When thinking about purchasing a new mobile phone, most people like to compare different models from all the manufacturers in order to gauge which ones are the best. Each company has a “flagship” phone or in other words, a device which represents the best it has to offer.
In this article we’ll present the flagship phones from some of the most popular companies in the industry and give a brief synopsis on each device.
Which one is the best out of all of them? For that answer, we’ll leave that up to you because everyone has different needs, tastes, and preferences. But what we can do is to showcase what’s out there so you can make the right choice. More...
By Chris Eckerdt
Before the iPhone, there was the BlackBerry. Text messaging was new, and while everyone else was pressing the "5" button three times just to type the letter "L," BlackBerry users were already on the dedicated and full QWERTY keyboards, along with enjoying large full color screens and eye-popping hardware. Research in Motion's BlackBerry was on top for a long time, and even though its market share has dipped, BlackBerry still remains a popular device because of its advanced security systems. More...
Here's a fun little graphic from TechCrunch.com that pits Android, Blackberry, and iPhone users against each other. Pretty funny, and not far from the truth!
Exclusively from Sprint, the BlackBerry Style is the first full QWERTY flip phone from Blackberry. You may recall the BlackBerry Pearl Flip which came out quite a while ago which also is a flip phone, but it doesn't have a full QWERTY keyboard, so it doesn't count. As stated it will be released exclusively with Sprint (for now) on October 31st for $99 on a 2-year contract. More...
If you feel like you're on the outside looking in because you don't have an iPhone 4, a Blackberry Bold, or a Droid X, you'll be happy to hear that you actually belong to the majority of cell phone users in America.
According to a study from Forrester conducted this year, only 17 percent of cell phone users in America own a smartphone. This is true not only for the Baby Boomers, but also for the more "tech savvy" Gen X and Gen Y generations. While the Gen X'ers and the Gen Y'ers are the most likely to own a smart phone, less than 25% of each of these age groups own and use a smartphone. This means that the majority of these individuals are using "feature" phones; phones like the LG Ally or the Samsung Reclaim.
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