hey..i dont understand what the galaxy s III has over the 4s in real world comparison..
first off..yes.the samsung has a big screen...but they advertise HD resolution but fail to mention that it is a crappy OLED tech that uses Pentile subpixel layout...making the screen look pixelated and horrible to anyone with decent eyesight. (once again..the iphone screen is REAL lcd..with ACCURATE colors and NO pentile)...so in my eyes...i dont see a benefit to the samsung oversized unweildy phone.
AND..the bottom line on performance comparing android and apple with specs is pointless.
IT TAKES A POWERHOUSE OF A PHONE TO RUN ANDROID DECENTLY..
iphone os has always run smooth and stutter free since the very first iphone..and that thing was anemic compared to the power in todays phones. (its all about hardware and software that work together and manage system resources well..android doesnt do this..at all)
android users brag about specs and stuff but the phones require such rediculous specs just to seem as smoooth as an iphone. and the battery life is horrendous..
BOTTOM LINE..even with all the memory and specs that the GSIII has...it still cant complete every day tasks faster than the iphone. So for such a powerful device..where is the benefit, (benchmarks..?)..all that power just to make a reasonable attempt at performance like an iPhone.
Alright man this is just complete nonsense, i went from a 4S to a S3 and i still like Apple products very much, I think there more of a overall complete product compared to its competitors especially over Android, but the S3 is actually a very fast phone I am blown away by the speed and how quick it is. Switching between apps is instantaneous on the S3, apps load up extremely quick and it is very smooth to operate all around. It sure does have alot of power, and also alot of ram, 2 gigabytes to be exact. Android is defitnetly catching up to iOS in terms of user experience and performance, and i can say that with a honest opinion coming from a true Apple fan. The S3 is faster then the iPhone 4S in all aspects, it doesnt blow the roof of the 4S, but it defitnetly is faster in daily use, ( clicking in and out of apps, multitasking, app performance etc.) I expect the i5 to be much quicker then the 4S.
But yeah i can see what you mean, usually top of the line Android phones have better specs on paper, well at least the CPU, not the GPU(Apple always wins in this department) and usually they dont run as smooth as the iPhone. But Samsung is the best company out there for Android, they implemented their own GPU acceleration in the OS and the browser, which btw works really well, the phone never stutters or slows down honestly. going from the 4S to a S3, i can defitnetly say that the S3 is much faster then the 4S in clicking in and out of apps, and can multitask alot better, (not that the 4S is slow by no means it isn't but i can tell the S3 screams.
The screen on the S3 is no where as bad as your making it out to be, yeah i can see the pentile if i look really closely, but even then it isn't really that bad and from a few inches away the screen is very sharp and clear. But i give Retina display a advantange because it doesnt have pentile.
I cant imagine how fast the i5 is going to be, 2x the cpu speed of the A5 which would it bring it to around the same processing power as the S3 cpu, if not a little faster due to be it being completly custom,( and im not including how well coded and optimized iOS is for its hardware which would make the phone perform even faster) which would be crazy, and the GPU will blow away the S3 GPU . but dont spew nonsense over things you dont know, the S3 is a very great phone and if your a tech savvy person you would know this.
One thing though, no Android phone has never been made as solid as a iphone, the iphone's build quality has been top notch, the i5 looks absolutely crazy in my eyes, especially the black one