iPhone or Galaxy 2?

annasoper

23n1th wrote: »

Is there an app to stop apple fanbois bleating like born again christians?

And what exactly is your beef against born again Christians? Just because someone's found a better meaning to life doesn't mean they should be subject to ridicule and your nasty comments. Jealousy and ignorance on your part perhaps?

As for the person who has started this thread, just pop into an Apple store or a phone store and compare the iphone to any other phone on the market. In an Apple store you can spend hours on the demo phones without anyone bothering you. You should get a good feel of the phone and after 15 - 30 mins or so you'll know if you want it or not. Anyway, do let us know which phone you buy.

23n1th

mrochester wrote: »

I think it's very clear that you are either incapable of or refuse to accept that people's opinions may differ on this matter.

I think its clear you are incapable of understanding fatcs. I'm not disputing that other peoples opinions can differ.

It's your opinion that the SGS2 is the better phone and it's my opinion that the iPhone 4 is the better phone. There is no amount of 'proof' you can show me to prove me wrong, just like there's no amount of 'proof' I can show you to prove you wrong, because they are just opinions. Either accept that, or leave this thread.

Below I have quoted myself, notice that the the quoted is not opinion it is fact. Now just because you might be of the opinion that a ford fiesta is a better racing car that a formula 1 vehicle doesn't make your opinion right.

23n1th wrote: »

Form Factor
1st: Galaxy S II - 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49mm, 117g

2nd: iPhone 4 - 115.2 x 58.7 x 9.3mm, 137g

Storage
1st: Galaxy S II - 16/32GB + microSD

2nd: iPhone 4 - 16/32GB

Battery Life
1st : Galaxy S II – 1650mAh offering up to 710 standby hours using 2G, up to 610 standby hours using 3G, you will get up to 18 hours 20 minutes talk time using 2G and up to 8 hours 40 minutes using 3G. Plus the battery is user replaceable as an added bonus.

2nd: iPhone 4 - 1420mAh offering up to 300 standby hours using 2G and up to 300 standby hours using 3G, you will get up to 14 talk time hours using 2G and up to 7 hours talk time using 3G.

Display
1st: Galaxy S II - features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen with 16M colours (480 x 800 pixels), featuring Gorilla Glass display, Multi-touch input method, and Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, TouchWiz UI v4.0, Proximity sensor and Touch-sensitive controls.

2nd: iPhone 4 - has a 3.5-inch LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16M colours (640 x 960), it also features Scratch-resistant oleophobic surface, Multi-touch input method, Three-axis gyro sensor, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Proximity sensor for auto turn-off.

Performance
1st: Galaxy S II – features a Tegra 2 Dual-core 1.2GHz proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Orion chipset.

2nd: iPhone 4 – fitted with a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX535GPU, Apple A4 chipset (manufactured by Samsung for apple)

Imaging
1st: Galaxy S II - 8MP autofocus with LED Flash rear-facing camera (3264×2448 pixels), with autofocus, LED flash, face and smile detection, Geo-tagging, touch focus and image stabilization. Also comes with a front-facing 2MP camera and 1080p@30fps video.

2nd: iPhone 4 - 5MP rear, camera offering 2592 x 1944 pixels, featuring autofocus, Touch focus, LED flash and geo-tagging. Comes with 720p@30fps video recording and LED video light, also comes with a front-facing VGA camera for video call chats (video-calling over Wi-Fi only)

Connectivity
1st: Galaxy S II - Wi-Fi, NFC, BT 3.0, DLNA, Wi-Fi tethering

2nd: iPhone 4 - Wi-Fi, BT 2.1, 3G

Price
1st: Galaxy S II - Less than the iPhone 4

2nd: iPhone 4 - More than anyone else

Multimedia
The Galaxy S 2 can play pretty much any video format which currently exists on Planet Earth. Plus theres Flash.

Dreamnine

The Samsung is clearly the better phone... but some people can't see past Apple.

JJ_Egan

Without stoking the flames further in this two sided debate .
AnandTech have just released their SGS2 review .

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined


You should also be able to find a review of the other phone on the site .

jje

mrochester

Below I have quoted myself, notice that the the quoted is not opinion it is fact. Now just because you might be of the opinion that a ford fiesta is a better racing car that a formula 1 vehicle doesn't make your opinion right.

And I've said to you time and time again that there is more to making a good phone than just slapping together the fastest hardware. You also have to consider the OS and associated support. You're looking only at the spec sheet which means you are not looking at a huge part of what contributes to whether a phone is good or not; the OS.

If the SGS2 had iOS and the same level of support from Samsung as you get from Apple, then yes, I would agree it was the better phone.

However, as the SGS2 is running Android and doesn't have the same level of support as Apple, then I'd say the iPhone 4 is the better phone.

Biglad_3

No I wouldn't get an iPhone 4 now. As the new iPhone 5 will have the processor from the ipad2 a lot of apps will soon appear written for that power making the 4 less useful and unable to use them.

There are ipad2 apps being released now that an iPad 1 cannot use and this will be the same for the iphone4. Would you sign up for an iPhone 4 on a 24 month contract on that basis? Not me.

poppy10_2

Biglad wrote: »

There are ipad2 apps being released now that an iPad 1 cannot use and this will be the same for the iphone4. Would you sign up for an iPhone 4 on a 24 month contract on that basis? Not me.

There's not many iPhone 4-only apps though. The vast majority run on both the 4 and the 3GS. I'd expect the same when iPhone 5 comes out - developers will write apps that will run on at least the last two versions of the phone so that they can target the largest possible userbase.

poppy10_2

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

Ironically Samsung make the screens for the iPhone.

Samsung make 26% of the components of the iphone, including the processor, flash memory and RAM.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

hi
I am a proud owner of an Iphone 3GS which I own outright making it MSE friendly.:money:(Birthday Pressie from Family major birthday).
I would go for an Iphone as Samsung Galaxy apps are not well developed and anyway with an Iphone you get to have a 1) toy with all the apps available on App store and 2) a very functional phone.

The 3GS has GPS useful for maps etc but the Iphone functions as
1) Recorder ( I have a professional app and why the swearword not!)
2) mini recording studio ( something to look into)
3) money saving device various budgeting apps.
4) Art apps so one can do art as well.
From exercise monitoring to making phone calls and texts the Iphone is the perfect Toy aka multifunctional device which also texts!:D

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

A Good MSE IMHO knows eqaully how to spend it as well as how to save it, hence my qaulity preference. It is cheaper to get something you enjoy like that functions that waste money and be unhappy. Happiness is moneysaving you don't have to be !!!!less or not budget, just develop tastebuds in all sorts of ways to know the good stuff in order to most important at bargain, NAB THE GREAT STUFF!! happy days!