iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S3: And The Winner Is… Samsung (Review)

23 hours ago by Dwayne Madden

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the most popular of handsets and has been since July when it was launched. Now it is face to face with one of its biggest rivals, the iPhone 5, which has just been released by Apple. So how do the two handsets compare to each other?

iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3: which is better?

It is a bit hard to compare the two devices when Apple fails to give out information regarding the processor speed of the handset along with the amount of RAM that the new iPhone has. All they tend to say is that the device is twice as fast as the A5 processor, which may lead some to believe that the iPhone 5 has a quad core processor, when it does not.
Popularity of the iPhone 5 is clear from the sales since launch, as with the Samsung Galaxy S3. More than 5 million people pre-ordered the iPhone 5 as soon as it became available. Samsung on the other hand sold over 20 million Galaxy S3 units in the first 100 days of its launch.
Form factor: The Samsung Galaxy S3 is 133g and comes in at 136.6×70.6×8.6mm, while the iPhone 5 is 112g and measures 123.8×58.6×7.6mm. When it comes down to thinness and weight the the iPhone 5 wins. And this is the best way to subjectively compare handheld electronics.
Screen: The iPhone 5 has a display of 4 inches and is LED IPS TFT and has a resolution of 1136 x 640 and the display is covered with Gorilla Glass. The screen of the Samsung Galaxy S3 also has Gorilla Glass 2 and is 4.8 inches at 1280 x 720 resolution. The display of the S3 is larger and recent tests by DisplayMate prove that is also has better screen technology than the Retina iPhone 5. So the S3 wins here.
Connectivity: Both handsets have connectivity to LTE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, while the Samsung Galaxy S3 also supports NFC. The S3 can be charged with any microUSB cable, while Apple has changed their connector and now users cannot use older accessories unless they pay for an adapter. Thanks to the fact that the S3 has NFC and S Beam for sharing photos and files and it has the universal port, it is the winner on the connectivity front.
Storage: Both of the handsets are available in 16GB, 32GB and 64 GB versions and have 1GB of RAM (international S3 model). However the Samsung Galaxy S3 supports SD card up to 64GB, which puts it ahead of the iPhone 5.
Camera: The handsets have 8 megapixel cameras on the back with autofocus and LED flash and they can take HD video and have video and image stabilisation. The Samsung Galaxy S3 supports smile detection, but it doesn’t beat the BSI sensor of the iPhone 5. In low light the iPhone 5 does take better photos, so it has to be the winner.
Power: The processor of the iPhone 5 is the Apple A6 chip which is based on two Apple ARMv7 cores of up to 1.3Ghz, and is helped by a triple core PowerVR SGX 543MP3. The Samsung Galaxy S3 has the Exynos 4412 chipset and four Cortex A9 cores at 1.4GHz with Mali 400MP GPU. If you want to play 3D games then it has to be the S3. Even the US version with is dual-core Snapdragon has a solid 2GB RAM to back it.
Battery: The battery on the iPhone 5 is 1440mAh, which should offer up to eight hours of talk time and the Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a battery of 2100mAh which gives 11 hours and 40 minutes of talk time, both on the 3G network. However in real world tests we found that the Samsung Galaxy S3 didn’t live up to its 11 hours 40 minutes promise and came in around the same as the iPhone 5. This category is therefore a tie.
OS: The two handsets have different operating systems. Apple of course has their iOS 6 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 runs on Android 4.0 ICS, with the Jelly Bean update coming soon. Which is the best is a matter of preference. If you want customisation then it has to be Android, however iOS is said to be the easier of the two to use.
Design: When it comes down to design the iPhone 5 is on top as the Samsung Galaxy S3 does look a little on the plastic side that isn’t fitting for a premium device.
In conclusion the Samsung Galaxy S3 took more points than the iPhone 5 (4 points versus 3). It beat the iPhone 5 when it came to the processor, display, connectivity and memory. However the iPhone 5 won over for its dimensions, the design and the camera. It was a draw when it came to battery life and the operating system on the handsets.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 available on Sprint today for $199, next week on Verizon

By Michael Rougeau  

 

Samsung's Galaxy S3 is the flagship for Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung's Galaxy S3 is finally available today on Sprint, after many delays and much confusion on every carrier.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes in 16GB and 32GB sizes, for $199 and $249 respectively with a contract from Sprint.
Verizon's Galaxy S3 is expected to release next week, and its pricing for the Android smartphone is also expected to be $199/$249.
Samsung initially announced that the Galaxy S3 release would take place on June 21, but on that very day the company announced that "manufacturing issues" would delay its release on all carriers.
That didn't stop them from fulfilling many pre-orders on time, but Sprint customers looking to walk into a store and try the phone out before they buy it have been out of luck until now.

Which carrier is best for Samsung Galaxy S3?

Sprint has the advantage of releasing the Samsung Galaxy S3 first, but which carrier's version of the phone is best? Read TechRadar's reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S3 for T-Mobile and AT&T.
The Galaxy S3 is the first Android smartphone to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, Google's Android 4.0 OS, which has arrived on many phones as an update.
But not every carrier will be taking advantage of the Galaxy S3's 4G LTE capabilities.
Sprint's version will run on 4G LTE, and the carrier's limited LTE network is expected to continue to expand.
Same goes for Verizon and AT&T, though T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy S3 won't support the fast 4G LTE network.
T-Mobile's version is also more expensive, at $229/$279 after a $50 mail-in rebate.
AT&T's, on the other hand, can be acquired at a discount from Target or Amazon Wireless, at $149 for the 16GB Samsung Galaxy S3.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes in white or "pebble blue" on Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile, and an exclusive red version will be released by AT&T in the coming months.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is the Android 4.0 flagship

TechRadar recently pitted the Samsung Galaxy S3 against its biggest competitors, Apple's iPhone 4S and HTC's One X.
The Galaxy S3 sports a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, Qualcomm S4 processor, 8MP camera, and 2100mAh battery.
The Android 4.0 smartphone also features NFC capabilities, facial recognition to track users' eye movements, and voice controls mimicking the Apple iPhone 4S's Siri.
Samsung expects to sell 10 million Galaxy S3 phones this month, and now that the phone's actually seeing a wide release, that number could be attainable.


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Samsung Galaxy Tab by Wikipedia

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based tablet computer produced by Samsung^[2] introduced^[3] on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin.
The Galaxy Tab has a 7-inch (180 mm) TFT-LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Samsung Exynos 3110 (code-named "Hummingbird") processor, the Swype input system,^[4] a 3.2 MP rear-facing camera and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera for video calls. It runs the Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system,^[5] and supports telephone functionality as speaker phone, via provided wired ear piece or Bluetooth earpieces (except models sold in the US). It can download videoconferencing apps such as Tango as alternative to telephone functionality.^[6]

Hardware

The tablet is enclosed in a plastic frame^[7] that makes it lighter than other metal-bodied tablets, weighing 380 g (0.84 lb).^[8]
The GT-P1000 model carries a 7" Super TFT instead of the AMOLED which is used by Samsung in its Galaxy S phones.^[9] The screen has a 1024×600 resolution With mDNIE (Mobile Digital Natural Images Engine). Internal flash storage of 2 GB (North America CDMA models), 16 GB or 32 GB can be supplemented with a microSD flash card with up to 32 GB. CPU is a Exynos 3110 Applications Processor (Also known as Hummingbird) features 1.0 GHz ARM architecture Cortex A8 application and has 512 MB of RAM paired with a PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor.
The WIFI only model has a different graphics chip that doesn't support TV out and Samsung has not provided (or promised to provide) an update to gingerbread.

The tablet has two cameras: a 3.2 rear MP camera with a LED flash and a 1.3 MP front camera for video calling (the Verizon model has a 3 megapixel rear camera).^[10] The front camera has auto focus capability. The camera also has auto image stitching, combining 8 pictures. Modes include single shot, continuous, panorama, and self-shot. It can automatically trigger on detecting that the subject smiles. Autogeotagging uses the internal GPS receiver.
The tablet has GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, and handsfree/bluetooth/headphone telephony. Cellular protocols include GSM CDMA, HSPA (HSUPA).^{[citation needed]}
It also has a proprietary 30-pin docking and charging connector not shared with other manufacturers.^[11] This connector appears very similar to the standard PDMI connector (a non-proprietary alternative to Apple's docking connector). It appears so similar to the PDMI connector that it is widely mistaken for it, but it is non-standard and all accessories, including charging cables, are incompatible with other equipment and only available from Samsung.^{[citation needed]}
Samsung says that its 4000 mAh battery will give it 7 hours of video playback or 10 hours of talk time.^[12][13]
The GSM variants of the Galaxy Tab have an externally-accessible SIM card slot. If the SIM card is removed while the system is on, the system automatically reboots. The AT&T and T-Mobile variants of the Galaxy Tab ship with a micro SIM in a micro SIM adapter. For non-US Galaxy Tabs, with phone function, this slot can also accommodate a 3G data-only SIM card if the user does not need telephone functionality.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab also has an optional RCA plug connector through which the screen image is shown on a TV or other display (the Tab's own screen cannot be turned off; it can be dimmed with a backlight dimming app).^[14]

Software

This tablet comes with a version of the Android 2.3 (originally 2.2) operating system with some custom skins and applications.^[15] Most Android 2.2 apps developed using Google's guidelines for Android should scale properly when displayed on larger-screen devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, according to Samsung.^[16] Adobe Flash 10.1, DivX,^[17] MPEG-4, WMV and Xvid, H.263, H.264^[18] support has also been announced. The Tab uses Atmel's maXTouch multi touch capacitive touchscreen,^[19][20] and supports multi-tasking.^[21][22]
The Tab supports calendar, email and instant messaging applications. It has a launcher for e-reading applications which starts PressDisplay when reading newspapers, Kobo when reading e-books, and Zinio when reading magazines.^[23] For viewing and editing Microsoft Office documents, the Galaxy Tab also comes bundled with the Android version of ThinkFree Office Mobile.^[24]
The Tab can also provide tethering, acting as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 5 devices. Stored addresses can be displayed in Google maps with one click. It also allows linkage with a contact's Facebook profile if the phone address is linked with the contact's Facebook address.
Several HD video content multimedia formats, including DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, are supported.^[25] It can play video content either stored on the device itself or streamed from YouTube, and can output 720p video to a TV either as composite video or via HDMI when using the optional dock.^[26]
Text can be entered using Swype, by tracing a path over letters on a virtual keyboard, and standard XT9 predictive typing is also supported.^[27]
TouchWiz Samsung Galaxy Tabs allow the screen display to be saved.^[28] Honeycomb tablets without TouchWiz, including the 10.1 in Galaxy Tab, must either be rooted or have the SDK installed in order to capture screenshots ^[29]
As of November 2011, the apps market for Android tablets remains tiny with only a couple hundreds of apps dedicated to Android tablets, compared with some 90,000+ apps on the iPad's Apps Store.^[30]

Upgrades

In May 2011 it was reported that Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 was being made available in Italy, with other regions expected to follow.^[31]
Several updates have been made throughout the world and in February, 2012, android version Gingerbread 2.3.6 is available. Samsung has announced that the tablet will not receive Ice Cream Sandwich, although a value package is in the works. This package will not include a full Ice Cream Sandwich build, but instead a Gingerbread build with a few Ice Cream Sandwich features.^[32]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) Review by John V.

 

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Introduction:

Samsung made it blatantly obvious last year that they would not be upstaged by the competition, as they seemingly redesigned the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be thinner than the iPad 2. Well folks, fast forward one year later to the present, and Sammy is back for round two with its successor in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1). Strangely, rather than concocting something bigger and more immense, they’ve decided to go towards the affordability route, as the tablet launches with a specs sheet similar to its predecessor – while boasting a $50 decrease in price to $450 for the base 16GB version. Will this new approach expand its reach?


Design:

By now, we’re all too familiar with Samsung’s strategy of not being upstaged by the competition. However, with this successor model, its design is a wee bit uninspiring and underwhelming. Overall, it exhibits all of the characteristics of being a Samsung made device, as it sports a sturdy all-plastic build – while still regarded as being streamlined at 0.38” thick. No doubt, we applaud its slick and comfortable feel in the hand, but still, its design is not as aggressive when compared to other recent things like the Asus Transformer Prime.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) sports a sturdy all-plastic build

This time around, Samsung has repositioned its speakers onto its left and right edges, which are also raised higher to not interfere with our hands while holding onto it. And of course, there’s a front-facing VGA camera perched above the display ready for all our video chatting needs.

	Speaker on the left edge	Front-facing camera

Looking around its sides, most of its buttons and ports are located on the top side of the tablet – these include the springy power button, volume control, microSD card slot, 3.5mm headset jack, and an IR blaster. With the latter, we’ve been seeing it incorporated with many of Samsung’s recent tablets, and we continue to enjoy seeing the tablet doubling as a universal remote. On the bottom edge, the only thing we find is the proprietary charging/data port and the microphone.

Top side	Right	Bottom	Left
The sides of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)

In the rear, Samsung has opted to keep the same sized 3.2-megapixel camera, but it’s sadly lacking auto-focus and an LED flash.

Back	Rear camera

Samsung Galaxy Note in pink is in bound for the UK sometime in June

The last time we heard about the elusive “berry pink” version of the Samsung Galaxy Note, was back last month when it officially made its debut in Samsung’s home country of Korea. Of course, the new color added a little bit of flavor to the white and typical black versions of the larger than life smartphone, but word has it that it’s in bound for the UK as well.

From the looks of it all, Carphone Warehouse is expected to take hold of the pink-a-fied version of the Samsung Galaxy Note sometime next month in June – albeit, no official date has been attached to it just yet. However, they’ve opened up a pre-registration page for those individuals itching on the opportunity to learn more about its inevitable arrival.

As much as our friends from over the pond can rejoice about its pending arrival, there’s no word whether or not it’ll be making an appearance stateside. Therefore, if you’re really desperate for this new color variant, you’ll probably want to look into importing an unlocked version of it. Color scheme aside, there’s nothing else different about this handset, as it sports the some old lovable specs as before – like a that ginormous 5.3” WXGA Super AMOLED display.

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Samsung Galaxy mini 2 Review

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Posted: yesterday, 03:50 , by Nick T.

Introduction:

Android smartphones come in all shapes and sizes, including cute and cuddly, as the case is with the Samsung Galaxy mini 2. This petite-sized entry-level device is the successor to last year's Galaxy mini, and as such, it comes with improvements both on the inside and on the outside. To start, the screen is not only slightly bigger, but also sports HVGA resolution whereas the previous model had a modest QVGA display. Furthermore, the 600MHz processor has been ditched in favor of an 800MHz single core chip. But is its $270 launch price tag justified by what you get in exchange? Let's check the smartphone out and see...

The box contains:

• Wall charger
• Data cable
• Quick start guide

Design:

As you might expect out of an entry-level smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy mini 2 is made out of plain old plastic. There is a chrome-like shiny bezel around its side, while the back cover sports a fine texture that adds a little bit of extra grip and keeps fingerprints at bay. So yeah, no fancy materials anywhere in sight, but thankfully, the handset looks presentable and feels properly built.

The Samsung Galaxy mini 2 looks presentable and feels properly built

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What we are quite happy with is the way the Galaxy mini 2 fits in the palm. It feels like a pebble and rests naturally without being too small to use comfortably. All you need to operate the device is a single thumb. Additionally, the lock key and the 2-button volume rocker are very easy to find and respond with a nice click when pressed. As it is on any recent Samsung Galaxy device, underneath the handset's display we have a physical home key and two capacitive buttons for the home and back functions – properly spaced out and not prone to accidental presses.

Volume key and microSD slot (left)	Power key (right)	3.5mm jack (top)	microUSB port (bottom)
The sides of the Samsung Galaxy mini 2

Back	Camera	Battery compartment

Display:

Occupying the front of the Galaxy mini 2 is a 3.27-inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels (176ppi), which is okay for a low-level smartphone. In terms of quality, we are treated to a fairly accurate color reproduction. Only shades of red appear slightly undersaturated, but we don't consider that a dealbreaker in any way. Be aware, however, that the screen's surface reflects a lot of sunlight, which greatly reduces outdoor visibility. It is also inconvenient that an ambient light sensor is missing, meaning that users have to adjust the display's brightness the old-fashioned way – manually. 

Samsung GALAXY mini 2 360-degrees View:

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