Mobile phones have taken a 360-degree turn from their standard but very boring designs. Gone are the days when you’re forced to carry those bulky and heavy handsets. Newer mobile phones carry along with them all basic and highly advanced options all in one phone. However, which of these phones are considered top of the line and which ones are mere imitations and fall below your expectations?

When you talk about LG Chocolate, you think of heaven, and the truth is that’s what it is. It is a perfect example of what it means to be a designer phone with the best features to boot. It isn’t only very stylish, so that it fits every modern mobile phone user, you are also treated with countless substantial attributes.

LG Chocolate combines all the right elements, bringing utmost pleasure to a lot of users of mobile phones. For one, it is blessed with a navigation system with keys that are touch sensitive. There are also a variety of colors to choose from—you can go from the all-natural black to immaculate white. The phone is also known for its sleekness. What even adds to the intrigue is the concealed keypad. Indeed, there’s no denying that Chocolate wasn’t an accidental product just so LG Electronics can compete in designer phone market. It was properly thought out and researched. That is why it will never fail to meet your expectations.

But there’s still more that meets the eye. LG Chocolate is more than stunning, but cares a lot about your other needs. It is very much endowed with a superb screen display that can display colored images and videos with absolute sharpness, cleanliness, and clarity—offering you certified worthwhile viewing experience. Moreover, it’s a tri-band phone, which allows you to connect to the Internet through WAP. You can surf all your favorite web pages or even send and receive e-mail messages.

It may not be in comparison with an iPod, but its music player is still considered dynamic. You can practically customize the settings so you can enjoy cool tracks to the utmost. The phone is also equipped with a 128MB memory, which makes all your favorite media files truly handy. However, should there be insufficient space, you don’t have to worry as the phone also supports USB connections. You can just download a couple of those files into your PC.

So why don’t you get a taste of the tempting LG Chocolate?

The iPhone is set to revolutionize mobile technology with the implementation of the touch screen interface. This means you don’t need to use any other device, such as a stylus or keypads. Applications run based on the touch of your fingers. Inasmuch as this is indeed beauty, people are more used to buttons, and the system used by iPhone will take getting used to.

The 3.5-inch widescreen with 160 dpi display is just fantastic. There’s a good mixture between the sharpness of the images, clarity, and vividness of their colors. This also strives to solve what is considered to be the common problem among average cell phones: you cannot simply read everything in one glance because letters are just too small.

Apple’s iPhone boasts of its Internet connectivity. It’s both WiFi and Bluetooth ready, which assures you that you can certainly connect anytime, anywhere. If there isn’t any wireless network, then you can use its EDGE technology. But you can’t be completely dependent on it. The phone’s only 2G. This means that iPhone may have limited data transmission. It’s the Web Safari that tries to compensate that. This innovative Web browser gives you a very unique experience when you’re surfing. You can view web pages as is, not any condensed or abbreviated versions.
E-mail messages can be checked, as long as it’s in HTML format. You can even opt to download them in real time by synchronizing both your e-mail and your iPhone. In a world where everything is fast paced and you don’t really have so much time to sit and surf, the iPhone is one of the best solutions available.

iPhone, however, is like an iPod. You can view your favorite movies, TV shows, and music and store them as your entertainment collection. Yet there’s a big BUT to it. The iPhone is still not yet capable to download media files directly from your Internet browser. You still need to download the files to your PC and then transfer them to your phone.

If you are in for the hassle, then go for it. But I’d say even average 3G phones can save you from that one. Moreover, since you’re downloading them from the Internet, where websites can be so unsecure, your phone is just as vulnerable as your computer to contain viruses, adware, and spyware. I’m still not sure if you can also run security programs into your phone. But if you want security, go to iTunes Store. They have extensive music collection which you can get for free or at a minimal fee.

I still wish, though, that Apple has been more lenient with regards to its carrier network. I wouldn’t say much about AT&T since I can clearly see their efforts of purchasing state-of-the-art facilities for the most comprehensive network coverage, but being locked in for two years seems too long.

Don’t Use Its EDGE technology. If you don’t want your friend to frown or worse never permit you to use the iPhone again, avoid using the phone’s Internet browsing technology unless you are near any WiFi connection. EDGE system of AT&T is slow with regards to data transmission. You shouldn’t tell your friend about this; else, he might think that you’re only trying to criticize the phone.

Avoid checking e-mails. When you’re using somebody else’s property there’s the temptation of perusing another persons missives—in this case, e-mail accounts. If you press the Mail button found in the iPhone, you’re given immediate access to your friend’s e-mail messages from Gmail, Yahoo, as well as other accounts. Hotmail, fortunately, gives you no easy option.

Do not surf porn in the iPhone. Maybe for curiosity’s sake, you decided to browse a porn site utilizing the Safari web browser of the phone. You think you can get away with it, but think again. Like any other web browser found in your PC or notebook, Safari has its own History function that can make it very easy for your friend to check the sites you’ve visited. Surely, he’ll know what you did.

If you can’t stop it, however, make sure that you clear History and cache before returning the iPhone. You can do that by pressing on the Home button. Go to Settings, look for Safari, tap it, and scroll down. Tap on “Clear Cache” and “Clear History.”

Avoid smudging and sneezing. Before you ever lay your fingers on the iPhone, wipe your fingers ahead. The screen may be superb and shiny to look at, but don’t coat it with grease. Turn your back or cover your mouth when you’re about to sneeze. If you think finger prints are bad, a sneeze residue is far worse.

Read the manual. There’s a reason why it has a manual, and it’s opt to be read. So do that. Ask your friend to read through the manual before you decide to operate the iPhone. Just a few hints, though. Don’t place the iPhone in any external heat source to dry the phone. Also, avoid crushing, bending, puncturing, shredding, microwaving, painting, disassembling, or inserting any object into the iPhone.

Unless you can’t follow this, then better get your own.