“The tech world is all abuzz about the ever sharpening face-off between Apple’s flagship iPhone 5 and Samsung’s new Galaxy S4,” The Stabley Times writes. “From a distance they look perhaps similar, leaving customers unsure of what to make of the two models.”
“While the salespeople in stores like Best Buy and Radio Shack tend to be the kind of technology enthusiasts who are all too eager to steer you toward their preferred S4, their reasons for doing so may not match up with reasons mainstream consumers care about [spiffs],” The Stabley Times. “So in the interest of presenting the other side of the argument, here are five advantages the iPhone 5 has over the Galaxy S4.”
Five Apple iPhone 5 advantages over the Samsung Galaxy S4:
• Screen quality
• Battery life
• Music
• App Store
• Compatibility
Read more in the full article here.
What about:
Physical build quality
OS quality
Component quality
Customer Service quality
Warranty quality
Support quality
User quality
?
To name a few others…
well done – breeze
I was in Sam’s Club yesterday to get a car battery and I took the opportunity to check out the cell phones. I wanted to get a first-hand look at the Galaxy Note II and the more recent Galaxy S models.
The first thing that I noticed is that the iPhone 5 was the only device that was active and allowed you to interact with the device (flipping pages, etc.). Th Samsung devices were dormant with a fake display graphic. That killed my plan of actually comparing graphics quality. So I focused on the size and utility of the devices. From my perspective, the Note II is more of a niche device for those people who desire a handheld computer more than a compact phone. You can hold it in one hand quite easily, but I think that most people would find it cumbersome to tote around, especially in your pocket. The iPhone and Galaxy S series are more classic cell phones. The iPhone is clearly the more elegant and compact device. But I could easily envision a larger version of the iPhone with a 4.5″ or so display that would likely sell quite well. In fact, I could see Apple selling several versions of the iPhone with displays ranging from the size of the current iPhone 5 to something in the range of the Galaxy S4 to a phablet in the range of the Note II. The latter model could be either a large iPhone or a small iPad, depending on Apple’s marketing strategy. If (when?) Apple decides to include full connectivity in all of its mobile devices, then that distinction becomes of secondary importance. The iPhone/iPad experience would bridge the size/display range from 3.5″ to 9.7″ with versions at 4″, 4.5″ or so, 5″ to 5.5″, and 7.9″. That would be six models, five if you ditch the old 3.5″ (3:2) form factor and start with the elongated 4″ iPhone 5 display as the base.
Apple started out the iPod with just one model, but eventually differentiated the iPod lineup with great success. I don’t know why some people are so strongly against a similar approach for the iPhone. Apple designers could maintain a lot of component commonality between these iPhone models to keep manufacturing costs under control. And consumers would be able to make a reasonable, but limited choice between models to suit their needs.
It seems reasonable to me, anyway.
Gave you 5 stars for that. 🙂
One reason I enjoy Apple is less choice. I know exactly what phone ill have my next contract. It is one less thing to worry about.
I don’t know about that… If there’s one thing Apple tries to avoid, it’s Buyer’s Remorse.
The iPods are very different from one another. Different user interfaces for the most part. You know which one you want and why.
Apple seems to take a different approach, focusing on pixel density, etc., rather than just making different sizes of the same thing.
Who knows though, they may take the plunge and do it… Just seems unlikely. I have yet to hear someone say “I wish my iPhone was bigger”.
I’m fairly certain none of those intangibles matters to Wall Street because they can’t readily be measured. From past observation, it’s only important how many iPhones Apple can sell which relates to global market share. If Apple doesn’t sell as many smartphones as Samsung, it will be seen as Apple losing in smartphone dominance and Apple stock will continue lose value. Highest sales numbers appears to determine the winning company in regards to value. I’m going to closely watch Apple’s financial call for last quarter to see if I’m right about that.
comparing to the android os what is the MAIN ADVANTAGE
7) Upgradability
— Android is troubled with development issues
— no guarantee the S4 will get an upgrade to the OS
8) 3-6 month cycle of new models
— outdates faster, obsolete, dead-end device
9) riddled with viruses & security vulnerabilities
— all I can say is protect your data (pins & credit info) and good luck
10) Higher resale value
11) No viruses/malware
Why can’t we have all those good stuff that MDN and everyone else has listed, AND ALSO Samsung’s larger screen size? Why must it be either or. I want both.
Beacuse I shouldn’t have to carry my phone around in a backpack? 😛
That’s what tablets are for. It’s a phone, I don’t believe a 6 inch phone screen is optimal. Good luck getting that thing in and out of your pocket.
Just get yourself a set of Captain Kangaroo pockets, the ultimate fashion statement!
I am a medium build 5 10″ man, I find it lucky that iPhone 5 is just “thick” and “big” enough for me to carry with in my jeans and pants pocket, while allowing my wallet and keys be along without my need to spread them around other apparels or bag. Yet and yet… You don’t feel that stuffed feeling on your thigh.
And to do thing on it single-handedly? Yes. I need that too occasionally and am glad it is designed with great details.
Oh and oh, Siri and the UI? Any Android phone can compare? They can only claim they “have” similar features. They “HAVE” the “FEATURES”. That’s all.
Btw, how long after iPhone5 has been on released before Samsung Galaxy S4 is available?
After using a Galaxy S3 for 6 months I can definitely say that email is much better on the iPhone. That said, I much prefer Android’s ability to assign default apps for tasks (like Chrome for browsing etc) and quick access to settings like wifi, bluetooth etc.
Agreed on the default Apps thing. That’s a good idea, that really should just be be part of iOS too. I don’t really have that much of an issue with the Settings thing, but I understand why others do.
But if apple took that idea, they would then sue google for stealing it….
They should make a 5″ iPhone with a honking huge and I mean humongous battery that will last 3 days without charging even if it means a thick, fat iPhone. I don’t care. As long as I don’t have to keep it permanently attached to the power cord just to play a couple of games on it, that would be fantastic.
Don’t make it suck, Apple.
Well you could get a ‘mophie juice pack’.
If that doesn’t suffice, perhaps just plugging your iPhone into you car cigarette lighter would do. I wouldn’t particularly recommend it, but preferably while parked in a closed garage with the car running wouldn’t hurt (us).
Then there is the option of just sticking the USB into the side of your head. There has to be enough lead there for the Energizer Bunny to bang his drum for years. However, maybe you should consult with the Aflac Duck before you do.
What I love about Apple is they don’t try to cater to the niche. They leave that up to 3rd parties. Like people say why doesn’t Apple build a key board like the surface, because there giving someone else the opportunity to make money.
I am somewhat confused – several folks have mentioned Apple DOES NOT catering to the niche. On the contrary, THAT IS EXACTLY what APPLE has always done. All products start off as these insanely incredible products that slide into a unthought of tiny category that other companies seem to have over looked. The success of its products become so fantastically popular; due to the quality and brilliance, that we all forget about the niche once was.
“Niche market, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector.” iPhone was targeted at a 1% worldwide goal for Apple. Achieving that goal was exceeded far beyond expectations… and there seems no limit as to where and how amazing iOS take us next.
You’re both half right.
Apple does not cater to the niche, nor do they make products that ‘cater’ to anyone in particular.
Apple discovers the overlooked or unthought-of way to do things better, and builds to that model. And suddenly what was a “niche” (because of the very few visionaries among us) is suddenly “of course it should be done that way.”
THAT is what makes Apple great. Not the products. The vision.
Apple makes the same phone 4 times and gives it a new number, and a letter. No major changes are made from phone to phone. I phone 4 to 4s….3 to 3g,then to 3gs. Now 5 and 5s on the way….. Rediculous.
@breeze!! U CANT BE SERIOUS? Warranty better with Apple u think? Unless you live in Australia where Apple believes they are above the law and don’t fix a thing. Lets compare that to Samsung who will send a courier too your door, take it away, repair it and courier it back in 5 days. Component quality as well you believe. Is it not Samsung that now manufactures close to 83% of all micro chip in every category. Whens the last time u looked in side a Bang & Oufson Amp. OH< YEA U SAY OS quality. Whens the last time u tried too blu-tooth from apple to any other device on the planet with 100% success. Or transferring a file between phones that aint Apple. Oh and those of u who keep crapping on that they have had the S3 for 6 months and cant wait to go back too Apple are fulla crap. Soon as I switched from iphone 4 to Samsung s2 long ago I haven't looked back. That and the fact I don't get screwed every 5 mins to purchase apps, or adapters or any other crap Apple force u to buy. Iphone is out dated, boring, and the main reason the Apple fanboy base is still large is simply because they have been screwed over for so many years with the purchase of adapters, docks systems and all the other crap they brain dead Apple fan paid ten times too much for that they would never consider leaving Apple because all the crap lying on their floors, in cupboards ect has left them financialy screwed. Apple fans remind me of that old fella living down the street who bought a set of speakers 20 years ago and still believes they sound better than what u can get now. That thing u call a phone is as usefull as my 1970 calculator. Get with the times.
You are trying to hard mate.
crike m8 you must need to get put more !
I always had fantastic Apple Support in Oz !
Get a life, dip.
Thanks for the laugh 🙂
Crikey! Haven’t you heard that because Samsung has abused their relationship with Apple, they soon will no longer be making Apple’s ARM chipsets?
Bet those speakers are better than any crs they make for the consumer market these days!
“…haven’t looked back.” Yet here you are at MacDailyNews. Hmm.
You’re just an idiot, Crikeym8. The accessories don’t keep us tied to Apple. If anything, it’s a complaint that even some Apple fans have! If you knew anything about what you were talking about, you would know that Apple changed the connector on the iPhone 5 and new iPad. We’re not locked in by Apple. We stay with Apple because their products are simply infinitely better.
And, by the way, I have a pair of speakers in my living room that is 30 years old and the they do, in fact, sound better than 99% of what’s on the market today. I listen to vinyl, broadcast radio, and iTunes through them but that’s irrelevant to this argument. The iPhone uses the latest chip, display, and battery technology. It has the best design and build quality of any consumer technology on the planet. But thanks for playing.
Me too pal. Martin Logan Monoliths, :-).
I still have the original Thiel CS2’s that I bought back in ’83. I don’t know if they sound any better or worse than what’s currently available because they sound fucking great!
Prolly not as good as my old JBL 4311Ws. I love them. Connected to my similar vintage Luxman 350 watt receiver that also kicks asp. LPs are the best. Most have outlasted their CD counterparts and will still be played 100 years from now. CDs are slowly dying. Some stopped playing years ago. Oh and for Apple, got away from Macs years ago and only recently rediscovered them when I traded an obsolete Corei7 straight up for a 13″ Macbook Pro Corei5. Don’t know why it took me so long to come home.
Crikeym8. You’re showing signs of dimentia androidia samsungia. This is what happens when one becomes deluded by media hype and ScamScum TV ads and purchases a ScamScum phone. Then out of utter disappointment in themselves for wandering off into chintz land they begin to lash out at those who bought the one they should have in the first place…Apple.
Why are you here ? Is it to bait apple users or are you really this dumb. Honestly I don’t get this fanatical crap about a bloody phone for gods sake.
They are PHONES not a religion. I like my iPhone, get heaps of functionality and it never goes weird as the the GS3 I had last year (work phone). It would crash quite a lot, mainly with apps going spastic. After a month of farting about with this thing I took it to a phone shop and got the sim card cut and put it my iPhone. My work got the GS3 swapped out but it made no difference. I believe it was the fragmentation of android was the main problem, apps that worked on a HTC crashed on the Samsung taking the whole thing out.
I reject android as it is clunky, unstable (compared to the iPhone) feels like junk an has worse battery life especially if widgets are used.
Android itself reminds me of windows, all over the place and unstable to the point making me very annoyed.
Bluetooth, yeah well, my Bluetooth keyboard works, and my portal of power for skylanders works. No problems there.
Transferring files just a email away.
Force you to buy, I haven’t had any Apple bodyguard force me to buy anything. What alternate universe you live in?
Let’s see, I use my Apple phone daily, iPad daily, AppleTV daily, Mac computers twice or more a week. My uses her phone daily and iPad mini daily. My daughter uses her iPad daily and none are left in cupboards.
Just because you like crappy products, and want to share with other crappy products, so be it.
I have 1001 ways why Apple products are great, what about you?
I forgot to mention. Your comment on Blue Tooth compatibility is bunke. Go read the reviews on BlueTooth compatibility with devices. Unless you’re talking about some cheap poorly designed junk product that claims to be BlueTooth. If you want to ensure BlueTooth compatibility you have to read the system requirements for the device. Up until recently, you couldn’t sync an Android phone to a car stereo. It’s somewhat better now.
The proof that you are correct is all in these other responses, people don’t get pissed like that when you’re wrong, they’re pissed because you are 100% right.
16 Apple iPhone 5 advantages over the Samsung Galaxy S4
1) Screen quality
2) Battery life
3) Music
4) App Store
5) Compatibility
6) Physical build quality
7) OS quality
8) Component quality
9) Customer Service quality
10) Warranty quality
11) Support quality
12) Upgradability
13) Obsolescence Resistance
14) Security
15) Higher resale value
16) Cool Factor
Compiled from above comments with a couple of mine… And there’s surely more
Not here to start a war, but I did stumble upon this article and I am an android user.
I’m not sure how you can substantiate the following, perhaps you could enlighten me to making a better a decision on my next purchase:
1. Screen Quality
2. Battery Life
3. Compatibility
I can’t comment on the component quality, customer service, warranty or support quality since I’ve neither had a problem with my Galaxy s2 to date, nor with my ipod touch.
I won’t delve into the Andoid vs. ios debate, I’ll put it down to a matter of personal preference. If you’re a tech person I would say android is likely better, if you prefer something simpler then I would say ios is better.
Nicholas. I just complied the list from comments from everyone else. The only one I added was cool factor, and that’s purely subjective. The reason I even made this post was because there are a number of Apple basher/haters here in a Mac forum. I’ve never measured the color accuracy or distortion, so screen quality is unsubstantiated except that Apple’s Retina Display is always rated at the top of the heap. Doesn’t mean other screens aren’t good though. Battery Life I don’t have the data right now. As for compatibility, iOS will always be the most compatible because Apple is the most meticulous in controlling software interfaces
And I’m not against anyone choosing an Android OS based product. That’s what the free market is all about. Choices. I am however totally opposed to anyone buy their Android base product from Samsung. They are the antithesis of the free market. They steal money from other corporations by pirating designs and IP. They are the worst offender of any corporation in the electronics industry. If they are allowed to keep operating in the ruthless unconscionable destructive way that they do (and they will as long as people keep buying their products), other companies will either cut their development budgets and steal, or they will eventually drop out of the market because they can’t compete against a company that steals designs that they have paid for. They are one of the worst knock off crooks on the planet. They have stolen designs in every one of their business segments. And for whatever reason, people just et them go on operating the way they do. They put their research and development money into their legal team and advertising trying to get fines reduced and swaying public opinion.
Who is this guy, he better be careful or they might yank his tech bloggers licence. I hear Redmond is still looking for someone to fill a coffin. ; )
I remain a total Apple fanboy, but after trying out an S3 for several months (just to see what the competition has to offer), I must say that Apple needs to really up its game for the iPhone 6 — the competition is fierce and serious.
My biggest hope (in addition to all the oft-requested little tweaks, such a easy access to toggles), I want a 5″ screen (or at least an option for one). It makes a huge difference in terms of usability. (And that PR line about being able to reach all parts of the screen with your thumb as justification for the iPhone screen size is really just marketing BS; I did just fine using the S3).
And while the Apple App store remains significantly better in terms of breadth and quality compared to Amazon Play, that distinction is rapidly disappearing.
So, fingers crossed that Apple once again sets a bar high enough to make the competition panic.
You’ve never owned anything from Apple.
“I remain a total Apple fanboy, but after trying out an S3 for several months …”
Not that much of a total Apple fanboy by the sound of it.
Try looking up words like ‘total’ and ‘remain’, if you actually have access to any Apple devices, it’s a trivial matter to look up definitions of words.
And this is why normal people think apple fans are insane…
You left out the fact that Apple upgrades its software and so the initial purchase becomes more up to date than the competition.
I own a 1990 Samsung tv. It’s going to the cottage.
I owned a Samsung TV once (won it, didn’t buy it, 2004 model I think). It broke after two years. Paid $400 to have it repaired (bad warranty). Broke again. Repairman suggested I sell it on Craigslist for $100 for parts because there are a lot of broken ones out there needing overpriced parts. Done. Even for free the thing sucked. Last Samsung product I’ll ever own, if I can help it.
That’s part of being obsolescence resistant.
#1 – It’s not a POS Copycat!
Lol
the really sad thing is that although Samsung saved a lot of time (years) and money (tens? hundreds of millions?) on R&D and testing because they STOLE they still can’t build something better.
you would think with a stolen free foundation they could with their large resources build something to push the envelope but NO, their big breakthroughs are stupid half cooked things like eye movement controller which a reviewer said “causes neck strain as you have to keep your head rock steady to see a movie”.
you would think since they saved so much on hardware research since they stole from apple and so much from software as they use android (also stolen from apple) they can afford better components etc but they STILL shaft the idiots with plasticky junk ….
(for android fanboys the court case lost clearly proves that Samsung stole)
look at the S4 launch presentation, the way it depicts people (its customers) show they have a low regard for them (especially women) — you wince when you watch it — , they probably think people who buy their stuff are the biggest fools…
Samsung DNA is SET… think about it :
it they can act dishonourably towards their customer apple and steal from it, why would they act honourably towards their customers who buy their S4s, Notes or tabs?
personally if I knew a businessman ripped off their biggest customer I would be leery buying from him…
See what I mean, the galacticly brain dead cant see past their own bullshit. What exactly did Apple invent that wasn’t originally manufactured by Samsung. Anyone can draw on a piece of paper and design a super car that flys and picks up women automaticly, but where did the technology come from again?? did the lcd touch screens just develop themselves did they?? or maybe the ram just was in someones bottom draw. Oh the micro ark circuits, who made them again?? Apple invented jack, al the did was put an idea together, companys like Samsung made it happen.
BS. and FUD.
“E.A. Johnson described his work on capacitive touch screens in a short article which is published in 1965[5] and then more fully—along with photographs and diagrams—in an article published in 1967.[6] A description of the applicability of the touch technology for air traffic control was described in an article published in 1968.[7] Bent Stumpe with the aid of Frank Beck, both engineers from CERN, developed a transparent touch screen in the early 1970s and it was manufactured by CERN and put to use in 1973.[8] This touchscreen was based on Bent Stumpe’s work at a television factory in the early 1960s. A resistive touch screen was developed by American inventor G. Samuel Hurst who received US patent #3,911,215 on Oct. 7, 1975.[9] The first version was produced in 1982.[10]”
Samsung had not one thing to do with touch screen development. It was developed as an idea a long time ago.
Also it is interesting to note that apple not samsung has more patents relating to touch screen tech than samsung does. Samsung has more LCD tech patents.
BS. and FUD.
“E.A. Johnson described his work on capacitive touch screens in a short article which is published in 1965[5] and then more fully—along with photographs and diagrams—in an article published in 1967.[6] A description of the applicability of the touch technology for air traffic control was described in an article published in 1968.[7] Bent Stumpe with the aid of Frank Beck, both engineers from CERN, developed a transparent touch screen in the early 1970s and it was manufactured by CERN and put to use in 1973.[8] This touchscreen was based on Bent Stumpe’s work at a television factory in the early 1960s. A resistive touch screen was developed by American inventor G. Samuel Hurst who received US patent #3,911,215 on Oct. 7, 1975.[9] The first version was produced in 1982.[10]”
Samsung had not one thing to do with touch screen development. It was developed as an idea a long time ago.
Also it is interesting to note that apple not samsung has more patents relating to touch screen tech than samsung does. Samsung has more LCD tech patents.
Also one could say the same thing about samsung as a ton of the components in the S4 and all of there phones are not made or manufactured by them. Snapdragon processors are qualcomms memory controllers are elpida, and I could go on and on, Even the cores in there octo Exynos S4 are stock ARM parts not developed by them with ARMS little big tech (meaning you cant use all 8 cores at the same time, either the 4 a7 for power consumption or 4 ARM a15s for more power, neither is the graphics unit they use which is PowerVR SGX 544MP from imagination technology about the only thing they do is copy well, they have that down pat.
Hell even the quad core version of the S4 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 off the shelf processor developed by qualcomm, who uses ARM’s tech to do so and Nvidia’s graphics unit.
5-stars mechanic50
Also for your info Samsung did not invent dram (dynamic random access memory)
Robert H. Dennard invented dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) in 1968; this allowed replacement of a 4 or 6-transistor latch circuit by a single transistor for each memory bit, greatly increasing memory density at the cost of volatility. Data was stored in the tiny capacitance of each transistor, and had to be periodically refreshed in a few milliseconds before the charge could leak away.
So why don’t you, if anyone can? Or is that anyone except you? Or maybe just an efficient and creative company? Or maybe you haven’t a clue what you’re talking about?
There are some fanboys here, but mainly people who think and have tasted the better product and experience of Apple…you pathetic attempts just make us laugh.
Oh and we remember how good Shamesung is and how they designed an iPhone clone before the iPhone came out!
Saying Apple didn’t invent the smart phone because Samsung made the chips is like saying Thomas Edison didn’t invent the incandescent light bulb because so,embody else had glass and tungsten laying around. RIDICULOUS. There was no phone in the market place with any level of smarts that performed in a way that people wanted. Until the iPhone. No Apple didn’t invent every aspect of the design, but that’s not what invention is. It’s bringing to practice something novel that didn’t exist before irregardless of whether the stuff inside it or on the surface of it existed before. That!s why the iPhone is recognized as the invention.
Me and 12 of my peers will bet you $1.06B that you’re wrong on several counts.
“From a distance they look perhaps similar, leaving customers unsure of what to make of the two models.”
Does this guy need glasses?¡¡¡¡ The Galaxy S4 looks nothing like the iPhone 5
Im a self confessed Samsung Fanboy, but putting that aside I wanted to correct a few inaccuracies
16 Apple iPhone 5 advantages over the Samsung Galaxy S4
1) Screen quality
How does a NON hi def 1136 X 640 resolution screen @ 340 PPI (iPhone 5) come close in quality to a 1920 X 1080 Full HD res screen @ 440 PPI ?
2) Battery life
See the tests for your self in the following link (dont forget to click expand to see where the iPhone5 comes) but in short The Galaxy S4 beat the iPhone 5 in both Video playback and Phone Call Talk time, The iPhone 5 won in continuous web browsing
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-battery-tests-are-done-heres-how-it-did/
3) Music
Google Music Match will match every single song from your iTunes Library and make it available to either stream or download to your android device, This service is free where Apple charge $25 per annum for the same service
4) App Store
There is only one Application store loaded on most Android devices, and that is the Google play store, it is excellent and has as many apps as the Apple App store . It has automated systems that run Apps in a virtual environment to see if they are malicious, if they are found to be malicious they are removed both from the store and end user devices.
However competition is good, and if you choose you can load on the Amazon App store or the Samsung App store, these alternative stores have the same apps at competing prices, with Samsung subsidizing apps for owners of Samsung Phones.
5) Compatibility
Samsung make sure that their flagship phones get at least 2 years of Official updates. my OLD Galaxy S2 which came with android 2.3, has just had it’s last update to android 4.1.2, With ALL the new features enabled including Google Now (Googles answer to Siri) where is Siri on the Iphone 4 ?
6) Physical build quality
Samsung can’t win them all, but in the UK Samsung give a 2 year warranty where Apple only give 1, so if it does have a build quality issue during the 2 years my contract runs for then samsung will repair it for free !
7) OS quality
I don’t have any factual stats for this and can only rely on personal preference, but would like to point out that being able to treat my home screen like a blank canvas and completely personalise it to my taste really makes it MY phone not the manufacturers.
8) Component quality
You realise that Samsung Supply Apple with most of their important components right ?
9) Customer Service quality
I’ll give you this one aswell, like I said no 1 company can win them all.
10) Warranty quality
Please refer to point 6
11) Support quality
I must admit having branded shops in every high street with with a team of customer assistants is effective, but it is also expensive, and you Apple guys pay for that with the cost of your products and services
12) Upgradability
I call being able to upgrade the Memory or Battery whenever I need it a win for Samsung
13) Obsolescence Resistance
The original Author cited a 3-6 month upgrade cycle for Samsung and we are only up to the Galaxy S4, with the Original Galaxy S launching in 2010, by my calculations that is only 1 flagship phone per annum. Unlike the Ipad 3, which became the Ipad 4 after 7 Months.
14) Security
There have been breaches on IOS security too, but is IOS more secure, probably yes, but at the cost of freedom of choice, you guys have recently lost App a day ( gave you a free or reduced cost app every day) not because it was a Virus, but because it was denting Apples financials, you are also not geting Facebook home (not that I would want it, but at least I have the choice) because Apple are so controlling.
15) Higher resale value
True, but not by much. I just compared a bottom of the range Galaxy S2 with a bottom of the range IPhone 4 and there was $15 difference
16) Cool Factor
In the US the iPhone is outselling the Galaxy S by 2:1, making the iPhone the Cool phone to have in the US everywhere else in the Western World the figures are reversed and the Samsung is outselling the iPhone 2:1, so really it comes down to this, in a list of countries in the Western World which are considered cool and which are not !!!
Because I reckon America lost quite a lot of it’s cool factor quite along time ago.
True, but not by much. I just compared a bottom of the range Galaxy S2 with a bottom of the range IPhone 4 and there was $15 difference
Read more at http://macdailynews.com/2013/04/14/five-apple-iphone-5-advantages-over-the-samsung-galaxy-s4/#xig0G4Xzse17Xsdl.99
did u just compare a 2010(ip4) phone with a 2011(s2) phone – and said the value is of little difference(?)
that’s just plain ignorant.
Anyone who buys anything from Samsung is supporting the world’s worst business behavior. They have copied designs and ripped off other companies’ Intellectual Property for years now, in virtually all of their electronic product lines. Their philosophy is to let other companies spend millions on research and development, and immediately steal the essential portions of the designs that make the product unique, modify it just enough to make the court cases drag on until the products no longer are for sale, then settle for reduced fines, then pay off their lawyers. The result is they make a profit via criminal,behavior, and feel no remorse about it. Anyone who supports that behavior by buying their 2nd class products deserves the crap they get and have to go through owning one. It’s beyond my comprehension how any of you fandroids can support them. Stop buying that crap and support true competition in the market place. Samsung makes parts, steals designs, joins the market late and reaps profit illegally because people like you keep telling them to continue doing it. There’s a Samsung sucker born every minute.
If you must buy Android because for some reason you’re averse to buying Apple, then go buy a Motorola phone. Quit supporting the company that laughs at you when you pay them.
Samf_ck is the indisputable leader in one industry leading product – “IP(s) Copier”.
If the truth be told, I don’t care which Multi Billion dollar company rips off which other multi billion dollar company, I only care about the money in my pocket. Apple products and especially the accessories are way over priced, you are not paying for quality, you’re just being openly robbed, they continue to peddle phones with a spec list that is 2 years out of date because it makes them cheaper to produce.
Non HD screens
No NFC
Dual core CPU’s when everyone else has moved to Quad core.
It was only the 2012 iPhone 5 that got a widescreen for the first time ever. iPhones are technologically in the stone age compared to Android phones.
Remember if your backing Samsung, you’re actually backing Google, who do cool things like Give all their best software away for free, on both IOS and android, and Produce a tablet that is sold at Cost price making it the best value for money tablet on the market.
What have Apple gifted to the world where are the Apple apps on Android ? As far as I can tell nobody in the Tech world grabs money like Apple, it’s about time they gave back to their consumers.
Red
1. You support the worst thief in industry. Almost everything they make (not just electronics) is a copied or stolen design. Way to support the guys who laugh at you.
2. Performance, not specs are what matters. The iPhone performs everything it’s design to quickly, and displays brilliantly, my iPhone 4 with a single core still does everything I use it for with snap and vigor. You’ve been taken in by hype and ads. Pure specmanship to lure the unsuspecting. People need quad core CPUs in their phones like they need an Indy car to go to the grocery. They’re laughing at you.
3. Non HD screens – that’s even more ridiculous than quad cores. A 27 in monitor with 2560×1440 resolution has 1/3 as many pixels per inch as the iPhone’s 326 ppi. Go look at an iPhone screen. It’s bright, the colors are right, there’s undetectable distortion, and it displays text and graphics stunningly. Putting more graphics processing power in a smartphone is a total waste of processing, memory and pixels. You’ve fallen prey to specsmanship and hype again. ScamScum suckered you by hyping something that was only theoretically better.
4. No NFC. Boy am I missing out there not having perhaps the most unsecured transmission method developed yet. And where would I use NFC? Businesses haven’t gone with it yet because of security and an optical scanning interface between your phone and a checkout station would be superior. And why would I get up and walk over to someone to transfer a file when I can hit a fwd button and send it to them. NFC today is just a hyped feature to again lure the unsuspecting to ScamScum’s products. Totally worthless feature rolled out to help sales to the suckers.
5. Value per dollar. Everyone talks about how expensive Apple products are. Well when you put together world class hardware, OS, available apps, and support, it becomes a bargain. Buyers don’t have to worry about whether their stuff will “just work”, Apple has always produced these trouble free products because they tightly controll OS-Hardware interfaces as well as the OS-AS interfaces. Some say they don’t like it because it doesn’t give them the flexibility they want. Well therein lies the issue. When you open things up for flexibility you also open up the barn door to incompatibilities. The original Android OS was a good concept, but it’s all forked up now. Even your precious ScamScum is going their own way. But theirs isn’t like Apple’s, they’re forking Android to tie you to their products and forked Android OSs will frustrate the users. Hundreds of millions of happy Apple customers must be wrong by your logic. Nobody in Apple’s markets does integration better …NOBODY. And that in itself is worth a few bucks more. For the price, Apple products are far and away the better choice. They’ll give you the best combination of product design, performance, and compatibility.
You have a terrible case of dimentia androidia samsungia, brought on by ScamScum industry high hype and advertising. They spend almost 4x on advertising than Apple, and they have to because their products and ecosystem are inferior, and You’ve come to believe the endless drivel coming from the pirates. Next time, to buy an Apple product, you’ll be way happier.
1) All the tech giants beg borrow and steal from each other, they do it by poaching key members of staff from each other that have inner knowledge of products and services that they want to acquire. I know for a fact that Apple is also guilty of this, and here is the evidence
http://www.webprofitsdesign.com.au/apple-headhunting-ex-google-employees/
2) Im sorry but I have seen an iPhone 4 in real life trying to run Temple run 2 with the graphics quality set to max in the settings, It wasn’t pretty. However Samsung’s equivalent to the i4 the Galaxy S2 can run with maximum settings no problem. it’s not hype 2 cores is better than 1, end of story and 4 cores is better than 2.
3) So what are you saying, Apple has reached the pinnacle of mobile display technology, so mankind should stop further development in this area ? Apple play the same game as everyone else with their phones. Every Major release get’s a bump in resolution and screen quality, I expect the i5s to be the same res as the i5, but the i6 will jump again, it is called progress, just Samsung is ahead in this area as they manufacture their own displays. When I get my S4 I will be able to look at large spreadsheets without pinching and zooming, now THAT is progress 🙂
4) Wow truly said by someone who does not use an NFC enabled device,
a) Content is not actually transferred via NFC it just sets up a secure wifi session between the 2 phones so no need for WPS etc. You can share without NFC using “Wifi Direct” and pairing pin numbers, NFC just takes all that away and makes it easy
b) your phone asks you to press ok before you transfer data so sorry no accidental data theft Via NFC/Wifi , YOU have to authorise it.
c) Why not just send it ? again you don’t understand as you don’t have this on your stone age device, I can transfer a 100MB folder full of music to a friend in theoretically 3 seconds, real world speed 10 seconds. I can transfer a 1GB High Definition (MKV) copy of a 40 minute TV show (1Hour minus the adverts) in around 90 seconds real world speed. please answer how you intend to “Send” data of that volume.
d) The iPhone 5s will almost certainly have NFC, and this is what annoys me about you Apple people, when you don’t have a feature you all act like you don’t want it, and it’s the worst ever, then Apple finally decides that it’s time to give you guys an upgrade to the same service (years later) and all of a sudden it’s the best thing ever. I had this argument some years back with Apple saying nobody needs a wide screen on their phone, but now you have it on the i5 and you all think it’s great, I bet the i5S will be quad core as well, then what will you say?
5) There is no denying the fact that Apple does not have it’s devices on the cutting edge of technology, If I pay a premium price I expect a premium device, I expect it to have every feature known to man, I don’t care that I won’t use them all, im just happy that they are there if I need them. The new S4 has a Barometer, when the hell am I going to use that, I have no idea but then I can’t see the future of what I will be doing during the next 2 years with the phone, when it comes in handy I will be glad I have got it. Apple just about give you what passes for a current phone and charge a premium anyway.
I watch a lot of American TV shows and all the characters almost exclusively have apple devices, Im sorry but that costs silly money, In my opinon Samsung need to spend their advertising money smarter not harder, Product placement is much more effective than expensive adds that no one watches because they mute the TV when the adds are on.
It really is not me that is deluded, it is you Apple guys who keep being sold the same phone over and over again, and think it is the best thing ever.
Things you will get when Apple thinks your allowed
A bigger higher res screen
NFC
A quad core processor
We already have all of these, no delusions here. You will keep on thinking you don’t need/want them until Apple tells you it’s ok to want them. Like multimedia messaging on the original iPhone, or Bluetooth audio (AVRCP), or Widescreen or Multitasking, Who knows maybe even one day Apple will let you set your own ringtone from an MP3 on your device.
I don’t game on the phone or transfer movies or huge music folders, so I don’t get any real benefit from multi core phones with NFC. If you use it that way, great. It’s just too bad you have to do it on a Samsung device, the company that is the worst pirate in the industry. The steal and copy everything, washers, dryers, video devices, watches, phones. No company does it as often and for as many products. Go research “the real story”. Samsung chooses to steal IP and reduce their R&D budget so they can spend it on advertising. Go buy an Android device from a reputable company. By buying from Samsung, you are hurting every other great supplier of smart phone whether it be an Android or iOS device.
I assure you, all these big companies are as bad as each other. I wouldn’t trust any of them, I just spend my money on the device that suits me best. The fact is at the moment only Sony, HTC and Samsung are doing 1080P HD screens, which is first on my priority list, the Sony is waterproof which is cool but the HTC and the samsung have Infrared remote control which is cooler for me, and of those 2 the HTC has a 4MP (special low light) camera and the Samsung a regular 13MP camera and a touch screen that you don’t have to touch to use, (works whilst wearing thick gloves), and so has to be the Samsung for me.
iPhone 5 works well with 1g ram , s3 sucks even it has 2g ram .
This is a pointless emotive statement unless you have facts and figures to back it up.
How does an i5 work well ? what makes an S3 suck ?
The s3 has 1g of RAM, check your facts before you embarrass yourself again!
“Picasso had a saying. ‘Good artist copy. Great artist steal.’ And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” – Steve Jobs
Apple steals and claims original innovation. It’s happened time and again. I don’t get the crazed defense of Apple or the near hatred of Samsung. Especially seeing as the claims against the S4 are weak and superficial. A few posters have made very well researched and constructed pro S4 arguments only to be met with insults, not real rebutting facts.
Apple does make great products. I own an Ipod because it works best with my Ford Sync – Microsoft’s own Zune doesn’t work as well. The ease of use I find both great and frustrating. I also do not like the one size fits all OS UI. I like having my calendar, weather, email, twitter, flip board and notes all available at quick glance. But for a music player (not music manager, as iTunes is not ideal) it works best for me.
I have the galaxy s3 and I love it. I love the big screen, the multitasking capabilites, the battery life and the free customization options. It’s a great phone that meets MY NEEDS. I wouldn’t give it to my mother because, an iPhone would be easier for her to use.
Please don’t hate Samsung and Android for petty infractions Apple is guilty of a well. Really, just don’t hate. Apple offers function with reliability in an always familiar format. Android offers many levels of function through dozens of devices and price points with the ability to tinker to your hearts content.
•screen quality
who cares
•battery life
i have 3 batteries for my android
•music
SPOTIFY. really, you still playing the “itunes” card
•app store
ahhhhhh…myth
•compatability
with what…itself and other apple products…micro usb is u iquitous
@Crikem8 and all the Other Biatches who hate Apple Products.
Can somebody put something in these Apple Haters mouth? My Zipper is Stuck!!!
It’s simple fools, it’s a matter of preference is what it comes down to. You see Apple didn’t force you to buy any apps from their app stores, it’s up to the User if they so decide that they came across an app that they find it useful to their daily day to day, then they can go in and buy/ or download a free app. No one is forcing you to open the App Store and hit PURCHASE! It’s the same way no one forces you to go to an Ugly pissey store called Google Play store.
Now here this!
– Compare the number of Apps that are available to what Android Offers! Ooops, sorry you can’t compare!
– Compare the number of upgrades that Apple offers vs. the Shitdroid platform offers! Sorry again, shit break, there is again No comparison with Apple.
– Compare the ease of use that Apple offers, even with providing Jailbreaking tools so you can have even more fun with your Apple devices vs. rooting your Piece of Shitdroid phone, which after several roots, I still hate the piece of Crap called Android!
– Battery life is an issue on both phones! It’s not just apple or Shitdroid/Samsung! It’s an industry challenge, that we have yet to overcome!
– The biggest thing is the user interface, ease of use, and design. This is where APPLE Shines with no competition. Have you suckers ever tried an iPhone for longer than 4 months? If not, I suggest you do, and you’ll know deep down how iPhone takes a giant dump on your Mamas Phones!
I’ve tried both S2, S3 and Apple iPhone 4S, and 5 – Hands down Apple takes a Huge DUMP on Samsung and Shitdroid! And I don’t stick with Apple b/c I’m brain dead, it’s b/c I’ve seen the Shit that smells to much around Apple competitors (Android/Samsung), and I’m not willing to be stuck in that toilet and smell that dung all day long.
Enough Said!
Is funny to me how people that don’t have the phone never touch it, can review it.
I won a iphone 5 and I just switched today to a S4.
The typing on iPhone is not good and we know it, the switch of language ( for people that do write in other languages, yes there is life outside USA ) is obsolete and don’t work well. The other main problem in the iphone 5 is the battery life, is so much a BS that apple don’t disclose its capacity, i don’t care if is apple or samsung or another brand, I just like to get the best for my money, and sure I don’t make any being a fan of a brand. In fact i loose. Thanks
I’ve been gathering information to make my very first smartphone purchase. Please explain why so many of the posts that favor Apple are peppered with such extreme incorrect grammar and misspelled words? Frankly, credibility is lost when the review reads like it was composed by one of Honey Boo Boo’s Kin.
You guys are crazy lol. Any stability issues are because of bad software choices apple just takes away the choices there you go no problems. Id rather have an awesome phone with a few glitches than be told what I want and how to use it.