The Challenge
It is obvious that Verizon has got a hardware-crush on teeny 3FF Micro SIMs. The two most recent 4G handsets by this carrier, which are Motorola’s Droid RAZR and Samsung’s Stratosphere, would be working on these diminutive cards. However, both of these handsets are not the first ones to do that, the honor was bestowed upon the Galaxy Tab 10.1. If you are planning to buy one of these handsets, then be prepared to get used to with these cards.
Comparison attributes:
Design
Samsung’s Stratosphere is a 4G smartphone and operates on Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread). It is designed in Side-Slider form and has 126 x 65 x 14 mm dimensions. The handset weighs around164 g. Motorola’s Droid RAZR is a 4G smartphone and operates on Android version 2.3.5. It is designed in Candybar form and has 130.7 x 68.9 x 7.1 mm dimensions. The handset weighs around 127 g.
Display
Samsung’s Stratosphere has a Super AMOLED touchscreen display of four inches and 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The touchscreen is capacitive and multi-touch. Various features include light sensor and proximity sensor. Motorola’s Droid has a Super AMOLED touchscreen display of 4.3 inches and 540 x 960 pixels resolution. The touchscreen is capacitive and multi-touch. Various features include light sensor, scratch-resistant glass and proximity sensor.
Memory
The internal memory of Motorola’s Droid is 16384 MB, which can be expanded upto 32 GB by microSD and microSDHC card, where as the internal memory of Samsung’s Stratosphere is 4096 MB, which can be expanded upto 32 GB by microSD and microSDHC card.
Connectivity
Samsung’s Stratosphere offers 3.0 bluetooth connectivity. You can also you the Wi-Fi connectivity on your smartphone and use it as a mobile hotspot as well. The smartphone offers USB 2.0 connectivity. A microUSB is also provided. Various features include mass storage device and USB charging. Motorola’s Droid offers bluetooth connectivity and Wi-Fi connectivity. The smartphone offers USB 2.0 connectivity. A microUSB is also provided. Various features include mass storage device and USB charging.
Processor
Talking about hardware of both smartphones, Motorola’s Droid has a dual core, TI OMAP 4430, 1200 MHz processor and system memory of 1024 MB RAM. On the other hand Samsung’s Stratosphere has a single core, ARM Cortex A8, 1000 MHz processor and system memory of 512 MB RAM.
Camera
Now coming to the camera; Samsung’s Stratosphere sports 5 mega pixels camera with flash. Various features include auto focus, effects, digital zoom, panorama, etc. This 4G handset offers video calling option and boosts a front-facing camera of 1.3 mega pixels. On the other hand Motorola’s Droid sports 8 mega pixels camera with flash. Various features include auto focus and image stabilizer. This 4G handset offers video calling option and boosts a front-facing camera of 1.3 mega pixels.
Battery
The battery of Samsung’s Stratosphere offers a talk time of 8 hours (average 459 min) and stand-by time of 212 hours (average 17 days). It has a capacity of 1800 mAh. The battery of Motorola’s Droid offers a talk time of 8 hours 30 minutes (average 459 min) and stand-by time of 204 hours (average 17 days). It has a capacity of 1780 mAh.
Few of the useful features offered by Motorola’s Droid are active noise cancellation with fanatical mic, hdmi port, splash resistant, google search, sns integration, digital compass, maps, gmail, youtube, picasa integration, google talk, mp4/wmv player, mp3/wma player, organizer, document viewer and editor, voice memo and predictive text input. Few of the useful features offered by Samsung’s Stratosphere are SNS integration, Digital compass, MP3 and DivX player, Organizer, and many other options.
Winner
If you take a closer look at both of the handset specifications and design, you would surely vote Motorola’s Droid as the winner. There are various smartphones that are competing with Motorola’s Droid, however currently it is a sole winner. So if you are planning to buy a 4G smartphone, then order your Motorola’s Droid now. So what are you waiting? Garb a phone now..!!
The Verdict
Motorola’s Droid smartphone is one of the most eye-catching and slimmest smartphones Motorola. With 127 gram light weight and 7.1 mm thickness, this attractive smartphone offers a dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, thus offering a great performance. It is based on Android Gingerbread version 2.3.5 and has an operating system sporting 1 GB of RAM. The huge 4.3 inches touch screen display provides bright 16M colors and resolution of 540 x 960 pixels with. The touchscreen display is compatible with proximity sensor, multitouch input method and accelerometer.