out some other mobile phones that can theoretically use the 7 Mbps network speed (I say theoritically because, the actual speed depends on a lot of factors).
Anyway, if you want a mobile phone that would really be capable of using the 7 Mbps network speed then you can choose between the Samsung Omnia i900 (now available in the Philippines) and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 (soon to be released).
Both the Samsung Omnia i900 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 mobile phones are capable of up to 7.2 Mbps HSDPA connection.
Here’s some quick comparison chart of the three mobile phones:
As you can see in the table, only the Samsung Omnia and Sony Ericsson Xperia are capable of 7Mbps HSDPA speeds. If you are a frequent business traveller to the United States, the Xperia X1 is definitely the choice since it supports all three HSDPA frequencies.
From a mobile phone size standpoint, the Xperia X1 is the smallest but thicker than the other two phones. The Xperia X1 is definitely the best when it comes to screen resolution — offering a 800 x 480 screen. The Xperia also offers several input methods that include a keyboard and touch screen.
The Samsung Omnia wins the storage front hands down with a whooping 8GB or 16GB internal storage plus an additional 8GB microHCSD card slot.
In the multimedia front, I would say that the Xperia X1 has the upper hand even with only a 3.15 megapixel camera because it can do video at 30 frames per second at VGA resolution. The Blackberry Bold sucks at this area with a meager 2 megapixel resolution. I know this is suppose to be a business phone but most business people do have a need to use their phone outside of business (and if you look at it, they use it at least half of their daily lives).
The last thing worth noting is the 10-hour talk time / 833-hr standby specs of the Xperia X1. Thats a pretty thing to have for someone whom I believe would be doing a lot of business calls!
So if you’re thinking on getting a mobile phone too, don’t you think it’s worth to wait a little more for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 and check them all out from your local phone shop?
