“In the 2014 edition of the smartphone wars, it’s going to come down to the Galaxy S5 and the iPhone 6. But even in April when Samsung’s sequel debuts, it’s not going to deliver enough to sway people away from their iPhones,” Mark Spoonauer writes for LAPTOP. Samsung’s “5.1-inch follow-up doesn’t represent that much of a threat. Here’s why the iPhone 5s is still the device to beat.”
“While the back of the S5 feels nicer, the metal-and-glass iPhone 5s still has a more premium vibe. I’ll take aluminum gold over plastic gold every time,” Spoonauer writes. “While I applaud Samsung for giving a flat makeover to its TouchWiz overlay for Android, iOS 7 is still by far the easiest software to use on a mobile device. The iPhone 5s… feels like a more curated experience.”
“For me, I love being able to take notes in a meeting on a MacBook Air and then have them automatically show up on my phone. That’s just one of the benefits of iCloud. You don’t have to think about it,” Spoonauer writes. “Meanwhile, Samsung has tried its hand at selling content (movies, books, TV, etc.), but it doesn’t feel nearly as seamless as the iTunes store.”
“Secret. Infinity Blade 3. Flappy Birds. Vine. Mailbox. Amazon Instant Video. Facebook Paper. Tinder. I could go on. Whether it’s a hot new messaging app or a game everyone is talking about, the best apps tend to go to iOS first. And some never make their way to Android,” Spoonauer writes. “A recent study from Kaspersky Labs found that 98 percent of mobile malware targets Android… most smartphone owners would rather not deal with these kinds of headaches.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Custom 64-bit processor tailored for the OS and hardware vs. 32-bit off-the-shelf antiques. Chamfered aircraft-grade aluminum and glass vs. a plastic phone. An OS specifically tailored to the hardware vs. an insecure, fragmented third-party OS. We could go on and on and on.