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The Apple iPhone 4 and the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider are two of the most anticipated smartphones of 2010, but how do they compare against each other? It’s a case of design versus functionality, with a useful bunch of features thrown in on both handsets. We’ve put the Apple iPhone 4 and the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider head to head to find out which is the best – join us after the break to find out.

We’ve been wondering which is the best smartphone out of the Apple iPhone 4 and the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider. One offers an excellent mix of emailing qualities and a fantastic QWERTY keypad, and the other features the best screen seen to date.

However good the text correction software on the Apple iPhone 4 is, there’s no getting away from the fact that Blackberry is the best in the business when it comes to hardware keypads, with the sliding keypad on the Blackberry Bold making it easier than ever to enter text messages and emails. With the choice on an onscreen keyboard or a full QWERTY keypad, it’s impossible not to side with the Blackberry.

The Apple iPhone 4 has shaken up the market when it comes to the display, being the first device to feature a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels. It’s said to be so sharp the human eye can’t pick out individual pixels, making it perfectly suited to browsing the internet or watching HD content. At 360 x 640 pixels, the screen on the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider may still be capable, but it lags behind the Apple iPhone 4.

if you require on mobile email for work, there’s no doubt about it that the Blackberry Bold 9800 is still the device to have. With full support for business use, and RIM’s much-praised Blackberry Push Email service, you’ll get your mail almost instantly. The Apple iPhone 4 should be a capable understudy, however, and it’s still easy to set up email accounts.

We like the design of the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider – the curved edges should help it to fit easily in the pocket, and it looks great with the keyboard closed. However, the Apple iPhone 4 is the thinnest smartphone in the world, and the mix of glass and aluminium edging gives it a premium feel. Apple has also given the Apple iPhone 4 a coating to help it resist fingerprints, which should also help it to stand the test of time.

The Apple iPhone 4 wins the internal storage battle, with either 16GB or 32GB depending on which model you opt for, vs 4GB in the Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider. However, the Blackberry fights back with the ability to also take microSD cards, which will make it considerably easier to upgrade the storage and to swap files on the move.

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