iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy 3, the ultimate in Android vs iOS

sIII is good smart phone ^_^

Add the HTC One X!

Abe, check your scoring on the second part (network). It’s either you missed giving a point to Samsung or you accidentally gave a point to Apple.

Accept the facts that S3 is more advance in features compare to iphone5 which is just upgraded of iphone4s.

“The Galaxy S3 has a removable 2100mAh battery while the iPhone 5 has a non-removable 1440mAh battery.”

This is not a good way to compare the battery life considering that both operating systems are different as well as the screen size and processor. How efficient is the operating system? How does the processor affect the battery life? Actual tests need to be conducted before determining the winner in that area.

“it doesn’t take a genius.”

Abe, I have some point I wouldn’t agree with you. How is it that the S3 got the point on the screen without giving a point to iP5? Is it just because of its bigger screen? Being bigger isn’t always a plus factor considering the usability and operability as a phone. I think it should be tie. Another is the battery, again the s3 has a bigger battery but how it fares when both phones put in operation? Have you checked how long both phone lasted during operation? Other than those… It’s a good comparison though :-)

Put more thought on your reviews. This is like a review made by a kid. Just ’cause the SIII has 4.8in screen it gets a point? And they don’t have the same pixel per inch. iPhone still has the best screen display at 362ppi. And its screen is tougher too (watch iPhone 5 VS Samsung Galaxy SIII Drop Test). 2 drops of SIII and the screen cracks. 4 drops of iPhone 5, screen is untouched. Also consider perf

What kind of review is this? Did you rush this or something? First off, just ’cause the screen is bigger, doesn’t mean it’s better. The iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 still has the best screen resolution on a smartphone at 362 pixels per inch (ppi). The iPhone 5’s screen is also tougher than the SIII (watch the drop test video, SIII’s screen cracked with the 2nd drop while the 5’s screen remained untouched even after the 4th drop). Performance-wise, iPhone 5 is the king and is even compared to the new iPad in terms of benchmark scores. The SIII is just bigger and has longer battery life. Nothing more. And Android is very unstable and does not give convenient updates like Apple does.

I agree with Nikko. This post is BS! What kind of comparison is this? sana tinable mo na lang tapos may check marks spec per spec… may pa point system ka pang nalalaman!

On my humble attempt to keep a neutral position, it would be nice to see a realistic test of the LTE performance on these devices. If there’s one single point that the iPhone 5 has over its predecessor to warrant an upgrade, I feel it would be the LTE capability.

At the same time, this is where Samsung and HTC has earlier patents, so pretty curious how well Apple handled it.

in terms of build quality, it should be even…try dropping the iphone5 and the dents will be permanent

you forgot to compare Android and iOS apps. As an app developer for both, I’d give Galaxy S3: 0 points and iPhone 5: 1 point, because the S3 has both ICS and JellyBean plus it’s much more difficult to develop for Android.

same price range? i don’t think so….and nfc is not a minor feature…m not a fan of the s3 but clearly the iphone5 loses to the s3…

Samsung S3, speed, stability, battery, value and user friendly. I saw awhile ago an iphone 5 at ATC mobile store with a price tag of 65K, makakabili na ako ng complete set ng I7 PC na may 23″ full hd monitor at may 32gb ram and 2tb hardisk sa kapresyo ng isang new model ng iphone5 na under power, non interchangeable battery, itune dependent na super mahal na overrated phone.

Ew. iPhone 5 all the way. But if I had to choose between the iPhone 5 and the HTC One X, I’d choose the One X. Don’t settle for cheap plastic. To each his own.

What will design bring you if the material itself scuffs easily? S3 still for the win!

i would choose the S3 only if has iOS on it. Android sucks big time. Tried Android versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.0, 3.2, 4.0, 4.03, 4.04 and they are all slow, unstable, with collections of useless apps. iOS Also wins over security features.

also, s3’s large screen is not an advantage, its a personal preference. I have a HTC desire hd with 4.3inch screen, using it for almost 2yrs already and i found it too big. but i agree, early iphone’s 3.5inch screen is too small. smartphones should have at least 3.8inch with upper limit of 5.0inch. anything above 5inch is not comfortable to hold, and would be categorized as tablet.

Wag naman kayo ganyan! mdaming nasasaktan na mga mahilig sa mansanas.. :D Hindi naman panget yung iPhone 5, medyo bagsak lang siya sa expectation natin kasi boring yung upgrade from 4s. In terms of hardware eh walang duda kung sino panalo. In term of OS eh depende sa user. Kapag wala ka alam sa customization eh more or less iOS ka. Kapag stability naman eh depende sa spec ng android phone mo. pag low end eh olats talaga sa iOS. I think its unfair to say that android is slow. it smoothness will depend on your handset, its unfair to compare if the specs of the android phone is higher or lower than the iPhone.

IP5 sucks! Go S3. haha

Former iPhone user shifted to SIII. (still using the iPhone BTW – contacts are still on this phone)
Comparison between the two?
Usability goes to SIII.
Style for iPhone.

I just noticed, when I started using SIII then shift back to iPhone for calls or text, I got this feeling that iPhone is a mini-phone ^_^ But still cute though.

I still love samsung..maybe because i havent tried both. haha. im into the price. No matter what.

Useless review. AguyTech. Aguy aguy aguy.

I don’t agree that S3 and iPhone 5 should be tied when it comes to the camera. The iPhone 5’s camera is superior. I have a friend who has both phones and the photos taken with the iPhone 5, especially under low light, are smoother and more well-defined.

User experience? Been using iPhones for years and when I changed to SII last year, I suddenly noticed that my User experience in using an iPhone is very limited. If I don’t want to use the TouchWiz by Samsung, there are a lot of alternatives available for free download. I don’t use the default apps as well and that includes the TouchWiz. We can customize the OS even without rooting (jailbreak for iOS) the phone. I enjoy the fact that I can transfer any files from my phone to any computers, send any files via bluetooth even to blackberry, nokia etc. Plus, fully customizable interfaces, like changing the widgets’ size, changing the number of rows and columns for your homescreen, messaging, contacts, etc. Plus Notifications which of course iPhone recently adapted. To each is its own, it depends on how you’ll use your phone. If I want style and status symbol, I use my iPhone 4s, the same case goes for the iPhone 5. But for everyday use, I’ll choose the S3 or Note 2 once it is already available. To each is its own as the saying goes. Both iPhone5 and S3 are high-end devices and getting one or both is definely an experience that each owner will surely enjoy. What will be the use of S3 if all you do is calling and sending SMS without taking advantage of its big screen in playing HD games and videos. It all end up to what we do with our phone that defines its beauty.

@Abe, I’ll give you some fare view on how to give point on the display comparison. I don’t think the S3 deserves a point coz the iPhone 5 won by a mile when overall display feature is considered. I’ll quote the conclusion made by Dr. Soneira of Displaymate.
“Conclusions:   An Impressive iPhone 5 Display…
Smartphone displays are continuing their rapid evolution in performance. Apple has again taken the lead in methodical refinements and factory calibration that are necessary to produce accurate very high picture quality. Based on our extensive Lab measurements the iPhone 5 has a true state-of-the-art accurate display – it’s not perfect and there is plenty of room for improvements (and competitors) but it is the best Smartphone display we have seen to date based on extensive Lab measurements and viewing tests. In particular it is a significant improvement over the display in the iPhone 4 with much lower screen Reflections, much higher image contrast and screen readability in high ambient lighting (the highest we have ever measured), and a significantly improved and accurate Color Gamut and Factory Calibration that delivers very accurate colors and very good picture quality. While it’s not quite as accurate as the new iPad, it is still probably more accurate than any consumer display you own (including your HDTV), unless you have a new iPad.
 
The display on the Samsung Galaxy S III uses OLED technology. It’s a new technology that has not yet been refined to the same degree as LCDs, particularly the IPS LCDs on the iPhones, so it doesn’t objectively test or perform as well as the iPhone 5. But OLEDs have been evolving and improving very rapidly as shown in our OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out so it has a very promising future. Here are the biggest issues we found in our extensive Lab measurements and viewing tests of the Galaxy S III: the Brightness is about half of the iPhone 5 due to power constraints resulting from the lower OLED power efficiency and concerns regarding premature OLED aging. As a result the image contrast and screen readability in high ambient lighting is much poorer than the iPhone 5. The Color Gamut is not only much larger than the Standard Color Gamut, which leads to distorted and exaggerated colors, but the Gamut is quite lopsided, with Green being a lot more saturated than either Red or Blue, which adds a Green color caste to many images. And for some reason Samsung has not bothered to calibrate the Color Gamut on any of its OLED displays, so they are wildly inaccurate and produce inaccurate and over saturated colors.”
Here’s the link so you can read it by yourself

Poor comparison, halatang walang alam.

look here about sa display:
http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm

search all other reviews about sa battery, iphone5 got one of the best batter sa smart phone, halos kinocompare nga sa razor maxx

Mas madami features yung iphone 5!!!

It has the innovative

iScratch – yup you can etch your name of the aluminum body hehe. Since di kaya mag customize sa phone mismo then might as well go creative and etch your names

iLight – (iLeak) light leaking from the cracks of the body. Boy you get automatic flashlight in the dark ei? now that is a real feature

iLost – oh boy this map of theirs takes you to another dimension. Really innovative

iDepend – of course this is an old one, you have to depend on iTunes for your vids, music, etc….sa android USB TO GO BABY!!! Diretso salpak files wala nang inarte inarte pa

iTipid – tipidin ang memory space kasi non expandable e…hehe di tulad sa SIII may 64gb internal ka na may option ka pa to expand another 64gb

iNggit – well go figure

MGA PUTANGINA NYO!!

IP5 SUCKS!!! OVERPRICED POS!!!

Really? You’re gonna tie the OS? iLost anyone? :)

Mobile OS security : i give iOS 10 out of 10, Android 6 out of 10. Damn, bakit may anti virus app sa Google play store? I believe Android accepts their OS can catch virus attacks, malware etc.

Sa durability, watch this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4zQKeAEqsQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M5q5TRuAsY

S3 = DUROG, SMASHED. Hahah!

Samsung Engineers are not good designers.
Samsung marketing do the specs hype.

i know lcd displays are way better than oled when it comes to naturality.

OLED ar vibrant and saturated displays SAMSUNG even know that pero wonder bakit mas pinatitingkad pa nila? kasi most want it and it’s very vibrant….

OLED is battery sv=aver too

Apple innovates while Samsung imitates.

if you still can’t decide between the two beasts
anwering a series of funny questions might help :)

not to troll anyone but these guys did a good job in bringing a non-biased samsung vs apple informative

http://bristleconetech.net/blog/iphone5-vs-galaxys3

There is a worldwide bacon shortage and we are talking about this?

Many are lambasting the writer for his opinion.

Common guys, don’t read reviews if you can’t accept the writer’s opinion.

Reviews are done based on the user experience or preference.

Don’t expect him to write a review just to satisfy your crave for news crowning your favorite toy as the best.

dameng mga komento katamad, hehe..
dame din android hater..
still, mga ipfan masabe lang naka iphone, gaya nga ng sabe “status symbol” daw.
masyado kampante ang apol sa IP4S&IP5 na kahit minor upgrades kikita pa din but in the long run slowly-slowdown-down na sila ng di nila namamalayan. minor_upgrades + very_expensive vs. major_upgrades + reasonable_price + open-source OS, san ka pa di ba plus the fact na mas madame ang mahihirap sa Pinas.

Sorry but this review fails in many respects.

First, the new A6 processor as pointed out by AnandTech and as shown in recent benchmarks outperforms every other smartphone in the Market. Galaxy S3 is Quad Core but only the A6 managed to get a dual core (custom Armv7s) architecture in Samsung’s SOC. This means your galaxy s3 with 64 FPU is easily outgunned by the 128 dual FPU A6. Even Samsung itself could not get it right. FACT –

Also please leave the reviewing to professionals like AnandTech, you sound like a marketing strategist for Samsung. This post is zero cred. Sorry

Before I used iP4s and I had a good time with it naman. Very simple and everything seems to be so useful. I’m satified sa connectivity nya and sa simple interface nya however there are missing features like Bluetooth connectivity, Can’t load music directly from the internet so I switched to Android I and currently using GS III and I am ulitmately satisfied with it kasi may mga features ung GS III na wala ung iPhone 4s which is to my advantage. Well, I’m not saying that iPhone not a great phone, infact it is. But for me mas d’best tlga ang GS III. I believe naman kasi na kanya kanya yan eh. We just have to use the phone to our advantage. Kung anu sa Tingin nyo mas useful yun nalang.

Regarding this review, I can say biased siya. But cguro na sabi ng ng author to cuz’ he might be an android/GS III user.

Bottom line, phone is a phone, it is now a basic need in which we use to call and send sms to our loved ones. The benchmarks can’t measure these.

Apple fanboys. Grow up. I love my S3.

i still go with android, it always go over iOS excep stability. :) consider that android is still fresh, so there are stil a lot of things to be polished. but obviously, flexibility and customization android go over.