Motorola Droid Bionic Vs. Apple iPhone 5: Who Will be the Winner?

The iPhone 5 is most likely to feature the latest iOS 5 operating system, the A5 processor found in iPad 2, a higher megapixel camera compared to the iPhone 4 and a slimmer and thinner design. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple's next version will have an 8-megapixel camera and 1080p video recording, along with dual-LED flash.

Here is our take on a head-to-head comparison between Droid Bionic and iPhone 5. First, let's discuss why Motorola Droid Bionic can score over iPhone 5:

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Processor

The Droid Bionic sports the TI OMAP4430 chipset, clocking in at 1 GHz, which uses dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 with a PowerVR SGX540 integrated 3D graphics accelerator that runs at a clock frequency of 304 MHz. The phone also comes with ARM-Cortex A9s with ARMs SIMD engine (Media Processing Engine, also called NEON).

According to Engadget, "Texas Instruments' OMAP 4430, NVIDIA's Tegra 2 and Samsung's Exynos 4210 went head to head in a gauntlet of browser and graphical benchmarks, and it looks like the LG Optimus 3D's OMAP 4 came out on top, boasting of minor but significant improvements practically across the board."

But iPad 2's dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU A5 processor, which is expected to make it into iPhone 5, was likely no different from NVIDIA's Tegra 2, TI's OMAP 4 or Samsung's Exynos in that regard.

4G LTE

Multiple reports said that iPhone 5 will be 4G capable, but it may be 4G supported through AT&T network, and may not feature Verizon's 4G LTE support. This is because the LTE chip price is too high to match Apple's cost-efficient measures and it contrasts with Apple planning to deliver a thinner and lighter device. On the other hand, according to Verizon Wireless, Motorola Droid Bionic will be the first dual core smartphone to feature the 4G LTE technology, which gives Motorola Droid Bionic a huge advantage over the iPhone 5.

Speed

Droid Bionic features an upgraded RAM memory of 1GB of DDR2. The phone also has 2 GB ROM support along with 1 GHz of dual core processor. With LTE 4G, Droid Bionic can surely be up to the claim made by the Verizon ad, which describes it as "ferocious force and an all powerful unstoppable device. Control it and you can control everything."

Even though the iPhone 5 has a dual core processor, it is doubtful to come with a better RAM capacity than that of Droid Bionic. With 4G LTE option looming low, the iPhone 5 lags behind in this regard.