Samsung I9000 Galaxy S vs. Apple iPhone 4: Collision course

06 August 2010
It’s not like you’re out of options. Here’s one. Another one would be to get a friend’s iPhone 4 and another friend’s Galaxy S, put them on a table, close your eyes and… tell your friends to bugger off. Or you can do it the old-fashioned way. Flip a what...

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  • Anonymous
  • Iax
  • 11 Aug 2010

Iphone's music player lost out to galaxy simply because of itunes. Meh, that should come under connectivitiy. On the other hand i have windows media player on my pc as standard and find it utterly ridiculous to installed itunes in order to transfer music. To me, it's utter junk thats not needed. Drag and drop in usb mass storage mode would eradicate this problem. Apple just finds ways to lock people in. Itunes has decent features but not everyone needs it.

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    • Anonymous
    • 0CV
    • 11 Aug 2010

    Super-amoled is the best. lol @ stupid gimmick retina, just an lcd with improved viewing angles

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      • Anonymous
      • ucu
      • 11 Aug 2010

      I don't care! I want the iPhone4, cos it has the 3Gs, the WIFIs, and tbe bigger GBs. And it comes in White!

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        • Truth
        • j1%
        • 11 Aug 2010

        Anonymous, 11 Aug 2010Apple resell value is due to : 1) Apple overpricing 2) Cu... moreHa ha, I knew it before truth hurts but at the end of the day iPhone 4 is better than galaxy s, in terms of everything and remember I have yet to see a dropped call truly, and has the best resale value, these galaxy are the phone which come every year with android and fade away and that the truth accept it, and they sell as cheap toys haha

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          • Anonymous
          • FJT
          • 11 Aug 2010

          Durst, 11 Aug 2010We all have heard about what has been goin on with APPLE th... morePlease.........Samsung will only make a small dent against Apple. It will take a whole slew of Android phones and others to do some damage against the iPhone. Even that, Apple will be still the strongest one branded phone army in the world.

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            • Anonymous
            • s3G
            • 11 Aug 2010

            Anonymous, 11 Aug 2010Oh, cool. Any of the broken, buggy media players I want, eh... moreThere's no bug on any android media player I used so far, and there's plenty of them, for all tastes, there's even one that is the exact copy of the iphone's one minus itune fail.

            Also, viruses on android ? lol, make me laugh, each app is independant in a unix like environement.
            The "android has viruses" argument of applefans is even worse than the "lol antenna fail" of android fanboys because the later occurs quite at an higher rate.

            Anyway if you're dumb enough to download something that is explicitly unsafe (ever read app comments because downloading it ?) that's natural selection.
            I guess you're happy in your apple closed kindergarden with fences all over and Itunes because it makes you feel secure.

            Now I'll leave you appleboys shed tears of frustration over a simple electronic device.

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              • Anonymous
              • PBc
              • 11 Aug 2010

              derp, 11 Aug 2010What is bias is being so fanboy about the iphone to ignore ... moreso that would explain why iPods are so unpopular...

              ...oh hang on.

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                • Durst
                • P%r
                • 11 Aug 2010

                We all have heard about what has been goin on with APPLE this past few weeks, recently an executive resigned, possibly due to the incurrable issue regarding the famous AntennaGate. Well, for know i would say that Samsung Galaxy S has the full advantage to give Apple a thing or two to think about. All things that goes up must come down eventually.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ssT
                  • 11 Aug 2010

                  derp, 11 Aug 2010What is bias is being so fanboy about the iphone to ignore ... moreOh, cool. Any of the broken, buggy media players I want, eh? So hard to decide, and what If I want a virus-free one?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • FJT
                    • 11 Aug 2010

                    Anonymous, 11 Aug 2010Apple resell value is due to : 1) Apple overpricing 2) Cu... moreRelax buddy. Thanks to apple high price and cult of apple as you were saying I get back $300-400 everytime I sell it before the next gen. is out. Works for me.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • s3G
                      • 11 Aug 2010

                      truth, 10 Aug 2010Haha Samsung galaxy s is selling like a cheap phone on crai... moreApple resell value is due to :
                      1) Apple overpricing
                      2) Cult of apple

                      You think you're "wealthy" because you buy a 600$ iphone ? No you're not. You're just reselling your old crap 3gs for 400$ to an idiot and pumping an extra 200$ for it. And it will happen every two year. Or even every year.

                      If you want to keep up with the galaxy line you gotta dump as much as 300$ (100$ resell value = galaxy S in two years) for the next one.

                      Its the same with macbooks and PC's
                      Overtime macs are really cheap, anything apple is really cheap if you keep reselling it. Way cheaper than PC's or other phones.

                      What's costly is just the entrance ticket to steve job's world.

                      But ho wait, any retard can get an iphone for 200$ the first two years with a contract.

                      Have fun.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • s3G
                        • 11 Aug 2010

                        Anonymous, 10 Aug 2010Why, didn't GSM Arena compare pictures using the flash... ... moreYou're right, instead of that the galaxy S has a night time capture mode that takes pictures better than the iphone ridiculous one led flash at any range.

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                          • derp
                          • s3G
                          • 11 Aug 2010

                          Anonymous, 10 Aug 2010The music player on the galaxy S is objectively worse than ... moreWhat is bias is being so fanboy about the iphone to ignore the fact that on android you can install any music player you want, custom it to your conveniance, etc... at will. While on the iphone you're stuck with apple's one forever.

                          Especially when the iphone music player is the worst and most inconvenient one just because it relies on itunes.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • FJT
                            • 11 Aug 2010

                            Anonymous, 10 Aug 2010The music player on the galaxy S is objectively worse than ... moreThat's what I've said about the media player alone how it is the most complete and polished player around and this is just one thing how this article shows to be biased. And please don't delete this comment as you guys have already done it to me twice. I guess no one can input their opinion if it's against the article?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • ssT
                              • 10 Aug 2010

                              The music player on the galaxy S is objectively worse than the one on the iphone 4, if not just for sound quality, for convenience sake also.

                              Saying otherwise is just bias.

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                                • brn85
                                • 3pr
                                • 10 Aug 2010

                                Hey there,
                                just a question: is it possible to listen FM Radio using the high speaker, right? Or i must use the headphones? (I may need them eventually to work as an antenna...)

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 4{w
                                  • 10 Aug 2010

                                  What a biased article. I can see many points that could of gone the iPhone way. And about the saying "don't hold the phone that way" was just blown out of proportion. As more and more people buy the iPhone 4 the more people will realize that the iPhone 4 is one the best phones out in the market. Make a judgement after you use a phone and not before. There are tons of reviews out there said it is an excellent phone. And about this article, either phone is excellent its just up to personal preference. But I felt the writer didn't give enough credit to the iPhone 4 to make a fair enough comparison.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • m}9
                                    • 10 Aug 2010

                                    All I know is with Galaxy you don't have to hold it the "right way"... :D

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 0rK
                                      • 10 Aug 2010

                                      Photos on galaxy s look more natural. Iphone photos look nicer but they are not.realistic.

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                                        • toorop
                                        • T4d
                                        • 10 Aug 2010

                                        What I read and saw here in this comparison is that the iPhone 4 has the much sharper photos, the much sharper videos, the perfect audio quality... and the Galaxy S wins? WTF!

                                        And couse I own the Samsung Wave, I know hob bad the PenTile Matrix is, in the Galaxy S the screen is much bigger so the annoying dots are much more visible. The Super-AMOLED is a mess! I know what I'm talking about. Text appears never shapr enough on this display!

                                        I don't own an iPhone yet, have a Samsung Wave and Nokia N86. But from what I read and what I experienced, the iPhone 4 is a clear winner to me.