Consumer Reports’ recently released their latest batch of smartphone ratings, and guess who was at the top? You guessed it, the iPhone 3GS. It should be noted that the 3GS just barely nudged out the Palm Pre, iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia, Samsung Epix and BlackBerry Storm.
The iPhone 3GS performed at the top of the heap many categories. One category the 3GS did not perform too well in was voice quality. This is not surprising. One of the nagging complaints I’ve heard about the device is voice quality. Either the person on the other end can’t hear you, or vice versa. Or you crank up the volume to full and things are still faint. It’s certainly an area of concern for many that Apple needs to address.
The Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm performed best-in-class in the messaging category. While, (not surprisingly) the Palm Pre proved to be the best in the ‘multitasking’ category. The Pre’s ability to do more than one thing at a time is a winner.
To sum up, Consumer Reports scored all devices from 0 to 100, and here are the top 5 and their scores:
- iPhone 3GS: 73
- iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia: 70
- BlackBerry Storm 9530, T-Mobile G1, BlackBerry Bold, Samsung Epix: 69
- Palm Pre, BlackBerry Curve 8900: 67
- LG Incite: 66
More of this via the Information Week.
