iPhone vs. Blackberry

Although, introduction of handheld devices powered by Google Android promises to turn the market on its ear, the market until now has featured only two heavyweight all-stars—Blackberry and Apple iPhone.  The battle between these two handheld mini-computers effectively recreates the long-running battle between PC and Mac, and factions break-down along essentially the same lines.

 

Professional reviewers and independent testing laboratories have tried and tortured the two machines in head-to-head competitions of all kinds, and no matter what the criteria or rating scale, the two inevitably end in a dead heat.  Most industry experts say that, by any rational measure, iPhone and Blackberry perform equally well.  The experts concede the choice finally comes down to personal preference, and then they caution, “But stay tuned for Google Android.”

iPhone vs. Blackberry: Power and Performance

iPhone has a faster CPU than Blackberry and more memory capacity.  In everyday use, though, iPhone’s slightly larger capacity makes no noticeable difference.  Both machines instantaneously respond to users’ commands.  Competition between batteries also ends in a dead heat.  Both machines will run on battery alone for approximately three hours in constant use, and will keep going between ten and twelve hours just idling.  When iPhone first hit the market, Blackberry devotees argued iPhone could not stand-up to the dangers and demands of rigorous everyday use.  Blackberries admittedly take a beating, because their developers had corporate road warriors in mind as they designed the machines.  Over the long haul, though, iPhone has proven amazingly durable, and many of its early detractors have recanted, admitting they mistook iPhones touch-face and sleekness for signs of weakness.

Because Blackberry designers set-out to satisfy corporate buyers, their machines have more text-message and e-mail capacity than iPhones.  Blackberries change voice to text and text to voice more adroitly than iPhones, and they manage messages more efficiently.  Although hardly anyone judges handhelds by their phone features any more, Blackberry is, in fact, the better telephone.  In WiFi and internet tests, the two machines performed equally well.  Both browse the web efficiently, and both link well with the most popular social networks.