Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy
S4: Build & features
The Apple iPhone used to be the king
when it came to smartphone design. Sharp lines, glass, aluminium and
a sense of sophistication surrounded Cupertino’s creation. However,
no more is Apple the only company going all out for industrial design
superiority, both the HTC One and Sony’s Xperia Z1 are marvels to
gaze upon.
While it may sell in droves, you won’t
find many people clamouring to appreciate the plastic driven design
and slimy feel of the Samsung Galaxy S4. However, by using these
materials, Samsung manages to keep the weight down to 130g and it’s
only marginally thicker than the iPhone 5s.
Both the Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone
5s pack a hardware home button, though niftily the iPhone 5s builds
in a fingerprint scanner so you can ditch the passwords on native
Apple apps.
Looking to change the battery and add
extra storage through a MicroSD card? You’ve only got one choice,
the Galaxy S4.
LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS are features
available across both devices, while NFC is still an iPhone no go.
Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy S4: Display
The first thing you will most likely
see when you unpack your newest smartphone from its box is the
touchscreen display that covers the front. Obviously, the size of the
the display determines how big the phone is going to be, how well it
will feel in the hand and sit in your pocket.
Apple has only ever used two
screen-sizes for its iPhone range – a 3.5-inch version and an ever
so slightly taller 4-incher. The iPhone 5s boasts, as we expected,
the 4-inch version with a ‘Retina’ resolution of 640x1136 and a
PPI of 326. Apple sets itself apart from the crowd by not constantly
ramping up the screen sizes, something so common on Android
handsets.
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has a Full HD
1080x1920 display, measuring 5-inches - a whole inch bigger than
Apple’s offering.
At first glance, it may seem like the
iPhone 5s is lagging behind the competition with its screen
resolution, and in many respects it is. However it’s not all about
specs and we always felt the iPhone 5 had a brilliantly bright and
vivid display, so we have very few qualms about the version on the
5s.
Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy S4: Operating System
The Samsung Galaxy S4 runs on Google’s
Android software, though this has been heavily tweaked and
customised. Samsung has overlaid it with the glossy TouchWiz, which
adds a load of features that some find useful, but it doesn’t feel
as sophisticated as stock Android. If you delve through the menus
you’ll find apps for fitness, a useful one for controlling your
television and more.
The iPhone 5s runs iOS7, the latest
version of Apple’s mobile operating system and it’s the first
time we have seen a dramatic overhaul in the design language used.
Gone are the glossy icons, fake leather and strange textures,
replaced with transparency, pastel shades and a lot of new features.
Quick access to the settings menu, something we’ve seen in Android
for a while now, is now available through Control Center and all the
native Apple apps have been given a new coat of paint.
Many have their personal preferences
when it comes to their OS of choice, some love the freedom and
customisability Android offers, while other prefers the huge amounts
of quirky, unique apps and games found on Apple’s App Store. If
you’ve never liked iOS before, 7 probably won’t change your
mind.
Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy S4: Camera
Apple didn’t increase the megapixel
count in the iPhone 5s this year, instead deciding to focus on the
optics, along with improving the flash and image stabilisation.
Megapixels don’t mean everything folks; the 8mp snapper on the
iPhone 5 took fantastic shots, even when compared to the 12 megapixel
version on the Samsung Galaxy S4. We’re salivating a little at the
thought of what the iPhone 5s could now achieve thanks to the ƒ/2.2
aperture, true tone flash and quirky slow-mo video.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a load of
added camera features, including the ability to take a photo with
both the front and rear cameras at the same time, add sound to your
snaps and overlay numerous filters. It did produce great snaps –
with great colours and vivid detail, though sometimes the saturation
was a little over.
Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy S4: Processor
Powering the latest addition to the
iPhone family is a brand-new A7 chip, this is built on a completely
new 64-bit architecture and paired with a separate M7 chip for all
things motion related. As is typical with Apple, they don’t really
delve down into the nitty gritty specs, though they do state this is
the first 64-bit smartphone in existence.
OpenGL ES version 3.0 is also
supported, improving the graphics for gaming.
Samsung however, has no problem
spouting specs for the Galaxy S4, which are rather impressive indeed.
The device is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core chip,
2GB of RAM and an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit. If power is
your thing, the GS4 has swathes of it.
Apple iPhone 5s vs Samsung Galaxy S4: Price
As each of these devices is a top of
the line, flagship model with heaps of tech and features, you know
they’re not going to come cheap. The iPhone 5s will set you back
£549 (for the 16GB model) while The Samsung Galaxy S4 costs £550.
*Source : www.T3.com
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