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
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  • 08 Aug 2010

Anonymous, 08 Aug 2010Show us links to sites that shows IP4 has the best in every... moreI never said that the ip4 is the best in everything over galaxy. What are you smoking? But the ip4 does have more better features and quality than galaxy. The only edge I could see with galaxy over ip4 is contrast and viewing angles, snappier browsing on wifi, and external memory card. That's it. The rest, ip4 is better. The ip4 has the better display overall, faster browsing on 3g, better apps store, bigger internal memory, better design, still the best touchscreen, still the best music player, better maps/navigation app, better os, better camera overall, better videocalling implementation eventhough limited, etc.

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    • Anonymous
    • PNj
    • 08 Aug 2010

    Regarding the music player, how many things have Galaxy S docks?

    How many things have iPod/iPhone docks?

    They are everywhere from alarm clocks to cars.

    GPS on the galaxy S is flawed it doesn't show your true position, it's out by around 100 meters.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0rK
      • 08 Aug 2010

      ALonZo, 08 Aug 2010See you come across as am iPhone hater, rather than someone... morehe never even actually said that.

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        • ALonZo
        • 3pH
        • 08 Aug 2010

        Everyone will have an opinion which screen is better - SuperAMOLED or Retina. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, but the bottom line is BOTH are good as each other. It kinda reminds me of Plasma v LCD. Some will say Plasma some will go with LCD. To the thick haters who are clearly convinced one is better just because they hate the other phone, you need to think properly! And IMO this review is biased towards the Galaxy S. GSMArena have lately become iPhone bashers, I'd like to see a comparison over these 2 great phones by a panel of NON BIASED reviewers. Yeah I agree the Galaxy S excels in certain areas over the iPhone, however certain points re Safari, music, apps, made me think the review is totally done by an iPhone hater!

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          • 3pH
          • 08 Aug 2010

          ace77world, 08 Aug 2010Well as we can see that both the phones are very competitiv... moreSee you come across as am iPhone hater, rather than someone who is showing advantages of each phone over each other. iPhone owners have to buy almost everything from iTunes? Where did you get that rubbish from? I have almost 40 albums on my iPhone 3GS all of them FREE personal ones, easily transferred onto the iPhone via iTunes. iTunes simply converted them and saved them. The same applies for movies. I converted them using a free conversion tool and copied it onto iTunes! Yeah I've paid for a few apps but what's wrong with that? People make out iTunes is difficult but it's super easy! So please do research before stating incorrect facts!!!!!

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            • takis
            • 0Zv
            • 08 Aug 2010

            Why not test GPS performance? I read that Galaxy S has issues with that...

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              • vGA
              • 08 Aug 2010

              Well as we can see that both the phones are very competitive and good. I read few comments by some ppl and saw that iphone lovers can't digest the fact that NON-APPLE company can make good/better phones than iPhone. Truly, what I believe is that may be in certain areas iPhone clearly is a leader, but than it has its own set of problems that cannot be over-looked. Price, Controlled ONLY via iTunes, data transfer not user friendly and the latest "signal" issue. Its non-compatibility with non apple phone etc..etc...

              On the other hand Samsung has its own set of issues, but than its more friendly with its enviornment and is not making any fuss to get connected with other phones. Its easy to transfer day in and out of phone and still you can use it. Like transfering music, videos, etc. One doesn't need special software to do that ("iTune" in case of iPhone). Anything that you download from the net can be directly transfered to the phone and can be USED which iphone will never do. Apple is making big money through iTunes by making consumer buy almost everything...!!! Secondly unlocked Samsung phone is way too cheaper than iPhone and if you jailbreak iPhone there are other complimentry issues like upgrades or probably anytime getting caught and making the phone a BRICK if it crashes....

              Anways, as GSM Arena said, its all personal now...! Both phones are good and it would be purely a matter of taste and usage habits that would make them happy.

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                • Anonymous
                • vCy
                • 08 Aug 2010

                truth, 08 Aug 2010lol your relying too much in american-stupid consumers revi... moreStop arguing. GSMarena has shown in their pictures that at an extreme angle, the S-AMOLED on the Galaxy S has a blue tint to it. Believe it..

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                  • Anonymous
                  • L6Z
                  • 08 Aug 2010

                  i am waiting for motorola droid x and droid 2

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uCm
                    • 08 Aug 2010

                    dont spread the false fact..s-amoled have white-blueish..
                    gets real man..
                    u just embarase ur self

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                      • ubg
                      • 08 Aug 2010

                      i guess the best that he can do is watch a youtube video and it is already observable how superamoled kicks retina's as* bigtime... retina is dull. and that is only going to be obvious if you see both w/ your own eyes.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • uCm
                        • 08 Aug 2010

                        im interested wit someone say iphone higher resolution give more crisp and detail..
                        for u to notice the different resolution between this 2 phone..
                        take 12megapixel DSLR camera and zooming at X10 to the screen..then snap the pic.
                        than u will notice which one is more crisp.
                        ur eyes can do that?.can't right..
                        so dont bother with want is more crisp and with one not..
                        u will never notice it.

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                          • truth
                          • ubg
                          • 08 Aug 2010

                          Anonymous, 08 Aug 2010Nope, read other reviews comparing ip4 and galaxy s, and th... morelol your relying too much in american-stupid consumers reviews?? once again, hold a galaxy S for real and compare it to iphone4's screen and you will never reply again..white is blueish?? where did you read that?? in iphone 4 forums? lol. get real and have a sgs in your hands.

                          or if you want how crap iphone4's screen in comparison to superamoled.. compare it to samsung WAVE,, wherein the resolution is almost the same as the screensize of wave is nearer to iphone4.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • uCm
                            • 08 Aug 2010

                            im interested wit someone say iphone higher resolution give more crisp and detail..
                            for u to notice the different resolution between this 2 phone..
                            take 12megapixel DSLR camera and zooming at X10 to the screen..then snap the pic.
                            than u will notice which one is more crisp.
                            ur eyes can do that?.can't right..
                            so dont bother with want is more crisp and with one not..
                            u will never notice it.

                            im just giving the straight fact..

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                              • Anonymous
                              • LjG
                              • 08 Aug 2010

                              When I say that the iphone is dead... I mean that a phone that is locked on everething need a jailbreak to work. Jail??? Who buy an iphone is like in JAIL!! Iphone fans, how do you accept that??? Just because the design? Oh, everery body is looking to my iphone!! And so what??? A real SMARTphone is FREE!!! It's time to iphone accept that the freedomless of the user's choice make the iphone a DUMBphone. Sad, but true!!! Galaxy S arrived to show the real mean of SMARTphone.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • UGj
                                • 08 Aug 2010

                                Anonymous, 08 Aug 2010whats the point of having so many pixel where the ratio of ... morei mean when watching movies, where top and bottom are merely showing black bar.. -_-|||

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • UGj
                                  • 08 Aug 2010

                                  Anonymous, 08 Aug 2010Because of the retina display's higher resolution, movies w... morewhats the point of having so many pixel where the ratio of the screen is so off that 20% of the pixel are not optimised.. at least galaxy maximise more than iphone 4

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • wHU
                                    • 08 Aug 2010

                                    someone say retina better then s-amoled..and someone say s-amoled better then retina..
                                    geez..so dummies..dont relies only in review, get both and compare them in front of ur eyes..u will know which one better.in term of contrast,natural looking color, out door visibility and saving energy..s-amoled kick out retina.

                                    somedummies say higher resolution in retina will give retina superior screen.
                                    man..u know nothing

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                                      • junulrik
                                      • F1t
                                      • 08 Aug 2010

                                      actually, i've got both phones, why dont you try to have them both and you will never have dilemna.. thats exactly how i look on these scenario where these two phones were being compared neck to neck..

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • utt
                                        • 08 Aug 2010

                                        Anonymous, 08 Aug 2010I agree with you that galaxy s is a great device as well, b... moreShow us links to sites that shows IP4 has the best in everything..........