A number of modern cheap cell phones found at cellularcountry.com are capable of performing a number of communication and multimedia tasks in addition to their role as telephones. Each cheap phone model has its own set of features and specifications intended to make it better at performing those tasks. The BlackBerry Storm 9530 and the LG Dare VX9700 are both Web browsing, touch-screen smartphones on the Verizon network.
Input and Display
The LG Dare and the BlackBerry Storm both use their touch screens as their primary input method. The Dare has a 240-by-400-pixel LCD touch-screen display, which is a slightly lower resolution than the Storm's 480-by-360-pixel LCD touch-screen display. The LG Dare uses an on-screen keyboard with optional handwriting recognition. The Storm's on-screen keyboard provides SurePress tactile feedback, which makes the entire screen clickable. Both cheap cell phones have internal orientation sensors that allow them to change the screen's orientation between portrait and landscape mode when you rotate the phone.
Multimedia
The Storm and the Dare both place an emphasis on multimedia playback. The Storm is compatible with more media file formats than the Dare with support for 3GP, MP3, WMA, WMV, MP4, M4A, AVI and others. The Dare only supports MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC and unprotected AAC+ formats. Both phones have a 3.2-megapixel camera with an LED flash and video-recording capability. The Dare's camera software has face recognition and panorama stitching capabilities. The Dare also includes Verizon's V CAST music store, which allows you to sample and purchase music directly from your phone. The Storm is also compatible with the V CAST software, but it is not included with the phone. Both phones have microSD card slots to expand their memory capacity.
Operating System
The Storm runs on RIM's BlackBerry operating system, which means it runs most BlackBerry-compatible applications, including those found in the BlackBerry App World store. The LG Dare uses a custom operating system with limited support for other applications. The Dare's and other used cell phones' of same sort has an operating system that uses a specially designed dragging interface that allows you to rearrange items and sort data on your phone by dragging visual representations of the objects around the screen.
Physical
The BlackBerry Storm measures 2.4 inches wide by 4.4 inches high by 0.6 inches deep. At 2.2 inches wide by 4.1 inches high by 0.5 inches deep, the LG Dare is slightly smaller. The Dare also weighs considerably less at only 3.76 ounces, compared to the Storm's 5.5 ounces.
Battery
The Storm's battery is rated at 1400 milli amp hours, slightly larger than the Dare's 1,100 milli amp hours battery. The Storm's larger battery gives it longer talk time at 5 hours and 30 minutes compared to the Dare's 4 hours and 40 minutes. Both cheap cell phones are rated for the same standby time, approximately 15 days.
