Android's flagship handsets are undoubtedly
the specs monsters of the smartphone industry, pushing the limits of chipsets,
screen sizes, camera resolutions, and other tangible and easy to compare things
every six months or so.
That is why we wanted to see how the newly
announced iPhone 5 measures up to the current Android bestseller - the Samsung Galaxy S III
- which will be its main competition for a good while, and against the upcoming
LG Optimus G monstrosity, the likes of which will be the new iPhone's
competition for at least the first half of next year.
Granted, we have much larger screens on
those Android handsets, and the three handsets couldn't be more different in
terms of design, but they are all outfitted with powerful chipsets with LTE
radios, have multicore graphics subsystems, high-resolution screens, and
cameras 8MP and above, so all flagship prerequisites are met and even exceeded.
When it comes to design, we have the
metal-and-glass body of the new iPhone, the all-plastic polycarbonate construction
of the 4.8-incher Galaxy S III, and the exquisite prismatic glass back of the
unibody Optimus G handset. Thus, in terms of design, the premium material
winners are the iPhone and LG's handset, but if you want a feathery handset
with a huge AMOLED display, the Galaxy S III is your thing. Have a gander at
the raw specs comparison in the table below, and tell us what you think about
those three.
Design
|
Apple iPhone 5
|
LG Optimus G
|
Samsung Galaxy S
III
|
OS
|
iOS (6)
|
Android
(4.0.4)
|
Android
(4.0.4) TouchWiz UX UI
|
Dimensions
|
4.87 x 2.31 x
0.30 (123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm)
|
5.19 x 2.71 x
0.33 (131.9 x 68.9 x 8.45 mm)
|
5.38 x 2.78 x
0.34 (136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm)
|
Weight
|
3.95 oz (112
g)
the average is
4.1 oz (118 g)
|
5.11 oz (145
g)
the average is
4.1 oz (118 g)
|
4.73 oz (134
g)
the average is
4.1 oz (118 g)
|
Side Keys
|
Left: Volume
control, Other
|
Left: Volume
control Right: Lock/Unlock key
|
Left: Volume
control Right: Lock/Unlock key
|
Colors
|
Black, White
|
Black, White
|
Blue, Red,
White
|
Display
|
|||
Physical size
|
4 inches
|
4.70 inches
|
4.80 inches
|
Resolution
|
640 x 1136
pixels
|
768 x 1280
pixels
|
720 x 1280
pixels
|
Pixel density
|
326 ppi
|
318 ppi
|
306 ppi
|
Technology
|
IPS LCD
|
IPS LCD
|
Super AMOLED
|
Battery
|
|||
Talk time
|
8.00 hours
the average is 9 h (529 min) |
||
Stand-by time
|
9.4 days (225
hours)
the average is 20 days (479 h) |
8.3 days (199
hours)
the average is 20 days (479 h) |
|
Talk time (3G)
|
8.00 hours
the average is 7 h (405 min) |
||
Music playback
|
40.00 hours
|
||
Video playback
|
10.00 hours
|
||
Capacity
|
2100 mAh
|
2100 mAh
|
|
Hardware
|
|||
System chip
|
Apple A6
|
Qualcomm
Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064
|
Qualcomm
Snapdragon S4 MSM8960
|
Processor
|
Dual core
|
Quad core,
1500 MHz, Krait
|
Dual core,
1500 MHz, Krait
|
Graphics
processor
|
Yes
|
Adreno 320
|
Adreno 225
|
System memory
|
2048 MB RAM
(Dual-channel: Yes)
|
2048 MB RAM
(Dual-channel: Yes) / DDR2 (500 MHz)
|
|
Built-in
storage
|
16 GB
|
32 GB
|
16 GB
|
Storage
expansion
|
microSD,
microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB
|
Camera
|
|||
Camera
|
8 megapixels,
Immobile
|
13 megapixels,
Immobile
|
8 megapixels,
Immobile
|
Flash
|
LED
|
LED
|
LED
|
Aperture size
|
F2.4
|
F2.6
|
|
Features
|
Back-illuminated
sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Touch to focus, Digital image stabilization, Video
stabilizer, Face detection, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR),
Panorama
|
Auto focus,
Face detection, Smile detection, Exposure control, ISO control, White
balance, Multi shot, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, Panorama, Scenes, Effects
|
Back-illuminated
sensor (BSI), CMOS image sensor, Auto focus, Video stabilizer, Face
detection, Exposure control, ISO control, White balance, Multi shot, Geo
tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama, Scenes, Effects, Self-timer
|
Camcorder
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
1920x1080
(1080p HD) (30 fps)
|
1920x1080
(1080p HD)
|
1920x1080
(1080p HD) (30 fps)
|
|
Features
|
Video calling
|
Video calling
|
Video calling
|
Front-facing
camera
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
1.9 megapixels
|
Technology
|
|||
CDMA
|
800,
1700/2100, 1900 MHz
|
||
GSM
|
850, 900,
1800, 1900 MHz
|
850, 900,
1800, 1900 MHz
|
850, 900,
1800, 1900 MHz
|
UMTS
|
850, 900,
1900, 2100 MHz
|
900, 2100 MHz
|
850, 1900,
2100 MHz
|
LTE
|
700 MHz Class
13, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz
|
700 MHz Class
17, 1700/2100 MHz
|
|
Data
|
LTE Cat3
Downlink 100 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
|
LTE, HSPA
(unspecified), UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
|
LTE, HSDPA+
(4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
|
Micro SIM
|
nano SIM
|
Yes
|
|
Global Roaming
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Positioning
|
A-GPS,
Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
|
A-GPS
|
GPS, Glonass
|
Navigation
|
Turn-by-turn
navigation
|
Turn-by-turn
navigation
|
Turn-by-turn
navigation, Voice navigation, Points of interest (POI)
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