These two companies have the best smartphones in the market right now. They’re going toe to toe, coming out with the best technology and the best looking phone.
This fall, Apple and Samsung are launching their two latest toys; well four to be exact. Apple is coming out with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung is coming out with Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge.
The question everyone is asking is which one they will buy? We have people saying iPhone is the best because it has all the coolest specs, then we have people saying Galaxy is the best because they have the latest specs, but how do really decide on which one you will buy?
I will say 90% of the people purchasing smartphones don’t have a clue on what the specs are and which are really the best for them. They just buy the one they think it’s cool. To be honest I think they just buy to just fit in.
Below you will see all the specs for both smartphones and I’m sure most of you will say ‘Who cares?’ and have already made a decision on which will buy.
All I am going to say is buy what’s good for you, buy the phone you are used to, buy the one you will use all the time, and use all its features. PLEASE don’t buy a phone to just fit in.
The reasons I say this is because both companies are generating so much hype to buy the latest gear and the best tech but not thinking about if the money we are spending will actually give us something we need. Be smart and don’t let the smartphone be smarter than you.
General
2G
Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1522 (GSM), A1522
(CDMA), A1524
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522
(CDMA), A1524
3G
Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522 (GSM),
A1522 (CDMA), A1524
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1522 (CDMA), A1524
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - A1524
4G
Network LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600
(1/2/3/4/5/7/8/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29) - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA)
LTE 700/800/850/900/1800/1900/2100/2600
TD-LTE 1900/2300/2500/2600
(1/2/3/4/5/7/8/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/38/39/40/41)
- A1524
SIM
Nano-SIM
Announced
2014,
September
Body
Dimensions 158.1 x 77.8 x
7.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.28 in)
Weight 172 g (6.07 oz)
- Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX
certified)
Display
Type
LED-backlit
IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size
1080
x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inches (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch
Yes
Protection Shatter proof
glass, oleophobic coating
- Display Zoom
Sound
Alert
types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm
jack Yes
Memory
Card
slot No
Internal
16/64/128
GB, 2 GB RAM
Data
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed DC-HSDPA, 42
Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL,
50 Mbps UL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11
a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes (Apple Pay
only)
USB v2.0
Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264 x
2448 pixels, optical image stabilization, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED
(dual tone) flash
Features 1/3'' sensor
size, 1.5µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous HD video and image recording,
touch focus, face/smile/blink detection, panorama, HDR panorama, HDR photo
Video 1080p@60fps,
720p@240fps, optical image stabilization
Secondary 1.2 MP,
720p@30fps, face detection, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Features
OS
iOS
8
Chipset
Apple
A8
CPU
Dual-core
1.4 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based)
GPU
PowerVR
GX6650 (hexa-core graphics)
Sensors Accelerometer,
gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging
iMessage,
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS,
GLONASS
Java No
Colors Space Gray,
Silver, Gold
- Active noise cancellation with
dedicated mic
- AirDrop file sharing
- Siri natural language commands and
dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- iCloud Keychain
- Twitter and Facebook integration
- TV-out
- Maps
- iBooks PDF reader
- Audio/video player/editor
- Organizer
- Document viewer/editor
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input
Battery
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 384
h (3G)
Talk
time (2G) / Up to 24 h (3G)
Music
play Up to 80 h
Galaxy Note 4/ Edge
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2014, September
Body
Dimensions 151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 mm (5.96 x 3.24 x 0.33 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz)
- S Pen stylus
- Fingerprint sensor
Display
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 1600 x 2560 pixels, 5.6 inches (~524 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- curved edge screen
Sound
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory
Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Data
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (Exnos), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (Snapdragon) DL
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host
Camera
Primary 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash
Features Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization, dual-video rec.
Secondary 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps
Features
OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
CPU Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450
GPU Adreno 420
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, UV, heart rate, SpO2
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Radio TBC
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Air gestures
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 3 A/V link)
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, G
