Comparison Samsung Galaxy S4 against iPhone 5

I get the expected presentation of Samsung Galaxy S4, the new flagship of the Korean brand and official characteristics already confirmed, we can compare with his great rival, the moment in the market, the Apple iPhone 5.

You are the cards on the table. Samsung has unveiled what will be his terminal star for 2013, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and, as expected, did not disappoint but will it be able to beat his closest rival, the Apple iPhone 5 ? Let's compare the weapons offered by each.

Octa core processor or quad core as vs A6 dual core markets

First, one of the secrets, although voices, best kept handset from Samsung has been your processor. Finally, the Korean company has opted for two modalities, Quad-Core 1.9 GHz and 1.6 GHz Octa-Core will distribute according to the markets. Whether one or the other are a colossus against A6 certainly the iPhone 5 which is a dualcore and, according to tests performed since there are no official Apple in this regard, about 1.3 Ghz speed. On paper there is a gulf between the two, but we have to wait for actual testing both, since Apple terminals have always been very efficient with fewer resources. The RAM that came with the S4 chip reaches 2 GB. As in the previous case, the iPhone 5 is unknown but according to various tests is attributed 1GB.

Two different concepts of cell

In terms of dimensions, it is clear that the 4-inch screen iPhone 5 is not the 5 inch screen Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung new terminal provides dimensions of 136.6mm high by 69.8 mm in width and 130 g in weight. Meanwhile, the Apple phone reaches 123.8 mm high by 58.6 mm wide and 112 grams of weight., However, is in the profile where both are measured on an equal footing and there are only three microns of difference between them, for Korean 7.9mm compared with 7.6 mm for Cupertino.

Clearly, in terms of materials, the iPhone 5 is a little ahead using things like the anodized aluminum casing against the choice of Samsung's polycarbonate, which although it is not plastic, it has the same finish and features an image as "premium".

Samsung offers much more in Galaxy S4 camera, and not just talking about MP

Let's move on to another area where if we can compare the performance somewhat, the camera. The S4 Galaxy reaches 13 MP for the front and 2 MP, while the iPhone 5 has 8 MP and 1.2 MP front back, albeit with 720p video call. The sapphire crystal and an opening remarkable efficiency have become, in his own right in one of the world's most used cameras from the iPhone 4. Mind you, apart from special functions like Panorama, does not include too many serial added touch focus or part of the face detection.
However, the new handset from Samsung is precisely where it is strong, in the amount of features that have been added as standard. Samsung has equipped the Galaxy S4 camera things like the ability to take pictures "dual", ie simultaneously with both cameras at once or allow dual video not only, but also dual video call, simultaneously showing streaming what are the two chambers. Users can choose from 8 different ways of mixing together the photos of the front with the rear camera. The device is also equipped with 12 different shooting modes like 'Drama Shot', which lets you see all the action in a continuous time-lapse, and 'Sound & Shot' to add audio to a snapshot or 360 Photo, which goes panoramic photo there and takes pictures of 360 º.

Display, clash of the titans

Now to the screens. From Apple's Retina little more can be said, is undoubtedly one of the best on the market. The iPhone 5 riding a 4 inch model with 326 dpi and 1136 x 640 pixel resolution. The Galaxy S4 is finally a 5-inch SuperAMOLED 1920 x 1080 pixels, ie Full HD with a resolution of 441 dpi. Both have the Gorilla Glass, so you have a similar hardness. Just a final detail, the Galaxy S4 features a display technology called Adapt, which adapts to see more quality way any content on the screen.

Connectivity, a field dominated by a landslide Galaxy S4

For connectivity, it also gains a pair of bodies the Galaxy S4. Both are 4G ie LTE, but Samsung is also HSPA +42 Mbps for data connection and LTE is universal because it works in the 6 bands of this connection and not the Apple that according to the model operates in one or other.
It also has Wi-Fi, but Samsung has also thrown down the middle road and Wifi a / b / g / n adds iPhone 5 ac (HT80). Both feature Bluetooth 4.0 and walk hand in hand in sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope , compass, GPS) but also in the Galaxy S4 find also a barometer that measures pressure and humidity atsmosférica, an infrared port and NFC connection, any present in the Apple phone. In addition, the Samsung phone also recognizes the gestures that we face the screen, which allows us to use the phone without hands, to pick (Air Call Accept) or to scroll (Air Scroll) or the 'Samsung Smart Pause' allows control the display to where to look. When we are watching a video, this will stop when we look elsewhere and put back into operation when you look back.

Similar storage

With models 16GB, 32GB and 64GB of storage, the Galaxy S4 have also the possibility of adding a 64GB microSD with others. All working it supports a 2,600 mAh battery that still do not know how but it seems significantly yield larger than the iPhone 5, although it may not as optimized.

The interesting, and most characteristic of S4 Galaxy against iPhone 5, are functions that your hardware

Finally, as a final conclusion, Samsung has put much effort into his new serial terminal has many features, as has been stated in the presentation "designed for life", while Apple, which is not without options, seems to stop many of them in the hands of the inventiveness of its developers from the App Store. Examples are the S Translator, a translator who not only recognize our voice and speak in one of the 9 languages ​​having (English, French, German, Spanish-Latin America-, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean) but simultaneously translated the text as we write, the S Voice Drive a voice recognition system at the wheel, or S Health, a "digital nutritionist".
Furthermore, services in the cloud of Samsung Home Sharing, which Apple can stand up with your iCloud or Air Play function, are added Samsung terminal possibilities they can not do the Cupertino such as sharing with up to 8 other phones a song or a photo with the Group Play or Share Music.
And on the software we have not forgotten the OS. While Apple has always gala iOS terminals, terminal Samsung, which has Android and theoretically come with version 4.2.2, is a detail that the manufacturer has ignored entirely in his presentation.

Final Conclusion

The impression left by comparing both terminals (including the possibility that we had to have both in hand at once, is that Apple needs more than a renewal of features in the next iPhone 5S, and perhaps even deeper iOS face 7 because Samsung has set, this time the bar high for those who want to face it. And the iPhone 5, despite being an excellent terminal, shows it's 6 months old compared to S4.