Q1 2011 saw many phones introduced with hi end features like dual-core processors, large displays and better multimedia features. In 2010 the attention was mainly on giving an excellent multimedia experience to users. The focus for this year is mainly on increasing the processing power to offer an excellent mobile computing experience and taking the multimedia and gaming experience to 3D. And as the display becomes large, to shed some weight and make it lighter the designers have to make it thin. They will be looking for better display options and variety of memory support. Cloud applications also will become more popular, and this will be possible as the networks are moving to fast 4G technology. This will see more enterprise solutions and rich data based gaming applications coming to the smartphones.
Except for few most of the phones released in Q1 2011 are Android smartphones. Few of these were released for upcoming 4G network. Some of these phones may come to market only in Q2 2011. The best smartphones introduced in Q1 2011 by the popular mobile phone manufactures are Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Inspire 4G, LG Optimus 3D, LG Optimus 2X and Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro. Here we have given the difference between these phones on the important features.
Model | Display | OS | CPU Speed | RAM & Memory | Camera |
Motorola Atrix 4G | 4″ 960×540 | 2.2 | 1GHz Dual core | 1GB & 16 GB | 5MP |
Motorola Droid Bionic | 4.3″ 960×540 | 2.2 | 1GHz Dual core | 512MBx2, | 8MP |
Motorola Droid X | 4.3″ 854×480 | 2.1 | 1.2 GHZ | 768MB & | 8MP |
Samsung Galaxy II | 4.3″ | 2.3 | 1GHz Dual core | 1GB & 16GB | 8MP |
Samsung Galaxy S 4G | 4″ 800×480 | 2.2 | 1GHz | 512MB & 16GB | 5MP |
HTC Thunderbolt | 4.3″ | 2.2 | 1GHz | 768MB & 8GB | 8MP |
HTC Inspire 4G | 4.3″ 800×480 | 2.2 | 1GHz | 768MB & 12GB | 8MP |
SE Xperia Pro | 3.7″ 854×480 | 2.3 | 1GHz | 320MB & 16GB | 8MP |
LG Optimus 3D | 4.3″ 3D | 2.2 | 1GHz Dual core | 1GB & 8GB | 2x5MP |
LG Optimus 2X | 4″ 800×480 | 2.3 | 1GHz Dual core | 1GB & 8GB | 8MP |