Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Galaxy Note vs. iPhone 4S: Comparison of specification and features


I'm in a quest for finding a decent note taking tablet phone and I found this one promising: Samsung Galaxy Note
For fun, I tried to compare it to the latest iPhone 4S
Galaxy Note vs. iPhone 4S: Comparison of specification and features






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Samsung Galaxy NoteApple iPhone 4S












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Release2011, September2011, October
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NetworkGSM Quadband, 2G, 3G, 4GGSM Quadband + CDMA, 2G, 3G
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3GHSDPA+, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 MbpsHSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
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4G4G LTE Not available
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Size146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm ( 5.3 inch screen)115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm ( 3.5 inch screen )
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Weight178 g140 g
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Screen800 x 1280 pixels, 5.3 inches (~285 ppi pixel density), Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches (~330 ppi pixel density), LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, Retina display
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Memory: Built-in16GB/32GB storage; 1 GB RAM16/32/64 GB storage; 1GB RAM
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Memory: ExpansionmicroSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB includedNot available
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Camera: Photo8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
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Camera: Video1080p@30fps1080p@30fps
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Front facing camera2 MP (1600 x 1200 pixels)0.3 MP (VGA, 640×480 resolution)
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OSAndroid OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)iOS 5
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Processor1.4GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU, Apple A5 chipset
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RadioStereo FM radio with RDSNot available
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StylusS-pen stylus included; optimized for handwriting, note takingNot available
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BatteryLi-Ion 2500 mAhLi-Po 1420 mAh
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WiFi Video stream to TVDNLA: Wirelessly stream pictures, music and video to DLNA capable TV, Computer etc; stream a 1080p HD video shot on your phone directly to your FullHD TVNot available
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Bluetooth v3.0+HS v4.0 with A2DP
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Adobe Flash support10.1Not available
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NFC supportAvailable (optional)Not available
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Javavia Java MIDP emulator

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TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

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Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

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Predictive text input (Swype)

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Barometer sensor

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Price
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$199 (16 GB), $299 (32 GB) and $399 (64 GB) on a two year contrac






UPDATE (11th Dec 2011)



Web Links
Official Apple website:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
Official Samsung website:
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxynote/note/spec.html?type=find

GSMArena comparison:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4135&idPhone2=4212

2 comments:

  1. Concept reminds me of my old PDA...whatever happened to those...lol

    Looks like Samsung is trying to push this between iPhone and iPad :) .. will be interesting to see if this model takes off!

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  2. @rknotes: PDAs are gonna re-emerge in a new form guess. Actually Dell launched a 5" android tablet phone last year (Dell Streak 5). But they couldn't market it properly. I have a Dell Streak and I love the large screen for browsing etc. But the writing experience with the capacitive screen is pretty poor.(Old PDA's have resistive screen. So writing is better) This Samsung "S-pen" looks interesting. I'm waiting for the user reviews.

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