Apple Iphone 4 Vs Samsung Galaxy S2

By Author: Caroline Telford
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Even with the onslaught of Apple iPhone 4, Android mobile phones stood tall in the crowd. Never the less to say Galaxy S2 is well known for its elegance and glossy look. It comes packed with powerful applications, its size and compactness makes it simply slip into your pocket. It has latest Android OS onboard which helps you to access thousands of applications which is not available with Apple iphone4. You can find out some of the differences between the rivals based upon their design, display, Operating System, etc.

Design

Both Galaxy S2 and iPhone4 are well known for their stylishness and glossy look. Galaxy S2 is lighter than Apple iPhone 4 with the weight of 116gms. When you take it into consideration the size, Galaxy S2 again wins the game as it is the slimmest phone. You can easily carry it anywhere, let it be any business meeting or for travel.

Verdict: Galaxy S2 is the best companion to be carried anywhere.

Display

Samsung Galaxy S2 sports a 4.2 inch AMLOED Plus display and it gives best output in terms of contrast and display quality. You can watch videos or movies with high quality ...
... in its large screen and it also gives you surprises while playing games with blazing graphics.

On the other hand Apple iPhone 4 has a 3.5 inch retina display which looks glossy and it is also resistant to scratch.

Verdict: Samsung Galaxy S2 gets the vote as its screen is larger and crisper than its competitor.

Processor

Galaxy S2 features a 1.2 GHz processor while iPhone 4 has a 1GHz processor. S 2 uses an ARM's Cortex A8 processor whereas Apple uses its own A4 processor.

Verdict: Needless to say Apple’s processor is powerful, but with the competition against its rival, Galaxy S2 wins the game.

Camera

Samsung Galaxy comes pre-equipped with an 8 megapixel camera, however it lacks an anti shake filter and other advanced features. It also has a front facing camera to make video calls. Apple sports a 5 megapixel camera and also has a VGA camera for video chats and taking self portraits.

Verdict: Galaxy S 2 again wins as it has higher pixel camera which provides crisp images.

Operating System

Galaxy S2 runs on the new OS of Google Android 2.3 and is also dressed up with Samsung’s TouchWiz 4.0 UI feature. Android is popular for multitasking operations and it also supports various applications. iPhone 4 runs on the latest iOS 4 which has special features to change wall themes and different audio controllers allows you to equalize any music or songs.

Verdict: Eventhough S2’s Android OS is powerful, iPhone 4 rocks here as it has thousands of applications to access.

Overall Verdict:

It is hard to compare both these mobile phones, it certainly a tough fight but as of now Galaxy S2 wins the game with favor from Android which is a free open source. Apple is currently working to improve its OS and features.

Galaxy S2 is an Android mobile phone with advanced features. iPhone 4 has access to thousands of applications.