Thursday, October 20, 2011

the Samsung Galaxy S II, best smartphone, still considered in a class with the iPhone 4S

intense competition in mobile phones, has forced phone companies to always develop new and better products and good compared with its rivals, or at least compensate for the quality of its products and this also occurs in Samsung and Apple.

Apple Inc. recently launched a new series iPhone, iPhone 4S. The public had responded well, which can be seen from more than one million customers in seven states who ordered the iPhone on the first day of its bid 4S (pre-sale).

the Samsung Galaxy S II, best smartphone, still considered in a class with the iPhone 4S



To compete with the iPhone 4S, Samsung and Google is also preparing the launch of Nexus Prime. But, who originally planned the launch of October 11 was postponed, as a sign of respect and sorrow for the death of the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs.

But, Samsung still has the Samsung Galaxy S II, which is still considered a class with the iPhone 4S. In fact, the Galaxy S II was crowned as the best phone in 2011 in the T3 Awards.

Samsung Galaxy S II became the "Phone of the Year" in the event that triggered by a British technology magazine T3, after beating the iPhone 4. In addition to T3, tech page TechRadar also called the Samsung Galaxy S II as the best cell phone, and beat the iPhone 4.

Then can the Samsung Galaxy S II stand as the best and beat the iPhone 4S. Here is a comparison, as quoted from Apple Insider:

Speed:

Galaxy S II uses Samsung's Dual Core processor 1.5 or 1.2 GHz. But it seems slightly superior to the iPhone 4S A5 Dual Core processor Apple production.

However, the iPhone 4S lost in the network, because it still uses the 3G (HSPA 14.4). While the Galaxy S II uses a 4G network.

Specifications:

iPhone 4S better in displays, with a screen resolution of 960x640 and Retina Display, compared with Plus and Super AMOLED screen resolution of 800x480. But the screen size bigger Galaxy II, which is 4.3 inch, 3.5 inch screen compared to the iPhone 4S.

For the camera, both phones have the same 8MP. But the camera's Galaxy II is superior, that is 2MP, when compared to the iPhone 4S is only VGA. For any video, S Galaxy II has a 1080p High Profile, compared to the iPhone 4S is only 1080p.

But Siri features of the iPhone is making excess 4S 4S iPhone, though still in beta. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S II also features voice activation Vlingo.

Usage:

Galaxy II has a lighter weight, only 4.3 ounces, compared to a 4.9-ounce iPhone 4S. But the dimensions of the iPhone 4 S countless smaller and thinner than the Galaxy S II.

For the battery, both phones are claimed to have the same durability, with a duration of 8 hours of talk time. But, the battery in the Galaxy S II can be removed and replaced, not like the iPhone.

Content:

For applications, Android clear IOS superior in terms of availability of many options download location, could be from the Android Market, the app-store or third party (such as Samsung Apps). iPhone can only find the app in AppStore. But keep in mind, has more than 500,000 AppStore app.

In addition to the app, Galaxy S II can also be used as a remote control for HD-TVs, especially those that are also manufactured by Samsung.



Other:
For memory, the iPhone has no external storage 4S. Not only that, the price was adjusted with internal storage, the greater the storage, will be more expensive. For the cheapest 16GB, priced at U.S. $ 199, while the most expensive 64GB costs $ 399.

As for prices S Galaxy II range U.S. $ 199-229. Galaxy II has 16GB of internal storage and external storage even allows only up to 32GB.