LG Arena Vs Samsung Omnia HD
It’s battle of the touch screens, it’s an old refrain, one that we will no doubt continue to hear as handset manufacturer battle it out for the smart phone top spot. Hot on the heels from the LG Arena vs Samsung Tocco Ultra S8300 battle, here’s the latest grudge map, Samsung’s i8910 Omnia HD verses our favourite Arena.
Touchscreen
LG Arena - 3 inch TFT touchscreen and S-Class UI
Omnia HD - 3.7inch OLED touchscreen, acceloremator and proximity server.
Band
LG Arena - Tri
Omnia HD - Quad
Air Interface
LG Arena -GSM/HSDPA
Samsung Omnia - GSM/HSDPA
Dimensions
LG Arena - 55m x 106mm x 12mm
Omnia HD -58mm x 123mm x 12mm
Weight
LG Arena - 105g
Samsung Omnia - 149g
Connectivity
LG Arena -GPRS, 3G, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, USB, GPS
Omnia HD -32-48 kbps GPRS, 3G, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, v2.0 Bluetooth, GPS with A-GPS support and Xtragps navigation
Camera
LG Arena -5 meagpixel, autofocus
Omnia HD -8 megapixel, autofocus, blink shot, face/smile recognition, geotagging, flash, high def video camera
Messaging
LG Arena -Push email, MMS, email
Omnia HD -MMS, Email
Music
LG Arena - Audio player, FM radio, 3.5mm audio output jack
Omnia HD - DvX/Xvid/WMV/MP4 audio and video player, 3.5mm audio output jack
Internal memory
LG Arena - 8 GB internal memory
Omnia HD - 8 or 16 GB internal memory
The Omnia is a superior media phone with a better audio player and camera. The Samsung Omnia has more potential internal memory as it can be upgraded to 16GB whereas 8GB is the highest level of memory available on the LG Arena.
The Samsung Omnia is slighter larger than the LG Arena and weighs more. However the Omnia has a much bigger screen than the LG Arena.
The LG Arena has superior HSDPA and Wi-Fi, meaning over all internet connectivity is better on the LG Arena.
Although the Omnia HD beats the LG Arena in certain areas it is no means a clear victory for the Omnia HD. The LG Arena still is superior to the Omnia in certain ways, most noticeably its design which (in my opinion) is superior to the Omnia. The only area where the Omnia truly tounces the Arena is with its camera. However, the camera is not often a priority for all mobile phone users and although the Arena can’t match the Omnia HD in terms of its megapixels, 5 megapixels is still an impressive amount for the Arena to have.
‘The Samsung Omnia has more potential internal memory as it can be upgraded to 16GB whereas 8GB is the highest level of memory available on the LG Arena.’
The Arena is expandable beyond 16Gb by MicroSD card. Strange you did not mention this.
LG Arena has DivX and WMV etc, just as the Omnia. Why not mention this?