Phone comparison: Behold, enV the Apple Droid

By: TJ Sanchez

Posted: 3/16/10

The Campus Voice decided to do a side by side comparison of Verizon's LG enV3 and Motorola Droid, as well as AT&T's Apple iPhone 3G S and T-Mobile's Samsung Behold II. We compared some of the major features that most consumers look for when purchasing a cell phone such as cost, internet availability, keyboard style, battery life, camera, display size, durability, memory-card slot availability, and one major flaw in each phone. *Prices come with a 2-year contract

Motorola Droid
Cost: $299
Internet: Yes (Web browser)
Keyboard: QWERTY and
Touch screen
Battery life: Good
Camera: 5 Megapixels w/ flash
Display size: 3.7"
Durability: W/ case - Very good;
W/o case - Good
Memory-card slot: 16GB pre-installed
Dislikes: Case is difficult to use

Apple iPhone 3G S
Cost: 16 GB - $199, 32 GB - $299
Internet: Yes (Web browser)
Keyboard: Touch screen
Battery life: Excellent
Camera: 3.1 Megapixels
Display size: 3.5"
Durability: W/ case - Excellent;
W/o case - Brittle
Memory-card slot: 16GB or
32GB pre-installed
Dislikes: Auto-correct text feature

Samsung Behold II
Cost: $99
Internet: Yes
Keyboard: Touch screen
Battery life: Excellent
Camera: 5 Megapixels w/ flash
Display size: 3.2"
Durability: W/ case - Excellent
Memory-card slot: Yes; 200mb built-in
Dislikes: Small keyboard makes it
hard to type

LG enV3
Cost: $79
Internet: Yes
Keyboard: QWERTY
Battery life: Excellent
Camera: 3.1 Megapixels w/ flash
Display size: 2.6"
Durability: Excellent
Memory-card slot: Yes
Dislikes: Shuts off randomly