Galaxy Nexus or iPhone 4s?
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has finally arrived! As Google and Samsung announced their new handset the Galaxy Nexus and Google’s new Operating System the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwhich. But who cares about that!, what we care about is the good ole’ debate, Google or Apple? Galaxy Nexus or iPhone 4S?
A comparison between the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4s
As you can see it looks like the Galaxy Nexus is the better phone, though the iPhone 4s will always be the more popular phone because of Apple’s very smart marketing tactics. It has already broken all of the Apple’s previous records looking exactly the same as the previous version but thats how good Apple’s marketing really is.
Almost every aspect of the Galaxy Nexus the iPhone 4s loses. Though the iPhone 4s does have a rear camera with more megapixels, this is sure to trick the average tech buyer into thinking its a better camera, but its quite the opposite as the Galaxy Nexus has a better camera despite being lower megapixels, a great marketing tactic by Apple again!. It has a shocking VGA front facing camera and the Galaxy Nexus’s display is 1280×720, almost 2 inches wider and features the new AMOLED technology.
Apple’s battery life will probably always beat out the Galaxy Nexus but who cares? when you can play games and applications on 1GB of ram instead of 512MB as well as a screen 1 inch bigger! It makes for a great phone. So long to the iPhone 4s, here we come the Galaxy Nexus.
How do you know iPhone 4 has a better camera without even testing both? That assertion is a typical ignorant statement based on judging the camera quality by number of megapixels. By that token, every cell phone today has a better camera than Nikon’s professional grade SLR cameras just last generation which had as little as 4 megapixels (and cost $5000 and a resume of millions professional photos taken).
One of the most unfortunate things of consumer grade cameras is that manufacturers are sacrificing sensor qualities by engaging a megapixel war, simply because they’re banking on consumer’s ignorance. Not everyone understands about sensor quality and what affect it, but everyone knows that 10 as a member is greater than 5.
iPhone 4 may just very well have a better camera, but if that is the case, it would be because of a better sensor made by Sony (and it is known that Sony has better sensor technology than Samsung in general as of now), not because it has more megapixels.
iPhone 4S uses a dual core A5 processor at 800MHz, it’s certainly not the same as the Nexus.
That’s correct, benchmark test pointed out that de A5 chip is clocked at 800 MHz. The same chip in the iPad 2 has a 1 GHz CPU.
Where in the article does the author state that a camera with more mega pixels is better? He or she said quite the opposite. I think you should read the article again.
I’ve changed the article according to your advice. Thanks all feedback is welcome! Also I was in a rush to put this article out when the news confrence announced the phone, but i actually knew people who just compared megapixel by megapixel which i’ve stated on my FaceBook page that the Galaxy Nexus does in fact have a better camera then the iPhone 4S.
Thanks again for the comments.
Can you provide references to ANY samples/tests that prove the Galaxy Nexus has a better camera? I find this hard to believe given the iPhone 4S camera specs which uses a Sony sensor and a 5 element lens.
Oh yeah, you totally neglected to mention the big innovation on iPhone 4S – Siri, way more than voice recognition.
The author is a typical Android fanboy who likes to use a comparison on table specs to judge the better phone. Not only these type of comparison is immature, in this case, it is also not a credible one. Firstly, his table of comparison has facts on iPhone wrong. Secondly, you don’t compare phone resolution simply by using AxB numbers. You have to use ppi (pixels per inch). Thirdly, vast majority of phone users out there don’t give a damn on technical specs. It’s the user experience that counts. That’s where iPhone still trumps over a Google phone. It’s not Apple’s marketing. Only the geeks (who is minority) compare spec sheets today. Pls get over it.
At least it is not ANOTHER apple fanboy. I actually enjoy the user experience on androids better than iphones ipods and ipads. What is wrong with spec sheets. The stuff in them contributes to user experience such as ram, screen size and weight. It may be “geeky” but it is better than saying “this one is fast, but that one is really fast!” then you would probably be complaining about no solid rvidence or proof. If i am buying a phone, then these are the kinds of things i would like to know to make sure i get the most for my money. And apple does have quite a bit more advertisement than apple. I believe a phone is based on personal opinion. I you want to just simply fling your money at a phone with out looking at what is inside. I dont see how tables are immature. User experience is a big part, but what is inside counts as well.
I’m in agreement with Nobodi… How can you make a claim that the camera on the Galaxy Nexus is better when you don’t have any facts to support your statement? My wife has the 4S and I plan on getting the Galaxy Nexus when it’s released. Maybe I’ll write an article that’s actually based on facts rather than conjecture.
I have to disagree in direct comparison. I’ve been using Blackberry Bold, then moved onto HTC 4G, and now I’ve got Samsung Galaxy S from T-Mobile (this is for my work here in LA). Since I am Canadian, I still have my original iPhone from Rogers, and moved onto iPhone 3gs. Here is why direct comparison is useless…iOS is very differently designed then Android – iOS is far better optimized, thus requires less RAM to process applications. I’m not saying that Galaxy S or any other Android based phone is bad phone – in fact, they are very good devices which I can’t live without. There is reason why you will see on website some claims of packet processing speed test where iPhone 4S actually beat out Galaxy S 2 – this is due to optimization. Yes, as a raw processing capability, Samsung or other Android phone may have higher spec, but if you compare the actual usage of processor, iPhone is still at par with any Samsung products. (My conclusion, nothing beats Blackberry as a work-phone…yes…for pure work-only-phone, Blackberry is still the best).
I wouldnt trust this comparison, because the author simply does notlike the iphone and you can feel that troughout the article. And for fu*k sake, I DO CARE ABOUT BATTERY LIFE, just like the rest of people do. Besides and dont even play games.
BB is a very good business phone but if you need to surf often, an Iphone or Galaxy S would be definetly better.. I will switch from BB 9780 to Galaxy S2, or should I wait for Nexus?
Well moon, how do you think the vast majority of phone buyers will hear which is better? From the “geeks” who enjoy a better phone.
It seems Nexus wins
I was contemplating whether to get iPhone 4S or wait for the Nexus. But now I’ve to wait for someone to do a real comparison, an unbiased one. Sorry to say but this article sucks.
I must mention that 1GB of RAM on Android means very little. There is a limit of 32MB of Java heap per application on OS level. iOS and WP7 don’t have a real multitasking – the current process is stopped before another one starts unless it is a player and telephony services. This is why iOS can work smooth with relative small amount of RAM. Android offers a real multitasking, CPU is shared between a lot of processes, each process consumes some RAM. End users may not see this difference if they use the device for games only.
This is why Android always should have more RAM to be able run apps simultaneously and smooth.
interesting cornplay!