The iPhone ‘killers’ list

Every time Apple comes out with a product, there have to be 5 competitive products that promise to ‘kill’ the said Apple offering. Here’s presenting 5 iPhone killers.

1) Asus Lamborghini ZX1

‘Inspired’ by the edgy-wedgy looks of Lamborghinis’ from Sant’ Agata, this phone makes you go ‘vroom vroom’ at first sight. And like proper full sized Lambo cars, this one costs a relative bomb. 50 grand ones (1400 USD) and only a 100 units are slated to hit Indian shores.
(Asus has promised a test unit very soon. Stay tuned)

2) HTC Touch Diamond

HTC makes handsets for most of the major handset companies and was the first to introduce to finger gestures in the Touch. The Diamond takes things to the next level. With a fast-ass 528Mhz processor (which, BTW, is faster than the first PC I owned), a big-ass 2.8 inch screen, improved jaw drop inducing graphics, 4GB of internal storage and a turn by turn sat-nav guide, this one sure is a killer.

3) Samsung i900 Omnia

Take one look at this phone and you’ll conclude that the designer probably slept with the iPhone for a good month before hitting the drawing board. This one features a 5MP camera with smile (the camera clicks when the subject smiles) and face detection. And, surprise surprise, it’s got a very similar version of Apple’s multi-touch.

4) O2 XDA Orbit 2

O2 seems to have lost the sheen it once had, thanks to the Apple iPhone and more so because of HTC going solo.  But the Orbit 2 is a worthy inclusion in this list. And because HTC makes O2’s handsets, it has very similar feature set as the HTC Touch Diamond. Though it looks a bit bulky it should be good for the business man on the move.

5) LG Viewty KE 990

One big touchscreen. Check. Very few buttons. Check. There, that’s all you need to make an iPhone clone (Though, it looks a lot like Sony Ericsson P1i). And it’s got one heck of a Schneider-Kreuznach 5MP camera to satiate those with a need for high megapixel ratings and double cheese burgers. Burp. And it can record videos in DivX. Double Burp.