Samsung SIII vs iPhone 5

The iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy SIII are the top competing smart phones of the year. Read on to find out which device is the right one for you.

Phone design and dimension

The Samsung Galaxy SIII has a height of 136.6mm and width of 70.6mm. The Galaxy SIII employs an oval and curvy. There are three buttons at the bottom where the two are only shown when the phone is being used which gives it a cleaner layout. The galaxy weighs about 133 grams.

The iPhone 5 has a height of 123.8mm and a width of 58.6mm. The new back design employs an aluminium matte with two glass borders at the top and bottom while the front still has the same uniform rectangular design from the previous iPhone device. The iPhone 5 weighs about 112 grams.

The Samsung Galaxy SIII is larger than the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 is incredibly lighter and much thinner than the Galaxy SIII.

Phone Display

The Samsung SIII has a 4.8 inch touchscreen which displays 1280 by 720 resolution, while the iPhone 5 has a 4-inch multi-touch screen which displays 640 by 1136 resolution.

The iPhone 5 utilizes the Retina Display which was made available for the iPhone 4 and 4S. The Retina Display uses a liquid crystal display which has a high enough pixel density for the human eye can discern from a certain viewing distance.

The Samsung Galaxy SIII uses a HD Super AMOLED or Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diodes display. The AMOLED display makes use of an active matrix of OLED pixels which gives off light when electronically activated. The advantage of this display is that it doesn’t need any backlight to produce colours.

Both the Galaxy SIII and iPhone 5 provide a high quality display when playing movies or games. According to the display analyst experts at Display Mate, the iPhone 5 provides a much better display due to the Galaxy SIII brightness.

The Galaxy SIII display will appeal for those who want to play games or movies on a much wider screen. The iPhone 5 on the other hand will appeal for those who want to view their movies and play games on an optimized display.

Phone performance and hardware

The iPhone 5 utilizes an A6 dual core processor chip which can provide 1.2 GHz of processing power. The Samsung Galaxy SIII utilizes an ARM Cortex-A9 quad core processor which can reach up to 1.4 GHz of processing power. Despite the high processing power from the Galaxy SIII device, both are able to perform equally without any noticeable lag between the smart phones.

Both the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy SIII can support the incredibly fast 4G LTE. Samsung has the advantage for being able to do simultaneous voice and data which the iPhone 5 cannot do.

In terms of battery life, the iPhone 5 slightly has the advantage than the Samsung Galaxy SIII. According to a benchmark test, the iPhone 5 is able to outlast the Galaxy SIII battery life by almost 20 minutes.

Overall

Both phones are able to match each other equally despite the advantages and disadvantages of the two. The iPhone 5 will suit anyone who wants a classy and fully functional phone, scoring slightly higher than the Galaxy SIII in terms of performance. Be sure to get yours at an authorised iPhone 5 dealer.