iPhone 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S ---> Comparison

           

          iPhone 4 is one of the best phones out in the market right now, along with Evo 4g (It is quite surprising how sometimes, the 4g network in Evo is slower than the Wi-Fi in the iPhone 4), Samsung Galaxy Series Phones, and the Motorola Droids. Even though the  "elite " Droid phones (with Android), such as Droid X and Droid 2 are still quite competitive in the market, others phones such as T-mobile MyTouch 4g and LG Optimus (speed and economic-wise) have gone up ahead. In fact, the Droid Touch Phones did not even go into the top 5 "Best Phones of 2010".



Galaxy S comes with Android 2.1 Eclair with the Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 UI and is supposed to get the Android 2.2 Froyo update soon. The iPhone 4 comes with the latest version of the iPhone OS - iOS4. The iOS platform has more than 225,000 applications in the App Store while the Android Market has around 68,000 applications. While the iPhone Appstore is restricted, the Android Market is open. Android 2.2 will also have Flash support. The Galaxy S comes with the Swype text input system built into the device which

is a lot easier than typing virtual keys ( like the BlackBerry Storm 2 "press" screen). The Android Market is like a "jailbroken" iPhone appstore, as you can get apps that are not currently uploaded into the app store.

 

Regarding the design and size, the iPhone 4 has a clean, elegant design and the Galaxy S has a stylish, minimal design too. The Galaxy S is considerably bigger than the iPhone 4. Both are extremely slim and have superb build qualities. The iPhone 4 has a beautiful 3.5 inch retina display with a resolution of 640 x 960 pixels, while the Samsung Galaxy S has a brilliant 4 inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Both the displays are easily among the best, with the iPhone 4 marginally leading the way in terms of display quality and the Galaxy S winning the size battle. Both Phones have a 1 GHz and 512 MB RAM restriction. Galaxy S has 8/16 internal memory with a 32GB microSD card. while the iPhone 4 can come in either 32 or 16GB. All Galaxy Phones have a Super AMOLED screen (which is one reason for the heavy price tags), and especially on the Samsung Galaxy Epic 4g, the Super AMOLED is the best and most polished. In fact, the epic 4g was the 1st on the top 5 2010 phones on CNET.

Both the iPhone 4 and the Galaxy S are closely matched in the multimedia category. The Galaxy S has a great 5 MP camera with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. It also has features like autofocus, geotagging, touch focus, face detection, and smile detection. The iPhone 4 has an 5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash which can capture images at a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels too. Both of them take excellent shots but the iPhone has a large image sensor which produces more "finely-grained" images than the Galaxy S's. Both the Galaxy S and the iPhone 4 can record 720p videos at 30 FPS. The iPhone 4 also comes with a front facing secondary camera which lets you make video calls using Facetime; while the the Galaxy S doesn't have a secondary camera, as video chat is not on most of the Galaxy Phones. The iPhone 4 clearly has the upper hand when it comes to camera and video recording.

The iPhone 4 beats down the Galaxy S in multimedia, but sadly the Galaxy S allows itself to act as a Wi-Fi mobile hotspot while the iPhone 4 does not have this feature. HSDPA, A2DP, GPRS etc. are all on both phones. Also, if an iPhone 4 is askance or held in a certain position, its Wi-Fi will suddenly degrade, which gives the Galaxy S an edge in network.

Personally, both phones are extremely advanced and it would be very hard to decide which one anyone would choose without looking at its capabilities first. iPhone 4 has better multimedia capabilities, while Galaxy S is more of a business phone, as its networking options vary greatly, and function much more flawlessly than iPhone 4. I would go with the Galaxy S, as an ardent schooler, I would definitely need the strong, stable Wi-Fi to connect to my contacts, etc etc.