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# Apple iPhone 4: the alternatives
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## Pre-orders for Apple's iPhone 4 begin tomorrow - but there are other
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options on the market, and all those featured here are cheaper. Prices vary by
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network.
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![Samsung Galaxy S][1]
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Image 1 of 5
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The Samsung Galaxy S
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![Apple iPhone 3GS][2]
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Image 1 of 5
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Apple iPhone 3GS
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![HTC Desire][3]
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Image 1 of 5
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HTC Desire
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![Google Nexus One][4]
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Image 1 of 5
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Google Nexus One
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![Dell's new Streak tablet is in a five-inch form factor that has not been
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tried in the mainstream elsewhere][5]
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Image 1 of 5
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Dell's new Streak tablet is in a five-inch form factor that has not been tried
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in the mainstream elsewhere
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By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor 5:25PM BST 14 Jun 2010
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[Comments][6]
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**Samsung Galaxy S**
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This is the only phone on the list that does everything the iPhone 4 does, and
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more because it comes with free satnav courtesy of [**Google**][7]. Samsung's
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take on the Android interface also includes a Social Hub that aggregates
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social network data about all your contacts, and there's a 4in AMOLED screen
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and a camera with the ability to shoot HD movies, just like iPhone 4. With
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video calling Apps such as Fring, you can hold your own teleconferences. All
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that remains to be seen is whether it will acquire the cache of an Apple
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device. It runs Android 2.1, but will get an update in the future.
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[**Buy for £429.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][8]**][9]**![][10]**
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**iPhone 3GS**
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Don't be seduced in to breaking the bank for the sake of the iPhone 4's
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amazing screen and industrial design; many of its best new features are
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software-dependent, and the new **[Apple][11]** mobile operating system, iOS4
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will be available for free to all iPhone 3GS users. The new software will
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breathe new life in to your 3GS, bringing with it Folders (for organising your
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apps), Multitasking (so you can run more than one app at once), unified Mail
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inboxes and the iBooks ebook app.
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**[Buy for £499 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][8]][12]**
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**HTC Desire**
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Until the launch of the iPhone 4, the HTC Desire was the best-looking handset
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on the market. Solidly constructed, its design feels industrial without being
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unfriendly, and it runs Android 2.1. That means it offers full multitasking,
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free satnav, video-calling via apps and there's also HTC's Sense user
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interface to add a whole new level of widgets and slickness. An upgrade to
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Android 2.2, which means a massive speed bump and wifi hotspotting, is
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promised when Google officially release the new software.
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**[Buy for £370.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][8]][13]![][14]**
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**Nexus One**
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The first phone to have Google's design influence over traditional Android
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handsets, the Nexus One remains a slick, desirable handset, and it's likely to
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be the first phone that will get upgraded to FroYo (Android 2.2) - it's
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intuitive, a viable iPod substitute when used with the Amazon MP3 store, and
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the price is coming down rapidly. It's also available in Vodafone stores,
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rather than online only as it was in America.
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**[Buy for £549.00 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][8]][15]![][16]**
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**Dell Streak**
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Is it an iPhone rival? Is it an iPad rival? Who knows? This 5in tablet
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computer is said by Dell to be very much a data-first device, albeit one that
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happens to make phone calls. Video playback is impressive too. Use it with a
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Bluetooth headset, and this is a handset that genuinely expands the
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possibilities of what you can do on the move. Sadly, it currently runs Android
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1.6, and no released Android app is yet a patch on those available on the iPad
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for reading magazines or newspapers. But give it time…
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**[Buy for £409.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][8]][17]![][18]**
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## [Mobile Phones][24]
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* ### [Technology »][25]
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* ### [Apple »][26]
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* ### [Google »][27]
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* ### [BlackBerry »][28]
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system][38]
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