Recently Apple CEO Steve Jobs releases the so-called “revolutionary” iPhone 4. But that’s not the case anymore; Apple’s new iPhone 4 will be quickly dethroned by the new Samsung Galaxy S. Why is this phone going to dethrone the iPhone 4? Well, this phone is better than the iPhone in so many different ways.
Let’s start with the availability with all US networks. As of today, the iPhone 4 is only available on AT&T, while the Galaxy S is going to be available on America’s four major networks (Sprint – Epic 4G, AT&T – Captivate, Verizon – Fascinate and T-Mobile – Vibrant) but these phones are not going to be the same. Each carrier will have different variations of the Galaxy S. For example, Sprint has the Galaxy S Pro variation which is compatible with Sprint’s WiMax network.
The major difference between the phones is that the iPhone 4 is run by Apple’s iOS4 software while the Samsung Galaxy S is run by Android 2.1(Éclair) with Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0. Also Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S will have Android 2.2(Froyo) which boosts the speeds of the phone by at least three times. The iPhone 4 has access the Apple’s famous App Store which has more than 225,000 apps while the Galaxy S has access to the Android Market which has more than 65,000 apps. The problem with Apple’s App Store is that a lot of apps are not approved while apps on the Android Market are 3rd party apps and Android is growing with 10,000 new apps every month. Soon Android will catch up to the number of apps that Apple has in the next year.
The displays of both phones are very important features to everyone. The iPhone 4 has a 3.5” IPS LCD screen. I am not going to mention about the retina display part because it is not true. The 3.5” LCD screen has a resolution of 640x960 pixels. The Galaxy S has a 4.0” Super AMOLED display. The difference between the Super AMOLED and AMOLED screen is that the Super AMOLED cuts out glare by 80%. With the Super AMOLED display, the screen produces darker blacks and brighter whites, while the iPhone 4’s LCD display makes some of the blacks look like they are grey.
Now we are going to pay attention to minor details about both phones. The iPhone 4 runs on Samsung made (Apple branded) A4 processor. While the Galaxy S runs on Samsungs ARM Cortex A8 “Hummingbird” processor with an onboard GPU. Both processors run at the same speed but the Galaxy S is faster for day to day use and 3D gaming. Both phones have a 5 MP camera and record 720p video. The iPhone 4 offers LED flash while the Galaxy S doesn’t but the Galaxy S makes up for it with the features associated with the camera. The onboard storage is 16gb or 32gb on the iPhone 4 while the Galaxy S has 8gb or 16gb but the storage capacity can be added to the Galaxy S by microSD up to 32gb. Some features that the Galaxy S has and the iPhone doesn’t have are a FM tuner, DLNA support and flash support. The last small feature about the Galaxy S is that it is just as thin as the iPhone but is more than 20 grams lighter.
Overall the iPhone will soon be dethroned by the Galaxy S because the Galaxy S is better in so many ways such as the screen, processor, features and the fact about having flash support. Whoever is looking at buying the iPhone 4, look again at the Galaxy S. Lately the Galaxy S is gaining against the iPhone and is projected to sell 10 million units by the end of the year.
