Main Scoring Areas Galaxy SIII Over the SII

Everything has a life span and mobile handsets are no exceptions. A handset comes to the market with lots of new things to offer, the market opens its arms and the handset becomes the talk of the town. Soon afterwards a new handset comes with a couple of newer or modified offerings and the previous item becomes posthumous. The same thing seems to be happening to the Samsung Galaxy SII, which after the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy SIII has seen a couple of price cuts, just to keep the handset going. Lets find out what are the main differences between the two of them.

The Size Difference

Both the handsets sport the same display - the Super AMOLED capacitive screen. But Galaxy S III has not just the bigger screen size with 4.8 inch but has far better pixel resolution of 720x1280p as well. No need to say that with 4.3 inch screen size and 480x800p resolution, the Galaxy SII finds itself tottering.

The Processing Capabilities

The Galaxy SII was not slow, by no means, it had 1.2GHz dual core Cortex A9 processor, which was seconded by a 1GB RAM. But the newer thing has a 1.4GHz quad core processor, which is well complimented by a 1GB RAM. Even a blind man can feel the difference between a dual core and a single core processor. 

  

The Battery Spec

In reply to Galaxy SII’s 1650 mAh battery the Galaxy SIII sports a 2100 mAh battery, which is conspicuously larger and more efficient than the former handset.

Three Memory Avatars of the SIII

The Samsung Galaxy SII comes in two memory avatars -16GB and 32GB- as far as the Storage capacity of the phone is concerned; the Samsung Galaxy S III comes in three memory avatars -16/32/64GB. The more option offered the more customers attracted. Plus SIII gives expansion facility of up to 64GB, the SII can manage the same till 32GB.

Additional Features

The Samsung Galaxy SIII offers unique features in multitude, I have picked five of them for you:

1.      You can set your Internet data usage limit by this phone that proves very helpful if you have a limited data plan.

2.      SIII has S voice which is widely deemed as a potent counterpart to Apple’s SIRI.

3.      You can customize the lock screen according to your choice and liking

4.      You can hide the unwanted software and apps which come preinstalled on your mobile handset.

5.      You can create your own vibration alerts with the help of this handset, just like a few years ago we were allowed to make our own MIDI ringtones for the first time. 

Last words

Yes, it is true that the SIII is a superior handset in almost all the areas, but it is also equally true that the Galaxy SII is still one of the best handsets on the face of earth. Plus you have to pay 10K less for the handset. But hey, the Samsung Galaxy SIII reigns supreme at the present moment. Magnum opus. 

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Samsung Galaxy S III VS Apple iPhone 4S

On one hand we have the kingpin of smartphones the iPhone 4S, which, without doubt, is the best handset in the world right now, and on the other hand we have the handset, which has got all the potential to dethrone the ruler, yes, the soon to be released Samsung Galaxy S III. We are going to compare both the handsets one against another. Spicy proposition.

Let’s commence the comparison with hardware section, first the CPU and RAM. The SIII sports a Dual core 1.4 GHz Cortex A9 processor, which is seconded by a 1GB RAM. On the other hand we have the iPhone 4S that has 1GHz dual core Cortex A9 processor, well complimented by a 512MB RAM. This might seem to be a lop sided affair but one should not forget that Apple has a magical power to perform stupendously with a relatively lower spec sheet. This round goes to the Galaxy SIII, marginally though.

Next comes the segment of storage in which both the handsets come in three versions: 16/32/64 GB, but what gives the Samsung Galaxy SIII the upper hand is its capability to incorporate 64GB microSD card. Moving forward, in the display section the Galaxy SIII has a 4.8inch Super AMOLED touch screen, which has a pixel resolution of 720x1280, the screen has support for over 16m colors. The Apple iPhone 4S has a Apple trademark 3.5 inch screen, which has a resolution of 640x960p and has support for over 16m colors. Again the SIII seems to be having a slight edge over the Apple.

The Samsung handset has a 2100mAh Li-ion battery whereas its Apple counterpart has 1442mAh Li-Po battery that gives you a mammoth talk time of 14 hours over the 2G and 8 hours over 3G. I would call this round a tie. Now in the camera section  the SIII sports a 8MP rear and 1.9MP front cam, the other gadget in question has an 8MP rear and A VGA one on the front side. A tie once again.

In the OS segment the SIII offers the latest and the best Android ICS whereas the iPhone sports the iOS 5 and is upgradable to iOS 5.1. No matter how good the ICS is nothing can match the iOS 5(apart from 5.1).

As far as the features are concerned both the handsets have something novel in their kitty. As the verdict time has come I shall have to say, with a heavy heart, it is time for iphone 4S to abdicate the top spot for a better candidate.