iPhone 3GS Leads the Pack According to Consumer Reports’ Latest Smartphone Ratings

Consumer Reports’ recently released their latest batch of smartphone ratings, and guess who was at the top!? You guessed it, the iPhone 3GS. I should note, the 3GS just barely nudged out the Palm Pre, iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia, Samsung Epix and BlackBerry Storm.

The iPhone 3GS performed at the top of the heap many categories… One category the 3GS did not perform too well in was voice quality. I’m not surprised to hear this whatsoever. I’ve been using an iPhone ever since the first-gen device hit us a few years back. One of the nagging complaints I’ve had about the device is voice quality. Either the person on the other end can’t hear you, or vice versa… Or you crank up the volume to full and things are still faint… It’s certainly an area of concern for many that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) needs to address. I believe Will and Simon even discussed this in one of our latest podcasts. Or… hmmm… maybe it was another podcast… At any rate, listen to our podcast would ya?

The Palm Pre and BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Storm performed best-in-class in the messaging category… While, (not surprisingly) the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre proved to be the best in the ‘multitasking’ category. Gotta love the Pre’s ability to do more than one thing at a time *cough* c’mon Apple *cough*.

To sum up, Consumer Reports scored all devices from 0 to 100… and here are the top 5:

• iPhone 3GS: 73
• iPhone 3G, Samsung Omnia: 70
• BlackBerry Storm 9530, T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G1, BlackBerry Bold, Samsung Epix: 69
• Palm Pre, BlackBerry Curve 8900: 67
• LG Incite: 66

[Via: InformationWeek]