Cost

Nokia 5800: Priced at Rs 21, 839, Nokia's touchscreen phone is the cheapest touchscreen option available for now.

Stom: Priced at Rs 27,990, the smartphone is available across select Vodafone stores.

Xperia: This one is the highly priced touchscreen among all. It is priced at Rs 44,500.

HTC Touch HD: HTC is closely priced along Sony Xperia. It is available for Rs 42,990,

Samsung Omnia: It is priced at Rs 39,999 for 32 GB and Rs 37,999 for 24 GB phone.

Operating System

Nokia 5800: The phone is equipped with the Symbian S60 interface which Nokia showed off last year.

Storm: BlackBerry Storm runs on the latest BlackBerry operating system (version 4.7). The phone will support multiple email accounts: BlackBerry Enterprise, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, POP3, IMAP4 and more.

Xperia: The X1 uses Windows Mobile 6.1 as its operating system, but Sony Ericsson developed a variety of customised enhancements that run on top of it. Most notable is the panel interface, which consists of up to nine small rectangles that can customise and use to view different applications or media on the device in different ways.

HTC Touch HD: Touch HD runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1. Touch HD uses TouchFLO 3D interface that brings all needed functions in one place.

Samsung Omnia: The phone uses Windows Mobile Professional 6.1.

Operator lock

Nokia 5800: In India Nokia sell phones with no operator lock, unlike Apple iPhone with Bharti and Airtel.

Stom: Storm is available across select Vodafone stores.

Xperia: No operator lock.

HTC Touch HD: HTC Touch has no operator lock.

Samsung Omnia: Omia too is service provider-agnostic. Users can run it on any service provider's network.

Miscellaneous

Nokia 5800: Nokia touch phone has a new Contacts Bar that lets users highlight four favorite contacts on their homescreen. There is also an option to track digital history of recent text messages, email, phone logs, photos and blog updates. The phone offers support for 3G which enables faster Web browsing and downloading. The handset is a GSM/EDGE/HSDPA 3G device along with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (with stereo audio) and USB 2.0 connectivity. It also has A-GPS and Nokia Maps for voice-guided navigation.

Stom: With a battery life of up to 15 days (standby time) and up to 5.5 hours (talktime), the smartphone offers support for MMS (Multimedia messaging), video recording and voice dialing features. However, it lacks Wi-Fi.

Xperia: Business users can synchronise the phone with their PCs and get email from their Microsoft Outlook account pushed straight to the phone. There is assortment of 11 buttons on the X1's face, including a center button that can select items or work as an optical joystick, which scrolls with a finger swipe.

HTC Touch HD: The device sports a standard 3.5mm audio jack that supports high-performing headphones. The in-built TouchFLO 3D user interface enhances the device usability by quickly accessing to any of the urgently required messages, contact and content.

Samsung Omnia: It has an optical mouse for easy navigation