You finally have made plans to buy a smartphone and are confused about which one to buy? Don’t worry, in this post we are going to discuss about two of the best smartphones in the market – HTC Rhyme and Samsung Galaxy R. Buying one of them isn’t the easiest decision to make, however we promise that this post would be definitely helpful. The war of smartphones has really heated up – various brands, operating systems, attractive handsets, etc. makes your decision extremely complicated.
The Challenge
If you are thinking of buying either HTC Rhyme or Samsung Galaxy R, than let us first tell you the similarities of these smartphones, later we can talk about the difference. Both HTC Rhyme and Samsung Galaxy R work on Google’s Android Operating System. Also, both these handsets have a touch screen display of 480 x 800 pixels and sport an attractive QWERTY keyboard. Both these smartphones have a 5 mega pixel auto focus camera. The sleek and subtle look would definitely add to your confusions. Now, let us move to differences of these smartphones. Although both HTC Rhyme and Samsung Galaxy R work on Google’s Android Operating System HTC Rhyme is based on the latest Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread) version, while Samsung Galaxy R is based on the latest Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) version.
Now moving to the touch screen display HTC Rhyme has 3.7-inches Capacitive Touchscreen Display, while Samsung Galaxy R has 4.0 inches SUPER CLEAR LCD and Gorilla Glass Display. Samsung Galaxy R has been released in market in February 2011 and is easily available, while HTC Rhyme is expected to be released by October 2011. So, if you are planning to buy HTC Rhyme you have a little patience to wait for few more days.
Both HTC Rhyme and Samsung Galaxy R are 3G enable and offers Bluetooth and USB connectivity. It also offers GPRS and EDGE and W-Lan and Wi-Fi.
Comparison attributes
The CPU of both the handsets is compatively different. Samsung Galaxy R is powered with 1 GHz Cortex A8 CPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset and PowerVR SGX530 GPU, while HTC Rhyme is powered with 1 GHz Scorpion processor and Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset. Both of them have a similar 2G network of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, while a 3G network of HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 and HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 respectively. Both bar type phones have different dimensions of 123.7 x 64.2 x 10.6 mm weighing 131 grm and 119 x 60.8 x 10.85 mm weighing 130 grm respectively. With Samsung Galaxy R you have an option of selecting a black or white colored smartphone, however HTC Rhyme is available in black color only.
Both Samsung Galaxy R and HTC Rhyme have 5 mega pixel autofocus camera, which supports 2592 x 1944 pixels. However, Samsung Galaxy R offers various interesting features such as Geo-tagging, Face and Smile Detection and Touch focus, while HTC Rhyme has a LED flash. Also, both the smartphones have a secondary VGA camera for video conferencing.
Samsung Galaxy R boosts an internal memory of 16 GB and 478 MB RAM, while with 768 MB RAM HTC Rhyme sports 4 GB internal memory. You can expand the storage capacity of both smartphones by using a MicroSD card. The maximum expandable memory is 32 GB. Both smartphones support A-GPS, while Samsung Galaxy R supports Google Maps as well.
Few of the Personal Information Management options provided by are Samsung Galaxy R Digital compass, TV-out, Organizer, Adobe Flash 10.1, Picasa integration, YouTube, Image/video editor, Document Viewer, Mobile Printing, Voice Memo and Voice Mail, Scheduler, Mobile Tracker, Clock, Worldtime, Calendar, Alarm, Memo Book, Calculator, Countdown Timer and Stopwatch. While HTC Rhyme offers Document viewer, Google Search, Digital compass, Google Maps, Google Talk, Gmail, Picasa integration, Social Networking, YouTube, Voice memo/dial and Organizer.
The verdict
The HTC Rhyme has an edge, not only because of its sleek looks, but also its exciting and useful functions. With Android 2.3 version (Gingerbread) your smartphone works at a faster pace. Included in its retail package is the amazing HTC Rhyme smartphone, wall charger sporting microUSB cable, 1600mAh non-removable battery, 3.5mm headphones, desktop charging dock, lighted indicator charm, and user guides.
HTC Rhyme is black in color and comes with attractive box packaging. The lighted indicator and earphones gives it a monochromatic look. The smartphone is well made and comfortable fits in various types of hands.