Buttons have become passe and touchscreen is the new interface of choice for majority of the mobile phone makers. The latest generation of touchscreen mobile phones have now arrived in the market.
With a slew of high-end to budget touchscreen devices getting crammed onto the shelves to outperform rivals in the mobile market, choosing a right touchscreen phone really becomes a bit tricky. Whatever you want, we help you understand the touchscreen phenomena so that you can make an informed decision while purchasing a device.
Touchscreen mobile phones usually come with large screens and the devices feature on-screen buttons rather than conventional keypad. It works simply by a stylus or by following the commands of your fingers.
There are different types of touchscreen interfaces that come embedded with the latest handsets. You must have heard of capacitive, resistive, Multi-touch and touchscreen with Haptic technology, though you may not be much familiar with the technical difference among these interfaces.
You can check out capacitive touchscreen vs resistive touchscreen to learn more about these two technologies. Mostly embedded with Apple iPhones, Multi-touch technology, as the name suggests, enables phones to recognise the mulitple simultaneous touch points. The touchscreen devices with Haptic technology allows vibrations onto the device to indicate that the phone has recognized the user command.
No matter which technology the device incorporates, the only thing that you should look for while buying a touchscreen handset is that the device should be extremely responsive to your commands. We have featured below the best touchscreen mobile phones available in the market.
All these touchscreen devices are equally good depending upon the different demographic or mobile users' need so we have listed the phones in increasing price order to ease you research.
LG Cookie Pep
The LG Cookie Pep is a budget touchscreen device that is offered at a price of Rs. 7,500 in India. It comes equipped with a wider 7.62 cm WQVGA touchscreen display which is virtually frameless, a 3 megapixel camera and an MP3 Player. With one touch smart key, the device is pepped up with 3 way homescreen and Fun UI. Preloaded with SNS widget, LG Cookie Pep offers one touch social networking for the instant access of FaceBook, MySpace, Orkut, Youtube, Picassa and Twitter.
Samsung Wave
Samsung Wave is the company's first device to incorporate 'bada' platform, Samsung's proprietary operating system (OS), through which users can download raft of applications from Samsung Apps. Samsung Wave is another top selling device in the market. Equipped with a 3.3 inch Super AMOLED WVGA touchscreen display, the device comes with a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus, and photo editor. Samsung Wave is offered at a price tag of Rs. 19,100 in India.
HTC Legend
HTC Legend is a new stylish smartphone that aims to take Android to the next level. The key features of HTC Legend smartphone include a stunning 3.2 inch, OLED HVGA display, enhanced HTC Sense experience and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash. The HTC Legend offers an optical joystick replacing the the traditional trackball. It comes surrounded by a narrow button to improve usability without interrupting its unique design. It further features a new seven-screen 'Leap' thumbnail view for quick and easy access to specific screens. The HTC Legend is available at a price of Rs. 25,990 in India.
Nokia N8
Nokia N8 is now available in India. The Nokia N8 sports a 12 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics. With 16GB of in-built storage space, the device supports expandable memory of up to 48GB with a Micro SD card. Some other key features of the Nokia N8 include a HDMI adapter, 3.5 inch widescreen capacitive touch display, USB, WLAN, A-GPS and GPS. In addition, the device sports a MP3 player, FM radio and FM transmitter. You can get Nokia N8 for Rs. 26,259 in India.
Motorola Milestone XT720
The Motorola Milestone XT720 is among the first slimmest Android 2.1 based smartphone, which promises to deliver high-definition video experience. It boasts of an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and 10x digital zoom abilities. The Milestone XT720 is a 3G compatible smartphone, which offers a 3.7 inch touchscreen display with WVGA resolution. The device includes an 8GB microSD card while supporting cards of up to 32GB display. The Milestone XT720 touchscreen smartphone costs around Rs. 27,490 in India.
HTC Desire
Earlier launched on Tata DOCOMO network, the HTC Desire is the latest Android smartphone that offers the enhanced HTC Sense experience to the users. The device delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast and true colors on the expansive 3.7 inch touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution display. The 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets the user experience the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease. The HTC Desire comes with an exclusive offer for Tata DOCOMO users. It is priced at Rs. 28,900 in India.
Samsung Galaxy S
Already making waves around the world, Samsung Galaxy S is one of the hottest selling phones. The Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) runs Android OS 2.1. This high-end device boasts of some impressive tech specs as the key features of this phone include a 4 inch Super AMOLED WVGA screen display, 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0 and 1GHz processor. Galaxy S further offers access to Android market, microSD card slot and 3.5mm headphone jack. Samsung Galaxy S is available at a price of Rs. 31,500.
BlackBerry Torch
Research in Motion has recently unveiled BlackBerry Torch in India. Giving a close competition to iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S, RIM's new offering is another high-end device getting rave reviews. Featuring the new BlackBerry 6 OS, BlackBerry Torch slider phone offers a 360 x 480 pixels touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. Preloaded with a new WebKit based browser, the Torch offers enhanced browsing experience and portrays HTML web pages and emails. The Blackberry Torch 9800 is priced at Rs. 33,990 in India.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Sony Ericsson has launched its latest range of Xperia series devices in India. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the latest Android-powered smartphone. The Xperia X10 is gigantic and young phone users can easily get attracted to this device, largely due to its 4-inch capacitive touchscreen and an 8.1 megapixel camera. It further offers Google suite of apps, TrackID, gesture control and a 3.5 mm audio jack. The device features Sony Ericsson's own UX platform that include Sony Ericsson Timescape, which, manages all your communication with one person in one place. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is priced at Rs. 35,795 in India.
Apple iPhone 4
The Apple iPhone 4 is yet to be released in India but the device is eagerly awaited for its superb features in this part of the world. The new Apple iPhone 4 comes with pretty impressive tech specs that include iPhone 4.0 (iOS4), Retina display with 960 by 640 resolution and two cameras. Equipped with 720p HD video recording, the iPhone 4 offers video calling with FaceTime, proximity, light and camera light sensor. Although, the pricing of this high-end Apple device is not officially disclosed, but it is expected to be in the range of Rs. 40,000 in India.
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