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Lifestyle Tech | 25 Jul 2011 : This month we had a veritable cornucopia of smart phones to play with. We had the Samsung Galaxy S II (GS2), the LG Optimus Black (OB), the HTC Desire S (DS) and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (XA).
For comparison, we have the Goggle Nexus S (GNS), by Samsung, supplied by Vodafone.
Now, where to begin? Well, the OB is an interesting device in that it is a Sony VGP-BPS2 battery compact, light and nicely designed Android device from a manufacturer with a growing footprint in Ireland. Known more so for its consumer devices, LG is now making a range of high end Android devices.
The OB has a model number of P970 and sports a 1 GHz Cortex-A8 processor, a PowerVR SGX530 graphics chip (GPU) and the TI OMAP 3630 chipset. The screen is 800 x 480 pixels and 102mm, with Gorilla Glass and the Optimus 2.0 and Gesture 2.0 user interface (UI) overlays. Internal storage is 2GB, but expandable to 32GB via MicroSD with 512MB of RAM. All of this Sony PCGA-BP71 battery sounds very impressive and the overall impression is very close to that of the Desire S. The OB offers a complete range of apps for social media, basic productivity and a few others besides. The only real drawback is that the version of Android shipped is 2.2.2, which is a little behind the curve, as most other devices here were on some variant of 2.3, with the GNS having been updated to 2.3.4.
Screen play
The OB display was vibrant, with excellent colour reproduction, and worked well Sony PCGA-BP4V battery in bright sunlight. Build quality is very good, even if the OB goes for the rather understated look.
The HTC Desire S is somewhat smaller handset than most others here, it matches the OB for resolution but is 94mm in size. Its dimensions are 115 x 59.8 x 11.6mm, making it noticeably smaller than the others. Its build quality Sony PCGA-BP2V battery seems a little better as it uses what could be best described as a monocoque, with the aluminium body giving it most of its strength.
The Sony Ericsson (SE) XPeria Arc is the current flagship and has one of the most heavily overlaid instances of Android. With TimeScape and MediaScape, first seen on the X10 series, SE has created a slick and pleasing to the eye set of applications for aggregating all media and social activity for the user. As an approach, you'll love it or hate it, but it works and well, with significant improvements from first iterations.
Vive le difference
The big differentiator for the XA is its screen and its multimedia Sony PCGA-BP2T battery performance in general. Getting the Mobile Bravia processing engine, as seen on high end Sony televisions, the XA performs like a high end display, but integration with Sony TVs could be better. The screen itself is 854 x 480 pixels and 107mm in size. Build quality is very good and the device feels solid in the hand, apart from a somewhat flimsy battery cover, which looks like it could easily become scuffed and worn.
Despite being only a single core processor, the XE perform as well in all benchmarks, but cannot match the sheer processing power available to the Galaxy S II.
Cinema
The GS2 sports a massive screen which dominates the front of the Sony PCGA-BP2S battery device. At 109mm, it is the biggest on test, with 800 x 480 resolution. Although it is bigger than that on the XA, it is slightly lower resolution. The GS2 also boasts a dual core processor, the 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor. Samsung has said that no special coding is required by applications to take advantage of the dual core, as this is all done at the operating system level. When processor load on the first core comes up to about 70%, the second core kicks in to keep performance high. However, this does have the expected effect on battery life. That said, with reasonable usage, it will last a full day, but do not expect to get far without nightly charging.
All these cameras boast a 5 or 8MP camera, with forward facing Sony PCGA-BP2R battery cameras too. All have the usual bells and whistles one might expect from high end Android devices in terms of sensors, connectivity and media, so what differentiates them, especially with respect to our reference GNS? Well, not a lot.
One device
The busy person who wants to have just as single device in their pocket could get away with any of these devices, happily. But, if you have particular penchant for say multimedia, or photos, then the Xperia Arc Sony PCGA-BP2NY battery beats everything else hands down, and may even trump the GS2 for battery life while doing it. If out and out power and boasting about your benchmark scores are what you like, then nothing really can compare to the dual core punch.
If you are one device person, but don't like the bulk of the likes of the XE and the GS2, which are, it has to be said, pushing the bounds of pocket comfort, then the DS, or the OB are perfect candidates, particularly if you like your devices ready loaded with apps for common usage.
As regards criticisms, there's little Sony PCGA-BP2NX battery to complain about with any of these. An update of the OB is likely soon, and the relative size of the devices is a matter of taste. This goes for the overlays too, whether you want the full fat LG/HTC approach, the transformative Sony Ericsson approach or the more vanilla GNS approach. It has to be said the 2.3.3 implementation on the XA does look a little dated in terms of its icons, despite being bang up to date.
Winner
If one had to pick a winner from the bunch, it would have to come down to Sony PCGA-BP1N battery the Samsung Galaxy S II for its future proofing performance, with the Xperia Arc a very close second for its unparalleled media capabilities. In joint second would be the Desire S and Optimus Black for being very complete offerings all of which have the wonderful flexibility of Android underneath.
The Galaxy S II is widely available, as is the LG Optimus Black. The HTC Desire S is available from 3 Ireland on either bill pay or pay as you go. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is available from Three, Vodafone and 02.
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