Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4s

Comparing Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4S, Galaxy S3 specs, Samsung S3 & iPhone pros & cons

Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 4s review: Epic Battle

When we are comparing world's best smart phones, it is really difficult in judging the best phone. We are comparing iphone 4S which was released in 2011 with newly released Galaxy S3 which is upgraded version of legendary Samsung Galaxy S2.

Both the smart phones are loaded with great hardware & software inside. They are one of their kind & that's why they are one of the most awarded gadgets. Samsung became no.1 with a great success of galaxy S2 & now there are lot of expectations from S3.

Display: Tie between S3 & iphone 4s

The Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III has a monstrous display of 4.8 inch. The Apple iPhone 4S's screen is of relatively smaller size – 3.5 inch. Galaxy SIII has SUPER AMOLED capacitive display which is the best display. iPhone's LED-backlit IPS TFT is also good but somehow S3 looks impressive in this segment.

The iPhone's display is quite sharper than Samsung Galaxy S III. It has 330 ppi & has display resolution of 640 x 960 pixels. On the other side, Samsung Galaxy S 3's sharpness is around 306 ppi but has more resolution which is 720 x 1280. As far as the protection is considered, both the screens have Corning gorilla glass to protect the display .

SIII's screen comes with a TouchWiz UI v4.0.

Galaxy S3: 9/10
iPhone 4S: 8/10

Design: Both are well designed

Samsung I9300 S3 as well as Apple iPhone 4S sports 3.5 MM standard jack which allows you to connect the headphones.The Samsung Galaxy S 3 is known to be 8.6 mm thick. Its Length & breadth measures to be 136.6 x 70.6mm. Dimensions of Apple iPhone 4S are 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3mm. The Apple iPhone 4S weighs around 140 gms which is heavier than Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III which weighs, around 133 gms.

Galaxy S3: 9/10
iPhone 4S: 9/10

Processor & Os: iPhone 4s Wins

The Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III is powered by a Exynos 4212 Quad chipset & Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor where as The Apple iPhone 4S is loaded with a Apple A5 chipset & Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 processor.Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III has the Android OS with version v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich).Its competitor,Apple iPhone 4S has the iOS 5 with version upgradable to iOS 5.1 which will be coming in 2012 3Q.

As far the OS is concerned, there is no match for iOS which is far more better than android. Android OS has got lot of glitches & ios is the clear winner.iphone has 5 millions apps where as Android has 1 million apps. Some of the android apps are not safe & secure.

Galaxy S3: 8/10
iPhone 4S: 10/10

Internal Memory: Galaxy s3 gets edge

The Samsung Galaxy S III equipped with 1 GB RAM & contains 16/32/64 GB storage.The Apple's phone is equipped with 512 MB RAM & contains 16/32/64 GB storage.Samsung S III's memory is expandable up to 64 GB using microSD.

one of the disadvantages of the Apple iPhone 4S is, there is no provision to add microSD card. I would prefer to buy a phone which allows me to carry data in microSD card.

Galaxy S3: 9/10
iPhone 4S: 8/10

Camera: iPhone 4S takes better shots

iPhone's camera is capable of taking better shots compared to Galaxy S3. It is true that both the smart phones have similar 8 mega pixel camera as a primary shooter but quality of images taken by 4S is better than Galaxy S3.

Both smart phone cameras have auto focus as well as LED flash which comes handy when you need to take pictures in low light.

iPhone & S3 are capable of shooting videos at 1080p@30fps(frames per second) & 1080p@30fps respectively. As far as the Quality of images in considered, both phones capture great images & videos.

Both the phones have secondary camera which is great advantage for tho who love to make video calls & use skype. S3 has a 1.9 MP secondary camera while iPhone has VGA camera.

Galaxy S3: 8/10
iPhone 4S: 9/10

Battery Backup

Samsung I9300 has got bigger battery. But when we compare its performance, it lasts for the same time as iphone 4S lasts. S3 needed bigger battery to keep the 4.8 Super amoled display running for a day. S3 has a standard battery of 2100 mAh capacity & the Apple iPhone 4S contains battery of 1432 mAh capacity.

iPhone 4S lasts for maximum 200 hours when 2G is used & lasts for 170 hours when 3G Internet accessed.

Galaxy S3: 9 /10
iPhone 4S: 8/10

Miscellaneous

iPhone has a great advantage of Siri application. Android's voice recognition fails most of the time. Apples icloud service has a competition of Dropbox 50 GB free space from Galaxy S3.

Galaxy S3 has google maps, youtube, picasa ,eye tracking & swype (predictive text input).It even has document editor. It has microUSB, bluetooth v 4.0. Internet accessing is faster on galaxy S3. S3 supports 4G & best wifi connectivity.Iphone lacks Fm radio where as Galaxy S3 has Fm as well as Adobe Flash support.

S3 has got lots of features which were missing in iPhone 4S.

Galaxy S3: 10 /10
iPhone 4S: 8/10

Verdict:

Galaxy S3: 62 /70
iPhone 4S: 60 /70

iPhone 4s certainly proves itself against the S3 but we have to admit that Apple has a great competition now. Even if android OS has flaws, S3's design & feature is much better than iPhone 4S. iPhone & S3's drop test proves that S3 is a sturdy piece. Apple App store & camera is the only segment in which iPhone clinches the victory.

Galaxy S3 wins the battle but as you can see its a marginal victory. Apple Boys have been criticizing Android phones for various reasons but S3 is something which changes the face of Android. iPhone really has a competitor now.