| Both the iPhone and the Tilt are AT&T | | | | a perusal of online customer feedback, the Tilt also |
| smartphones (at least in the United States), | | | | boasts superior call quality over the iPhone. Having |
| however, the overall main difference between the | | | | said that, however, the iPhone has up to 480 |
| iPhone and the AT&T Tilt, according, at least, to | | | | minutes of talk-time whereas the max talk time on |
| the way the two devices are being marketed, is that | | | | the AT&T Tilt is only about half that. |
| the iPhone is being targeted more towards the | | | | In the way of features, the digital camera on the |
| consumer-user and the AT&T Tilt towards the | | | | AT&T Tilt is 3.0 megapixels while the iPhone's is |
| business-user. Both smartphones, however, have | | | | only 2.0 megapixels. The Tilt includes a GPS but the |
| excellent qualities appealing to both types of users. | | | | iPhone does not. The call history on the Tilt is more |
| Both the AT&T Tilt and the iPhone are touch | | | | substantial, indicating talk time duration and other |
| screen smartphones, though the iPhone touch screen | | | | details not available in the iPhone's call history. |
| can be controlled by your fingers whereas controlling | | | | Likewise, the Tilt displays a distinction between calls |
| the AT&T Tilt touch screen requires using the | | | | received and calls made whereas the iPhone does |
| included stylus. Beyond the touch screen, the iPhone | | | | not. The processor on the AT&T Tilt is |
| has a single multi-purpose navigator button while the | | | | significantly slower than that of the iPhone, with a |
| AT&T Tilt has several additional buttons. | | | | much higher tendency to freeze up and necessitate a |
| Unlike the iPhone, the AT&T Tilt sports a unique | | | | reboot. The iPhone has a much larger built-in storage |
| screen design that allows users to slide out a full | | | | capacity (at 4-8 GB) while the AT&T Tilt can |
| QWERTY keyboard from behind the main casing and | | | | only hold 128 MB. |
| tilt the display upwards so the user can view and | | | | The major sweeping difference between the two |
| control the phone similarly to the way one would a | | | | devices is that the iPhone runs on Apple's Mac OS X |
| laptop or PC. The iPhone is a single candy bar unit | | | | while the AT&T Tilt runs on Windows Mobile 6 |
| with no sliding parts, though both the iPhone and the | | | | Professional, which is tantamount to the difference |
| AT&T Tilt can be turned sideways for a | | | | between any Mac PC or laptop and the equivalent |
| widescreen view of the display screen as an | | | | Windows PC or laptop. So the AT&T Tilt offers |
| alternative to the standard portrait. | | | | users, for example, the full Windows Office Mobile |
| The weaknesses of the feature-rich iPhone are in the | | | | suite of programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) while |
| way of the basic, essential functions of a | | | | iPhone users benefit from all the innovative software |
| smartphone - call quality and speed of the data | | | | resulting from the newly issued iPhone SDK |
| network. Even though the AT&T Tilt uses the | | | | (software development kit). The bottom line here is |
| same EDGE data network as the iPhone, the Tilt has | | | | that, since most computer-users classify themselves |
| a wider array of wireless options available, including | | | | as either Mac-people or Windows-people, the decision |
| access to the 3G network, a feature the current | | | | as to which device is "better" really boils down to |
| generation of iPhone's cannot claim (though a 3G | | | | one's personal preference between Mac and |
| iPhone is reportedly in the works). Also, according to | | | | Windows. |