HT MOBILE G18 vs K-TOUCH H888, Duel of Local Qwerty

Price of HT Mobile G18 = $ 88,71 USD
Price of K-TOUCH H888 = $ 91,39 USD

Interface

K-TOUCH H888 presented in candybar mode with hard plastics material. Black glossy effect covered of frontside plus plastics rounding in chrome colour arround the handphone's body.
HT Mobile G18 had a tiny and stream body, with prepared several kind of casing. Its casings ere in good quality, glossy plastic combination also bone colour on metal material rounding of its sidebody.


HT Mobile G18's D-Pad was completed by jogball or trackball which functionally on travelling handphone menus. Unfortunately, often having trouble on this section. Qwerty keypad was small because its body was small, too. With hard plastics material, while typing make trouble on push each buttons.

Interface, K-Touch H888 had TFT 65.536 colours (QCIF) screen, 0n, 2.2 inches diagonal wide.
HT Mobile G18 had 262.144 colours with 220x176 pixels, 2 inches TFT screen. It was completed by icon for changing wallpaper, music, picture.

Multimedia

Both of them injected by VGA Camera. HT Mobile G18 digital camera with flashlight and K-Touch H888 had no one. Settings of this feature were low end handphones style commonly. Outdoor photoes were good quality on HT Mobile G18 but disturbed with noise, even indoor. Also had video record facility with standard quality.
Audio Player also injected on these gadgets. K-Touch H888's audio player better than the other with 3.5 mm, compatible with headset of third parties. So, music function via headset make better sound quality.

K-Touch H888 also injected by special loudspeaker in backside. On HT Mobile G18 also injected one but no better than K-Touch. Fortunatelly, it was helped with good quality of headset.

Beside that, FM radio was second entertainment of these gadgets, function for listening broadcasts, radio able to listen without headset injected in.

Connectivity

HT Mobile G18 and K-Touch H888 was injected by GPRS data path and better ability on social networking sites browsing on easy setting on every operator services.
K-Touch H888 prepared amount of Facebook clients, Friendster, MySpace and Twitter, included chatting applications (MSN, Yahoo, Google) until Lite Browser slot. While on HT Mobile G18 only had eBuddy, Facebook client and Opera Mini applications. For data transferring (files, pictures, videos) no problem in it.

Application and Installation

Generally, both of handphoes had same features, from multimedia up to ebook reader. Related of Java technology, had limited compatible applications, also no big capacity on internal memory.
On the other side, for data saving, these had MicroSD external memory.

Hardware

These gadgets were injected by GSM dual slots which able to activate together. Also set on single, one SIMcard on and other was off. Dual slots of GSM on HT Mobile and K-Touch supported by separated call button on keypad.
HT Mobile prepared battery on 1000-1800 mAh capacity, lower than K-Touch belongs to, which 1100 mAh capacity. So, K-Touch had better long life duration then its rivals.

NEXIAN NX982 vs SAMSUNG SCH-B189 vs ZTE C261

Competing Cheap CDMA Handphones which were given Facebook Application and Modem Abilities.

Nexian NX982 = $ 34,30 USD
Samsung SCH-B189 = $ 45,69 USD
ZTE C261 = $ 43,01 USD

Interface

For entry level segment, the vendors were brave for giving candybar consept. Simply other, truely able to discount product budget. That's true, the third vendor gave the same on characters, candybar and using friendly.
From physic posture, Nexian NX982 had a smaller than the others. Second position of their small posture was Samsung SCH-B189 and the next was ZTE C261. As a bundling handphones, automatically, Nexian and ZTE brought operator icon, logo was marked on backcover.

Nexian was a smaller one than the others also was packed on variation of material which could scratch simply.
Keypad structure and composition, Nexian NX-982 was made with rare buttons, square button with rotund angle was pop up, made in combination between plastics and rubbers felt on push little soft.
Nexian NX-982 had confuse D-Pad, for beginner users would confuse on getting where was call button and softkey menu. Because, this buttons no special sign in it.
For Samsung SCH-B189 & ZTE C261, keypad's texture more tightly than Nexian NX982. But, easily on choosing type character of messages.
LCD, the three vendors injected with same type of LCD, with 65.536 colours emission. Only, ZTE's screen diagonal wider than the others. Beside that, maximum screen settings in ZTE C261 being more pure and bright than the others.
Interface topics, they gave low end generation special mode with standard graphics icon, no animation and flash effects.

Multimedia

About connection, Nexian and Samsung booked on CDMA 800 MHz technology. While, ZTE on the CDMA 1900 MHz road. An impressive thing as ZTE C261's network already supported CDMA 1x which was probably on being internet modem.
Online ability, only Nexian and ZTE had it. Impressively, ZTE C261 was injected by standard WAP browser and Opera Mini for alternative Internet browsing. As connection media, Nexian and ZTE prepared mini USB port. Especially on Nexian, function of miniUSB port was belong as power charging and modem.
It was related on supporting BREW was being as bridge for need it. Unfortunately, no able to use file transferring and Mass Storage like ZTE, which had both of function of its. On Samsung SCH-B189's mini USB port only for power charging.

Modem abilities, ZTE brought driver modem plus step by step installation guide. But, all of performances, data which being could accessed still standard. That's true, modem platform was CDMA 1x supported only, Ev-Do no yet.

Application and Installation

Many more operator service on Bundling program which to do Nexian-Esia and ZTE-Smart we could find My Esia Menus which mini link to BREW download, such as; musics, games, ringtones, wallpapers, Esia Promo also RSS news of vivanews.com which affiliate company of Bakrie Telekom Group, as Esia Brand shareholders.

Meanwhile, ZTE gave Smart Access filled with excellent Smart service also several of link to mini portal for getting other interesting contents.
How about Samsung SCH-B189? This gadget only prepared standard application of Low End CDMA, such as; Privacy Lock (Call logs, Phonebooks, Messages, MyFiles, Calendar, Memo), Mobile Tracker, Block Message (10 numbers). All of these were functioned for handphones data securities. On Nexian, only SMS Lock, Contact Lock and Recent Call Lock, completed by password for maximum security.
Related to bundling promotion, Nexian NX982 was injected by special facebook application, although on standard interface, but more interactive then mobile mode (m.facebook.com).

Hardware

For them, were injected by R-UIM SIMcard slot, automatically, users easily injecting another SIMcard. Only, Samsung B189 more free. Meanwhile, Nexian and ZTE gave bundling program which automatic card slot, namely 'Locked'. No big memory capacities at all in these, but ZTE C261 prepared micro SD slot for multimedia abilities. About power charging, they used lithium-ion batteries, Nexian had 760 mAh, Samsung had 800 mAh and ZTE had 1000 mAh capacity.

NEXIAN NX-G522 vs IMO B369

Competing on Cheapest Online with Qwerty Keyboard

Official price of Nexian G522 was $64.40 USD, then IMO's was $59.03 USD. It was different thin price of both.

Interface

Both of this handphones was Qwerty handphones Dual On GSM-GSM with the same dimension. Included supporting with one and two call buttons as Dual GSM device standard.

The same as on materials. Striking difference was on colouring, which IMO choosen dark an so Nexian use yellow and red one. remainder on design and interface were directed on connector completeness.
Nexian G522 was belong to low bolt of memory with combine all of connection functions only one mini USB. But, IMO had little different, connection functions was separated, such as Mini USB connector (small Nokia) and audio connector 2,5 mm (old Nokia standard), it was placed well, covered by rubber materials. On backside of handphones, B369 placed camera plus mirror near speaker, but Nexian G522 no mirror.

Screen, Nexian's had a wider screen than IMO's one. But IMO B369 placed 5 interesting icons as shortcuts on screen desktop, while Nexian G522 only placed 3 shortcut.

Multimedia

IMO B369 and Nexian G522 had the same on complete multimedia features with audio player in the same type.

Ability of headset, IMO B369 had headset which better quality then Nexian G522, in 2,5 mm port for IMO and mini USB port for Nexian.

For video player, had same compatibility on quality, injected with radio FM which 9 broadcasts channels saved automatically. Only, Nexian G22 better than IMO B369 because had recorder radio feature.
Because of those price were low, both of handphones prepared standard feature and ability camera. Nexian G22 prepared camera 640x480 pixels resolution, while IMO B369 prepared 352x288 pixels one.

Connectivity

IMO B369 had bluetooth device than Nexian G522 had no one. With supporting profile on mono audio for phone calls and wireless data transfer.
Standard connectivity of Nexian G522 used mini USB which into one with charger package.
Ha the same on GPRS internet features.

Application and Installation

For additional applications, same on injection applications, such as; calendar, work lists, alarms, world clocks, calculator, currency converter and ebook reader. But, IMO B369 added with stopwatch application.

No Java device of both, but prepared special shortcut for sosial network and chatting.
IMO B369 prepared shortcut to Facebook and Yahoo Messenger, while Nexian G522 prepared alternative shortcut to Friendster, MSN, detik.com, kapanlagi.com and Yahoo Messenger. On alternative entertainment was a default simple game.

Hardware

IMO B369 used lithium ion 800 mAh batteries, while Nexian G522 used the same type on 1000 mAh one.
For storage media, both of them used MicroSD/T-Flash 2 GB maximum capacity.