Touchscreen phone comparison Q3 - GSM phones

It’s a proven fact that, touch technologies are making their way in people’s lives more and more. We are not talking only about mobile devices. Even the most popular OS in the world, Windows, will heavily rely on touch displays in its seventh version.

The touch screen mania in the mobile phone industry exploded in 2007 with the arrival of the iPhone and LG PRADA, the first phones, featuring such a display and targeting the mass consumer, also coming in an attractive package. Previously, this type of technology was reserved for the business oriented PDAs and smartphones. However, those devices were a subject to many modifications, and in the last few months some models appeared, offering much more than organizing and Internet functionality. The spotlight found them and they became a part of the ”touch mania”.

This article will observe the race between two of the best Windows Mobile phones currently on the market (Samsung OMNIA and HTC Touch Diamond) with the standard for quality among the touch devices, the iPhone (3G version). There will be a few rounds in various disciplines and all of the participants will get a grade between 1 and 5.

If you are interested in phones offered by the U.S. carriers, check out the Touchscreen phone comparison Q3 - U.S. Carriers phones