In this age, when it comes to technology & gadget enthusiasm, all other debates take back seat. Gone are those days when we easily get impressed by polyphonic ringtones of Nokia phones. The present consumer knows what they want from technology & their constant passion towards it makes companies work harder to be more creative & innovative. Now, even most advanced phones receive critical criticism from gadget analysts' & two of the most advanced phones till date i.e., iPhone 5 & Galaxy s3 are been through endless reviews, tests & discussions, yet there's no consensus is built on deciding which is the best among these two. Unlike other in depth articles, this article tries to show the response from various perspectives.
I thoroughly understand the fact that these two phones are widely reviewed & analysed and hundreds of articles has been written on it considering its hardware & software factors. I want to take a step ahead and want to draw few final conclusions taking in view of all the reviews and consumer feedback. I've conducted a small debate on some popular tech forum & received enormous amount of feedback. No matter how good or bad reviewers rate the phone, end of the day end consumers are the one who decide the fate of the phone as ultimately they're the ones who're going to use the phone on day to day basis.
In this article, i'll consider three different perspectives, by which we conclude the performance of these two products,
1. Reviewers Take
2. Consumers feedback
3. Sales Analysis
4. Final Verdict
In this article, i'll consider three different perspectives, by which we conclude the performance of these two products,
1. Reviewers Take
2. Consumers feedback
3. Sales Analysis
4. Final Verdict
1.Reviewers Take
Samsung has announced his arrival by introducing Galaxy series & snatch the large chunk of market share from Apple. Reviewers are impressed with the release of Galaxy s3 with big screen & some extraordinary features and no matter what every analyst is keenly waiting for iPhone 5 release all over the world. The release of iPhone 5 created a big hype.Check here to check Apple Store across the world on release date in pictures. But, after deeply analyzing, the analyst believes iPhone 5 is no much bigger than Galaxy s3.
Rating wise all top tech websites rated iPhone 5 and Galaxy s3 equally, these ratings are based on customer feedback and experts reviews.
There are too many minute details of merits and demerits of both phones are widely discussed before in several articles, so i don't want to get much in to details about that. I'll be giving a brief in simple & lay man's term about specifications, merits and demerits.
The table below shows the merits & demerits of both phones,
iPhone 5
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Galaxy s3
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Merits
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Demerits
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Merits
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Demerits
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1.Larger Screen with increased resolution and excellent retina display
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1. iOS 6 Map is a step backward.
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1. Monstrous looking 4.8 inch screen with Super Amoled 720p HD
resolution
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1. Touchwiz interface is quite confusing, S voice is not as functional as Siri
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2. iOS 6 with 200 amazing new much improved features
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2. New lightning connector means whole new investment on accessories
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2. Android 4.1
Jelly Bean sees the start of an initiative called Project Butter. This is
designed to take full use of the processor power available, with the aim of
running Android at a solid 60fps.
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2. Not hand friendly due to higher width, 71mm wide compare to iPhone
5 58mm
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3. List of features you care about iCloud, Airplay, Facetime,
iMessage
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3. 4G LTE won’t work on all UK networks
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3. Palm touch mute pause, Palm swipe capture, Tilt to zoom, Shake to
update, Auto eyes sensing
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3. Prone to viruses
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4. Extraordinary redesign makes it thinner, lighter and hand friendly
phone with excellent built Aluminium body
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4. Gets too hot easily easily
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4. Expandable memory
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4. Plastic built back cover with removable battery makes it look
ordinary in design
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Some accepted the demerits of iPhone 5 and some accepted the demerits of Galaxy s3. But, most of the reviewers agreed on the common point that iPhone 5 and Galaxy s3 are two best smartphones available in the market right now.
2.Consumer Feedback:
A recent survey carried out by the Forum of Private Business shows that 44% of business owners want to improve customer satisfaction. So, consumer feedback plays big role in deciding the future of any company. The success of any company in coming era will be judge on how quickly companies update their innovations to match with the pulse of the customer.After going through most of the top tech websites, review articles, feedback and comments. And more specifically, the debate I've conducted on tech forums. I've selected few comments worth mentioning and concluded the mood of the consumers relating to these two products.
Tech Forum Feedback:
I'm not presenting this debate with 90 odd replies and some thousand views as the general view of the users across the world. I've been through major forum comments, top tech websites and consumer feedback. I've mentioned few replies which matches with majority of consumer views.
This is what we've asked,
"The passion for technology reaches the new height in this age where everyone wants best-est among the best.I'm going to write an article where I want the reviews straight from users & experienced geeks.
What do you think is the best phone? iPhone 5 or Samsung galaxy s3 and why?
Your valuable ideas and feedback's with sound logic are most welcome."Some explained with their logic about why they like Galaxy s3,
While some believe that it depends upon what you actually need from the phone,
And majority of iPhone 5 fans believe that Apple is based on innovation which works in other terms simple and user friendly,
And some argued over the quality of display of iPhone 5 and Galaxy s3,
And Overall majority of consumer believes that both have pro's and con's but ultimately it depends on user about what he wants from the phone,
Social Media Feedback:
Whether it's politics, entertainment or tech debates, social media plays a major role in present age. So, i've tried to gather some genuine excitement of users from twitter for their respective phones.
Some believes iPhone 5 to be the best on the planet,
While some believe Galaxy s3 is better than Apple,
And some takes feedback from their followers before buying the phone. Interesting!
3. Sales Analysis:
I've tried to analyse the sales of both the products in order to understand the market response to both the products. iPhone 5 is announced on 12th September, 2012 and Galaxy s3 is released in May, 2012.
The release of iPhone 5 like everyone knows created the major hype in entire world, demand outstripped the supply. Apple did record sale of five million units in its first weekend itself, and two million in its first 24 hours.Still Analyst believes it's lower than expected.
As per predictions, analysts suggest the iPhone 5 will sell around 26 million units till end of this 2012.
Galaxy s3 reached 20 million sales mark. But, we can't judge both in terms of sales at the moment as latter released some months before iPhone 5, if iPhone 5 can surpass the sales of s3? only time will tell. And interestingly, the company has more s3s sold in Eurpe(6 million) than the US (4 million), while racking up 2.5 million sales in its native korea.
4.Final Verdict:
My final verdict about these two phones are both are unique in its own functionality, overall performance and quality. But, the undeniable truth is that the Samsung has given a tough challenge to Apple, again on basis of innovation. Most specs are very close between the phones, some specs of one phone out do other like NFC/maps in Galaxy s3 & app quality, updates support in iPhone 5. At the end of the day, it all comes to a choice of operating system you prefer and how big/small or how pocketfriendly/handfriendly your phone to be. And it's safe to say that these are the two best smart phones in the market right now.
The constructive criticism helps developer bring the best out of them.The debates, discussions and deep analysis is a positive sign that we're moving ahead in a right direction where even best innovations of the present age are get judged.
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Thanks for looking :)
As far as image quality is concerned: you should have used PNG instead of JPG. JPEG is never good for screen shots.
Rightly said, thanks a lot :)
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