Comparison: samsung galaxy s3 vs iphone 4s
After the curtain has risen, it is inevitable to put the Samsung Galaxy S3 on the canvas against the iPhone 4S. In the absence of Apple showing its cards for the competition during this 2012 "" it is not yet known if the iPhone 5 will be presented in June or October "", the iPhone 4S is the most solid argument with which to respond to the new high-end of the South Korean firm. However, is the latest apple phone really a worthy rival to the most advanced proposal from the Seoul company ? Let's take a look at each other's performance to see if we are facing a close confrontation.
Design and display
For tastes, colors. The distance between both terminals is unbridgeable at this point. Each one wields a proposal diametrically opposed to that of the competitor. While the Samsung Galaxy S3 bet strong and becomes the terminal Android with the widest screen "" with permission from his brother, the Samsung Galaxy Note, which adjoins the category of mini-tablet "" thanks to its 4.8 inches. Apple remains undaunted year after year in this regard, and maintains the classic 3.5 inches that, however, develop a concentration of 326 dots per inch, compared to the 306 dpi of the Samsung terminal "" that distributes a resolution of1,280 x 720 pixels "." Those from Seoul remain faithful to their Super AMOLED technology, which according to the definition of the panel is made HD, as in Note, also integrating a Pentile matrix and the Gorilla Glass 2 protective surface. The iPhone 4S, for its part, does not develop the vividness of color of the Samsung system, although it has good cards in the case of confronting brightness indexes.
The designs also go in opposite directions. The iPhone 4S extends the proposal of its predecessor. In other words: glass cover fastened with a steel band. The set provides a solid robustness. Samsung, for its part, also follows a continuity line. The cover is made of polycarbonate, but this time, the sensation that the user is conducive to is having a much firmer terminal in the hand. Once again, the home button attends the party, although with a slightly more distinctive touch compared to the rest of the Galaxy range: it is now slimmer, describing a slight trapezoidal shape. There is also a couple of capacitive keys on either side.
Connectivity
Apparently, both terminals would be equal in this section. But it's not like that. It is true that they describe very similar profiles, but the Samsung Galaxy S3 wins the hand by integrating, once again, the possibility of launching a high definition signal through an MHL adapter "" using a small accessory connected to the microUSB output, we could connect the phone to a flat screen via HDMI ””. In addition, it also supports the DLNA standard. But not only that. The Galaxy S3 also has NFC features, but we'll get to that later.
For the rest, both terminals have HSPA + connection ”” 3G high speed ””, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. In the future, in addition, we will know a version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 with a fourth generation LTE profile. On the other hand, the Samsung device also carries an FM radio tuner, which as usual, is conspicuous by its absence in the iPhone 4S.
Multimedia and camera
As usual, Samsung does not want to sin by default, and opens the multimedia range of its high-end, which allows you to play practically everything. The profile of formats and compatibility in audio, video and image is practically perfect, so that we could watch movies in high definition from the device, listen to music recorded in any type of file or open photos on processed media of almost any type. In the case of the iPhone 4S, as usual, everything must be channeled through iTunes, so that the formats that this platform does not recognize will not be supported on the phone "" unless we resort to unlocking the platform, but That's another matter"".
The camera, for its part, does match both devices. We stumbled upon a pair of backlit sensors that capture images with a maximum resolution of eight megapixels and video quality recording FullHD. The two are accompanied by an LED flash and are committed to speed at startup and the capture between images as competitive arguments to face the rest of the mobile phones on the market.
However, in the case of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the application controlling the camera has a function that, as in the HTC One X, can take pictures during video recording. In addition, it has a sequential capture system, so that we could launch bursts of up to 20 consecutive images, with a rate of 3.3 photos per second. It also integrates a utility that develops up to eight images that the phone itself analyzes following various parameters to propose the most appropriate photograph to the user.
On the other hand, both phones have a front camera. However, while the iPhone 4S opts for a sensor with VGA quality, the Samsung Galaxy S3 shows its chest and presents 720p HD quality in video mode, with the option of capturing images with a resolution of up to 1.9 megapixels.
software
This time Samsung has put all the meat on the grill, making your smartphone header is more smart than ever, sending a little message to Apple in several respects. Each phone bets on a diametrically opposite platform. The Samsung Galaxy S3 carries Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich presented with the native TouchWiz layer, while the iPhone 4S shows iOS 5 in its latest version. But where it really will draw chest moving from Samsung will be on applications and unique features that the company has charged to his native layer.
Continuing with what was seen in the Galaxy Note, the Samsung Galaxy S3 integrates all its utilities under the S-Series designation. Along these lines, it is mandatory to talk about S-Voice. In short, S-Voice is to Samsung what Siri is to Apple, that is, a virtual assistant that works by recognizing the user's voice. From the demonstrations carried out by the Korean firm and what has been learned during the presentation of the device, S Voice offers a really similar operation to that of the iPhone 4S butler. However, a fundamental difference lies in the South Korean alternative:S-Voice will hit the market in multiple languages, including Spanish. In the case of Siri, there is still no news about the update.
S-Voice listens to us, but Smart Stay watches us. This function makes the Samsung Galaxy S3 react to our gaze. Thus, if we stop observing the screen, it goes to rest. In the same way, it allows us to adapt the contents visible on the panel to the position of the eyes according to how we are observing the device. We have already seen a series of patents that suggest that Apple is working on a similar system. However, in this sense, Samsung has overtaken the Californians on the left. The Smart Alert function behaves in a similar line, which accumulates the notifications received during the time that the terminal has been away from the user, informing them of all at the moment when contact with the device is recovered.
Another system that is very striking, and which the iPhone 4S also lacks, is the so-called Direct Call, or direct call. The idea is simple. If we are writing an SMS to a contact, but we abandon the idea of sending the message to call directly and explain what we were writing out loud, just hold the phone to your ear and the Samsung Galaxy S3 will interpret that we want to call. That simple The question is whether this function will be integrated with other messaging systems, such as email, WhatsApp or other third-party applications that also interact with the Direct Call function .
And continuing with the software solutions, the Samsung Galaxy S3 integrates an improvement that takes the concept of multitasking to another level. Its name is Pop Up Play, and it consists of a pop-up window that will reproduce a video in the size that interests us the most and that will remain floating in the area of the screen that we want while we write an email, an SMS, or read a web page or we consult our social networks. The Samsung Galaxy S3 also offers the S Beam function, a system variable available on Android phones with NFC with which data can be shared by simply putting two terminals in contact.
Memory and processor
Once again, Samsung stares at Apple and blasts it off. In this sense, the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available, like the iPhone 4S, in three versions according to memory, 16, 32 and 64 GB. However, the South Korean phone will allow memory expansions through microSD cards, with which we could have up to 32 additional GB. Thus, if we hypervitamine the Samsung Galaxy S3 data, we could accumulate a maximum of, attention, 96 GB on our smartphone ”” moreAn additional 50 GB in the cloud courtesy of Dropbox ””. It's not bad at all. In terms of RAM, the Samsung Galaxy S3 doubles the iPhone 4S, the former reflecting a total of one GB compared to the latter's 512 MB.
The processor of both follows this comparative line. Samsung throws all the meat on the grill. What a remedy. In order to support processes such as Pop Up Play, as well as to guarantee a correct fluidity in the operation of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the terminal has integrated a central chip of great solvency. It's the new Samsung Exynos 4 Quad, a quad-core brown beast with a 1.4 GHz clock frequency, built on 32-nanometer technology, which means that so much power does not stifle the autonomy of the device. The iPhone 4S, for its part, carries the A5 based on ARM architecture "" fromSamsung, by the way ”” dual-core with a power slightly below one GHz.
Autonomy, availability and price
It is impossible to determine an accurate comparison in terms of duration in use and standby. We know that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will carry a battery of no less than 2,100 milliamps, compared to the 1,432 milliamp unit of the iPhone 4S. However, we could not venture to make a diagnosis of this point, since the wild 4.8-inch screen of the Samsung Galaxy S3, as well as its quad-core processor, are powerful arguments when it comes to posing an efficiency challenge before Battery. Therefore, it is advisable to exercise some caution before giving assessments in this regard.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available in several countries, including Spain, from May 29. Its price will start at 700 euros in free format. In the case of the iPhone 4S, the minimum cost of the terminal is 600 euros, progressing at a rate of 100 euros each superior model in internal memory.
Feedback
When the latest and most advanced launches by Samsung and Apple are compared, there is a criterion that is not measurable: the preference that each user has for the products of one or the other firm. Whoever is clear about his adherence to the philosophy of Android or that of iOS will be clear about what to do when the dilemma between one product and another is raised. But whoever does not feel the colors of a specific firm does face a decision that, depending on the type of terminal they want, will end up deciding on one or the other.
Choosing the Samsung Galaxy S3 means doing it for a large-format device, with a spectacular screen in terms of brightness and color saturation, specially designed to enhance the multimedia experience. The Samsung terminal is the answer to those who want an off-road platform. And is that the Samsung Galaxy S3 reproduces practically everything. It is also a powerful terminal to remove the hiccups. The performance tests that have already been carried out with this device confirm this: it is the most muscular and savage device in the Android ecosystem, leaving behind the very remarkable Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Memory options, as well as the very interesting features it has integrated in terms of software ”” S Voice, the spectacular speed of the camera, the image selection systems, the floating video window ”” make the Samsung Galaxy S3 a terminal which, in many ways, watches the rest of the competition through the rearview mirror.
And the iPhone 4S? The Apple terminal is a device that, to begin with, takes more than half of its cycle. It is unknown if its successor will arrive in June or October, but in any case, it is forced to sustain the pulse of the competition by resorting to the improvements it integrated at the end of last year. Siri, for example, ceases to be the center of attention "" by the way, which is still in beta "", and Samsung is sending its S Voice, which in addition to being released in its final version, will arrive in Spanish. On the other hand, the performance of the iPhone 4S is designed specifically for the functions that Apple has designed for the phone, which optimizes the operation of the phone.
