Samsung Omnia i900 Vs LG Arena KM900 : A Comparative Study

Samsung and LG are arch-rivals when it comes to mobile phones. After LG launched their 8MP camera phone, the Renoir, Samsung was not late to release its most difficult competitor, the Pixon with almost same features. We compared those devices earlier and here are two flagship devices from these two electronic giants, the Omnia from Samsung which was released in June, 2008 and the Arena from LG, released in February 2009. Which one is better? Read our detailed comparative study to know it.

1. Design

Samsung Omnia i900 : After the iPhone showed its design charisma, every phone is following its path (Or should I say copying!). The Omnia also has nothing news in its design except its subtle design glamors. The phone measures 112 X 56.9 X 12.5 mm and weighs a moderate 122g.
LG Arena KM900 : It also looks quite the same in the overall form factor measuring in at 105.9 X 55.3 X 12mm and weighs a minimal 105g. However, the brushed steel trim and tempered glass screen looks shiny from every angle.
Conclusion : Both the phones look pretty well and it is more of a personal preference which one you will like most but I think that Omnia has a better subtle glamor for which I will keep it ahead of Arena.

2. Touchscreen Display

Samsung Omnia i900 : The 3.2 inch display has a resolution of 240 X 400 pixels and is capable to show 262K colors. The touchscreen is resistive one which needs some pressure to register the touches.
LG Arena KM900 : It has a 3 inch display with a whopping resolution of 480 X 800 pixels and is capable to show 16M colors. The touchscreen is a capacitive one and is very responsive.
Conclusion : LG Arena is a clear winner here with its way better screen with best resolution screen and vivid colors. The touchscreen is also much accurate and responsive than the Omnia.

3. Interface

Samsung Omnia i900 : It uses the standard WinMo interface which is modified by Samsung to offer better usability to the users. The whole interface is tweaked to finger friendliness.
LG Arena KM900 : It uses a new S-Class user interface with a home screen that rotate onscreen like a virtual cube showing media, contact shortcuts as well as programs and their shortcuts. The rotating menu enables users to quickly navigate to the saved images and videos.
Conclusion : If you are not a WinMo fan, you should like the S-Class interface but believe me, WinMo has its own facilities.

4. Camera

Samsung Omnia i900 : It has a 5MP Camera with autofocus and LED Flash. There is geo-tagging, face and smile detection with image stabilization facilities. There is also a secondary videocall camera.
LG Arena KM900 : It also has a 5MP camera that comes with LED Flash and autofocus capabilities. It also uses good quality Schneider Kreuznach Optics and has the geo-tagging and image stabilization capabilities. There is also a secondary videocall camera.
Conclusion : The Camera specs of both the devices look quite the same on paper and they are both very good imaging devices and it is very hard to decide which one is better.

5. Multimedia

Samsung Omnia i900 : This is a really multimedia capable device. You can store loads of music and videos in its 8/16GB internal memory which is expandable to another 16GB with a microSD Card. It supports various formats of music and videos such as MP3/AAC/WMA/OGG for audio and also DivX/Xvid/WMV/MP4 for videos.
LG Arena KM900 : It is also a multimedia device. Apart from playing almost all common formats like MP3/AAC/WMA it can also play the XviD or DivX formats of verion 5 or later. It has loads of storage space of 8GB internal memory as well as through its microSD expansion slot which can take up to 32GB Memory Cards. The Dolby mobile enhanced audio is really good at delivering the best quality music experience.
Conclusion : Both the devices can deliver good multimedia experience but I think Arena is a bit ahead of Omnia with its Dolby music process engine.

6. Connectivity

Samsung Omnia i900 : It is a quad band GSM phone supporting 850/900/1800/1900 bands. It also supports 2100 3G HSDPA Band. There are also other standard GPRS, EDGE and WiFI connectivity as well as Bluetooth with A2DP support for Stereo Bluetooth headsets.
LG Arena KM900 : It is also a quad band GSM phone supporting 850/900/1800/1900 frequency bands and also supports 2100 3G HSDPA band as well as 850/1900 band for American version. There are also other standard connectivity options such as GPRS, EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity.
Conclusion : Both the phones have excellent connectivity options and there is nothing to complain about them.

7. Overall

Samsung Omnia i900 : This is a nice Windows Mobile Device with good features and specs.
LG Arena KM900 : It is also a nice flagship phone from LG ready to take on any great mobile phone from any manufacturer.
Conclusion : At the end of the day it is very hard to say that this mobile is better than the other in every respect but keeping in mind that Arena has a better display and touchscreen along with good music, we rank it ahead of the Omnia i900.