Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3


This article mainly deals with the comparison of the newly arrived Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. As we all know, there were many controversy with the Apple and Samsung company, now it is the time to compare the specifications and features of the two latest phones of the two companies which have more competition. Let us see the features and specification of the two phones and which one is better.

In this article we will discuss about the features and the specifications of the latest Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. And finally a comparison of the two mobiles are also added in terms of its features and performance. As we all know, there were many controversy between iPhone and Samsung. Here the cons and pros of the two phones are revealed. Actually both the phone have similar features as an outlook, but as we go deeper into the specification of both phone, we could get the real picture and can take a decision on which one is better. Now let us take a look at the features of the two phones.

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Apple iPhone 5 features


The Apple iPhone 5 comprised of LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen and runs on operating system Apple's iOS 6 which is the unique OS of the iPhone. It is more user friendly due to its salient features and its ease of using and it has a good speed of functioning, since it runs over Apple A6 processor and also have a 1GB RAM.



The main thing is its internal memory, since iPhone doesn't have an external one, i.e, it doesn't supports an external memory card or microSD card. So the phone contains an internal memory of 16/32/64GB. Most of the audio and video formats are supported in this handset. The next thing we need to consider is the camera features. The phone comes with two cameras, primary one and secondary one. Primary is one with 8MP in which high quality pictures can be taken featured by auto-focusing and LED flashlight. Additional features in the camera like touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR makes the Mobile Phones mind blowing.

The secondary is of 1.2MP which is usually used for Video Calling over the range Wi-Fi, 3G,4G. Marvellous video capturing is made by the phone. HD videos can be captured using the primary camera on 1080p@30fps. This phone also supports 4G,3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, GPS, microUSB 2.0, GPRS, EDGE. One thing that we can say as a defect is it only uses micro sim to operate.
Java applications will not run on this phone.

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Special Highlights of Apple iPhone 5


Supports iOS 6 to operate
Internal memory of 16/32/64GB
8 MP primary camera with face detection, HDR and touch focus feature
Can capture HD video.
1.2 MP secondary camera for video calling facility.
Uses standard Li-Po battery with up-to 225 hours(2G) / 225hours(3G) standby and 8 hours (2G) / 8 hours (3G) talktime and 40 hours of music play.
Supports 2G, 3G, 4G, GPRS, Edge, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS.

Detailed feature of Apple iPhone 5



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Display


4.0 inch sized LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen is used in this phone. It comes with a 16M true color display with 640 x 1136 pixels. Phone features multi touch facility. Corning Gorilla glass and oleophobic coating is used for the screen protection.

Operating System


New generation Apple iPhone OS is used. The phone supports the iOS 6. A new multimedia technology is used here, so the application are more faster. It comprises of preloaded necessary Applications.

Camera features


The phone comes with dual camera. Primary one is of 8 MP camera with LED flashlight and auto focus featured by Geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR and touch focus facility. It also supports HD video recordig 1080p@30fps. Secondary camera is of 1.2MP, 720p@30fps, mainly used for video calling over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G.

Memory and Processor


The functions of this mobile is of high speed, since it has an inbuilt memory of 16/32/64GB and it runs over Apple A6 processor. But the phone doesn't supports microSD card or any external memory.

Connectivity


The iPhone 5 have the latest connectivity features in it. It supports 2G, 3G, 4G, GPRS, Edge, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS, USB 2.0.

Battery


It uses a powerful battery of Li-Po. The phone gives a Talk time of 8 hours at 2G and 8 hours at 3G and gives a standby time of 225 hours at 2G and 225 hours at 3G and 40 hours of music play.

Additional features


Only supports micro sim. The phone uses sensors for Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass. Active noise cancellation can made with dedicated dual mics. Siri natural language commands and dictation are used. Uses Apple's iCloud service.

Pre Loaded Application


The phone is comes with some inbuild apps. A lot of applications can be downloaded from the App store.

Samsung Galaxy S3


Samsung Galaxy S3 is the latest phone of Samsung to release. The Galaxy S3 is comprised of Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and runs on operating system Android v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich which is now widely using in the other samsung Smartphones. It is more user friendly due to its salient features and its ease of using and it has a good speed of functioning, since it runs over Exynos 4412 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor and also have a 1GB RAM. The main thing is its internal memory in which it contains 16/32/64 GB internal memory. Actually iPhone doesn't have an external memory but the Galaxy S3 supports an external memory card or microSD card which can be expanded upto 64GB. Most of the audio and video formats are supported in this handset. The next thing we need to consider is the camera features.

The phone comes with two cameras, primary one and secondary one. The primary camera is one with 8MP in which high quality pictures can be taken featured by auto-focusing and LED flashlight. Additional features in the camera like touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection makes the mobile mind blowing. The secondary camera is of 1.9MP which is usually used for Video Calling. Marvelous video capturing is made by the phone. HD videos can be captured using the primary camera at 1080p@30fps. . This phone also supports 4G,3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, GPS, microUSB 2.0, GPRS, EDGE. The phone also supports NFC. It supports java applications with the help of Java MIDP emulator.

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Special Highlights of Samsung Galaxy S3


Supports Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Internal memory of 16/32/64GB.
External memory expandable upto 64GB.
8 MP primary camera with face and smile detection and touch focus feature.
HD Video recording features.
1.9 MP secondary camera for video calling facility.
Uses standard Li-Po battery with up-to 590 hours(2G) / 790 hours(3G) standby and 21 h 40 min (2G) / 11 h 40 min (3G) talktime.
Supports 2G, 3G, 4G, GPRS, Edge, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, NFC.

Detailed feature of Samsung Galaxy S3



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Display


4.8 inch sized Super AMOLED capacitive display touchscreen is used in this phone. It comes with a 16M true color display with 720 x 1280 pixels. Phone features multi touch facility. Corning Gorilla glass is used for the screen protection.

Operating System


New generation Android OS is used. The phone supports the Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). A new multimedia technology is used here, so the application are more faster. It comprises of preloaded necessary applications.

Camera features


The phone comes with dual camera. Primary one is of 8 MP camera with LED flashlight and auto focus featured by Geo-tagging, face and smile detection and touch focus facility. It also supports HD video recordig 1080p@30fps. Secondary camera is of 1.9MP, 720p@30fps, mainly used for video calling over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G.

Memory and Processor


The functions of this mobile is of high speed, since it has an inbuilt memory of 16/32/64GB and it runs over Exynos 4412 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor and 1GB RAM. The phone supports microSD card which expandable upto 64GB.

Connectivity


The Galaxy S3 has the latest connectivity features in it. It supports 2G, 3G, 4G, GPRS, Edge, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS, USB 2.0, NFC.

Battery


It uses a powerful battery of Li-ion of 2100 mAh. The phone gives a Talk time up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)and gives a standby time up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G).

Additional features


The phone uses sensors for Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer. Java application works on this phone using Java MIDP emulator. The phone comes with the colours Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey.

Pre Loaded Application


The phone comes with some inbuilt apps. A lot of applications can be downloaded from the Android market.


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Comparative analysis


The Galaxy S3 is the one that can compete with the iPhone 5's specs and functions. The arrival of the Galaxy S3 makes Apple to worry because there have reasons for that. Since iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3 have almost same features, but there are slight variations in it. So this slight variation can also make a big difference in the Mobile Phones specs while we compare them. Just like all Android Phones, the S3 also has a 5 inch screen bordering. The technology used in the Galaxy S3's screen is called AMOLED touch screen, which can display vivid color and deep blacks. Since the iPhone 5 uses a LCD screen, it can only display white colours much better.

The camera feature is almost same since both uses 8MP camera, but there is a difference in its secondary camera feature since S3 uses a 1.9MP cam and iPhone 5 uses a 1.2MP camera. The main defect of the iPhone 5 is that it doesn't have an external memory and memory cards cannot be used, but S3 is better in that case. It supports external memory expandable upto 64GB.



In the name of brand Apple iPhone is better, since customers has a great impression on iPhones. But by considering the technical features and good specification it can be concluded that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is much better than Apple iPhone 5.


Comments

Author: rihan24 Sep 2012 Member Level: Gold   Points : 0

Good article



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