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iPhone 5 (vs Samsung Galaxy S3) Drop Tests Show Very Durable Device and Screen
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The iPhone actually supports simultaneous data and voice, but it is an option the carrier can choose to activate or not.
Light weight is a big part of it, whether you throw it down or not. 20% less weight means 20% less force on impact, vs previous iPhones.
Haha, haha ... oh, let me wipe away the tears of disparagement ...
You think that the major marketing and PR push for the last two years by Apple is not a relevant argument now? Have you been pointing this out whenever someone says a "retina" device is worth buying?
Resolution is so relevant now that it's almost ridiculous. Especially where Apple is concerned. It's their primary sales pitch.
Nope, a fail
*Screen resolution is measured in ppi (pixels per inch). Apple is better @ 326 vs 309 or something for the S3
*Apple screens have more brightness
*Tests show ip5 is faster than s3.
*okay, but the charging station has a wire...and pad
*Get an ATT phone...it simultaneous 3G (and it samy is LTE data, but CDMA voice, btw)
* but Anandtech benchmark show the same battery life...better apple design, using one chip, not two
*again?
*max is still 64gB.
Also the glass isn't raised as with the 4(S). This lowers the chance of the glass being the point of impact (by a lot I think).
You mean voice/data on UMTS networks like the article says? That's always been the case, but not for CDMA networks.
The hardware is not capable of simultaneous voice/data on CDMA. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6295/...ous-voice-and-lte-or-evdo-svlte-svdo-support-
Droptests are bogus unless you can account for a wider variety of angles and possible points of impact. What didn't kill your phone one time may shatter it the next, what doesn't bust a glass on one phone may destroy another phone and doesn't mean either one is better. Droptests where the impact point is the case can fair either way. Everybody that has dropped a phone and broken or destroyed one knows the impossibility of predicting durability with drop tests. I did enjoy watching the SIII being dropped on the pavers though.
Why can't they be happy? That tech will wend its way over to the Android side of things, then everyone has stronger phones. It's win win - not a damn football game.
If anyone should be :| about it, I should be.
People on these tech sites DO NOT GET THAT POINT. I read a guy on a cell phone site saying how he hoped Verizon's LTE in a given market (don't remember which) would be better than AT&T's soon. A real Verizon fanboy. Things like that.
The industry moving forward is GOOD, even if it's not your chosen company/product/etc.
Research fail.
Maximum SD storage is 64GB, but the unit has 16-64GB of flash built-in, so no matter how you slice it the S3 is more flexibly spacious.
The only thing that that the S3 is comparatively lacking is evident in this video. And that's build quality. Specs wise it beats the 5 easily in many areas.
- Different ways of defining resolution. Technically, you're right. But in the computer world screen resolution has always referred to the total number of pixels on the device. Samsung wins that game. Though I will add it's important to know Samsung defines pixels in terms of monochromatic resolution (like you measure video pixels). Samsung uses an RGBG array (similar to the Bayer filter setup in a camera). This takes advantage of the basic physics principle that the human eye is more sensitive to luminance than to color detail. This is 100% TRUE. There's just one small problem - the eye is also more sensitive to red than to blue. So pixels with a red subpixel appear brighter than pixels with a blue subpixel causing a slight fuzziness/awareness. On the GS3, GNex, etc this is pretty darn imperceptible (and I'm as picky as anyone), on lower resolution screens though it was very noticeable (like my original Galaxy S Captivate).
- Brightness means NOTHING without also taking into account reflectance and black level. I have a Galaxy Nexus (very similar screen to an S3) and the screen is a beauty compared to my iPhone 4S - at first glance. At lower brightnesses, the Super AMOLED screen gets nasty looking (a characteristic of the technology) while the iPhone looks beautiful still. But in bright environments - the Super AMOLED blows away the iPhone 4S's LCD... lower reflectance. Nokia Lumia's are the best for this though... BEAUTIFUL screen.
- Dunno, it's a hard thing to test. Benchmarks mean little, perceived speed is everything. Android has always sucked for speed. Jelly Bean helps a ton though. I did some speed tests yesterday for real world speed - Galaxy Nexus (Jelly Bean and Google Chrome browser) vs iPhone 4S (iOS 6 and Safari browser). I know, Google Chrome isn't the stock browser on the Galaxy Nexus (it is on the Nexus 7) - but it's the direction Google is GOING to, and is the recommended by Google browser. Web pages loaded much, much, much faster on the Galaxy Nexus. Everything just has a feeling of "instant" - it's not a big deal, but it's noticeable. The only time my iPhone ever felt slow to me was Siri (which is SLOW)... but that's so much more noticeable with the INSTANTNESS of Google Now! Everything just absolutely flies. The GS3 will get Jelly Bean, sooner or later...
- Wireless charging is stupid
- Agreed, AT&T rocks it compared to Verizon. But if you're on Verizon, it's a legitimate "what the heck?" complaint. Then again, serves you right for being on Verizon (LOL JK I'm not into the whole tech wars thing, I just don't like the smug attitude and defensiveness of Verizon fanboys)
- Apple's designs are beautiful, no doubt. But the Galaxy S 3 is beautiful in it's own way too. The Nexus, I have, is UGLY. Looks like a car dashboard, LOL. They all stay in a case all the time anyways, so who cares that much, get a pretty case
I have a hot pink case for the Nexus.- Agreed, that was bizarre. Of all the things to grab onto twice - wireless charging?!?!?!?! It's a stupid feature! Except, MAYBE, combined with NFC (toss the phone on the charger, silence the ringer, and set the alarm all at once). But I like to USE my phone while it's on the charger...
- Memory card support is very nice. And not just for more storage, but for convenient portability between phones. Sadly, my Galaxy Nexus doesn't support them either.
*Screen resolution - iPhone has higher ppi than all Samsung phones
*Screen tech - iPhone5 higher ppi, more accurate color saturation, only display to meet sRGB standards, integrated touch digitizer
*2x more ram - yea its got more... simply having more doesn't automatically make it better. Everyone else is running less than 2gb and doing just fine.
*wireless charging - pointless novelty that you have to pay extra for. If Apple had it would I use it, probably, but how a phone charges while I sleep doesnt make one phone better than another.
*two baseband chips.... this isnt actually why you can do voice and data simultaneous on verizon and sprint. The 2 chip design is inferior and takes up more space. samsung added an additional antenna to allow for simultaneous voice and data. It should be noted that this is because verizon and sprint dont support voice over LTE yet.... while ATT does. Since apple already uses a unique dual antenna design, they would have had to add a third. Not a deal breaker IMHO
*bigger battery - meh on that one big time. GS3 has a bigger battery because Android needs one. In 'real world' tests the 2 phones come within 10 minutes of each other according to Engadget. Couple more notes... nobody should be talking on the phone for 8hrs iphone 5 or 10hrs GS3. Thats ridiculous. And having 2 weeks of standby or whatever is also completely meaningless on a smartphone. A smartphone will be used as a smartphone, thus the real world tests are what really matters and we will both end the day with some juice to spare while we put them back on the charger before bed.
*memory card - meh, on that one. It is probably killer for some folks not for the masses. I actually downgraded the memory size on my new phone since I have everything cloud based now.
I'm not saying either phone is better than the other.... they are both super badass phones. Pick your flavor and enjoy, just don't be delusional in thinking one phone blows away another in this day in age.
LOL, I assume you are referring to the jerk who scratched the back and side of a display iPhone at an Apple store. The guy used his key to scratch the aluminum. Are you saying that plastic android phones aren't going to scratch under those conditions?
As for the maps app, I will reserve comment until I have had a chance to use it. Even if I don't like it though, there are alternatives. Google has announce that it is submitting a version of google maps for instance.
Now please take your FUD and hate elsewhere.
This is actually quite impressive.
My old Android phone had a shattered screen after it slipped from my hands taking it out of my pocket in a parking lot. Then after I replaced the screen, it cracked again just from me setting it in a metal cupholder one day.
My iPhone 4 has taken a few falls onto hardwood floors, carpets, etc, but it has zero damage (much to my surprise a couple times). It does have a few scratches though.
I'm glad to see my iPhone 5 will hold up like a beast, as far as scratches and shattering
My old Android phone had a shattered screen after it slipped from my hands taking it out of my pocket in a parking lot. Then after I replaced the screen, it cracked again just from me setting it in a metal cupholder one day.
My iPhone 4 has taken a few falls onto hardwood floors, carpets, etc, but it has zero damage (much to my surprise a couple times). It does have a few scratches though.
I'm glad to see my iPhone 5 will hold up like a beast, as far as scratches and shattering
An over-saturated pentile screen with lower pixel density than the iPhone 5 is better than an IPS display offering the greatest colour accuracy in the industry? Tell me more.