Saturday, 2 October 2010

Quest for a mobile phone II

Perplexed by the HTC Desire HD Vs  iPhone 4 comparison, I searched the internet to find a better mobile phone. I was looking for a star but I found a galaxy there… Samsung Galaxy S.

Samsung Galaxy S is a phone with excellent call quality, the speed to multitask tons of applications, a capacitive Super AMOLED screen with life-like color, and is less than a centimeter thick. The Android powered Samsung Galaxy S (GT-i9000) has all these features and more. This is the first smart phone ever to have a 4 inch Super AMOLED display with its own dedicated graphics hardware to give a truly visually intense experience.

Here is a comparison between Samsung Galaxy and iPhone 4:

Samsung Galaxy S vs iPhone 4: specs


Feature
Apple iPhone 4
Samsung Galaxy S
Verdict?
Operating system (OS)
Apple iOS4
Google Android 2.1 (upgradeable to 2.2)
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Display technology
Capacitive retina IPS
Capacitive Super AMOLED
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Display resolution
640x960 pixels
480x800 pixels
iPhone 4
Multitouch
Yes
Yes
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Camera
5 megapixels, LED flash, autofocus, geotagging
5 megapixels, no flash, autofocus, geotagging, face and smile detection
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FM radio
No
Yes
Galaxy S
GPS
Yes
Yes
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Internal memory
16GB or 32GB
8GB or 16GB
iPhone 4
Expandable memory
No
microSD card slot
Galaxy S
Dimensions
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3mm
122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9mm
iPhone 4
Weight
137g
118g
Galaxy S
Application store
Apple App Store
Google Android Market
iPhone 4
Processor
Apple A4
ARM Cortex A8 (1GHz)
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3G networks
HSDPA 850/ 900/1900/2100
HSDPA 900/1900/2100
iPhone 4
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
802.11b/g/n
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Bluetooth
2.1 with A2DP
3.0 with A2DP
Galaxy S
Quoted talk time
Up to 7 hours
Up to 6.5 hours
iPhone 4
Quoted standby time
Up to 300 hours
Up to 576 hours
Galaxy S
Adobe Flash support
No
No (Yes after 2.2 update)
Galaxy S

As you can see, both smart phones stack up reasonably well, with each possessing its own strengths and weaknesses. The Samsung Galaxy S offers TouchWIZ 3 — it's Samsung's alternative to the Sense UI on the HTC Desire and promises a similar user-customisable interface.
Although Samsung's innovations on the software side of Android are impressive, it's the phone's hardware which is getting some serious attention. In particular, the 4in super AMOLED display is one of the largest touch screens on an Android phone , alongside the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. Apple's iPhone 4 uses existing IPS technology (the same used on the iPad, but thanks to its 640x960 pixel resolution it has been described as a "retina" display, due to the human eye being unable to distinguish individual pixels.

Unfortunately, the Samsung Galaxy S has an all-plastic body, which is disappointing given it's a premium smart phone. The menus don't look as polished as the interface on HTC's Android smart phones, though this remains a personal preference. The iPhone 4's stainless steel band (which also doubles as the phones antenna) is certainly intriguing, and at just 9.3mm thick, it is one of the world's thinnest smart phones.

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