Android is
everywhere..!! Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, ASUS, HTC, Amazon, LG, SONY… you name it.
Even the locally made, extremely cheap phone in the market also uses Android.
Well, it’s based on the modified version of Linux, which is open source. So,
developers have an option to modify the OS any way they like.
Samsung
Galaxy Note 2
I bought my wife a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for
her birthday last year, and she really loves it. It has big screen and a stylus
for her to write or draw on the phone. Weights about 180 grams, quite on the
light side, with its plastic casings. It feels really good taking picture with
its 8 Megapixel camera and viewing on its 5.5” HD Super AMOLED screen. You can
even see your pimples when you zoom on it.
In the old Nokia 3210 era, people around you usually will compare “how small is your
phone..?” or “Do you have a color screen..?” when choosing to buy a phone. “Got
camera or not..?” What, no camera..? No problem..!! As long as I can make a
call or sms, that’s good enough for me. Well, those were the days. Missing that
time already, when you try to beat your score in Snake, and be a music maestro by
composing your own personal ringtones. Do you remember that? Searched the net
to find the notes for The Rock’s (from WWF, now known as WWE for all you “young”
generations) theme song when he entered the ring.
Now, when
choosing a phone, you want to check, how big the screen is, does it has LTE…
or, how many megapixels is the camera, and also the CPU speed. All that will
take into considerations when choosing your phone. Well, that’s why they call
it a “Smart Phone”.. ‘coz you can do everything with your phone, just like you
very own computer.
Ok, come
back to Note 2, well, I can see it’s a fast phone, you can even say “Cheese..!!”
when you want to snap a selfie and the phone will snap your picture without the
need for you to press on the shutter. What..? You didn’t know..? Go ahead and
try it..!!
But for me,
Note 2 is not “the” phone for me. I always accidentally keep pressing the back
button because it is too… sensitive. Then, the battery also drains quite fast.
Need to recharge often.
And, you
know Samsung, new model every year. You just starting to get used to this
model, then Note 3 was announced. Don’t really have time to “enjoy” it. Well,
that’s my personal opinion. Why? Read on and maybe you’ll find the answer.
Iphone 4
This was
(and still is) my first Smart Phone. Bought it about 3 years ago. And still
using it. It’s heavier than the Note 2 because its front and back cover is
glass. Do you know it’s scratch resistance also? Go ahead and try to scratch it
using a key or something. Mine, still scratch less even after 3 years.
Loved the
IOS. Smooth transition when you slide between pages of your screen. Easy to
manage the settings. And the App Store got lots of freebies to choose from. The
latest ios version 7.1.1 is pretty nice. But… since I’m using an “old” iphone
4, I can feel some slowness when opening an application, especially whatssap…
really hate the wait time... I think Apple should do something about it. Even
though they said they’ve already “fixed” the issue.. I don’t see any
difference. I think, I other words, they want me to upgrade to new phone eh..
Hahaha.. will consider it. Since this phone is still usable, might as well wait
for it. Well.. “if it ain’t broke, why fix it.?”.
I don’t think
comparing the CPU speed between Samsung
and Apple is relevant. Well, you have two different phone, will two different
OS. It’s just not the same. Like you want to compare between the speed between
Windows and Mac Os. It’s different in architecture and is proprietary to that
particular hardware. If you do want to compare, well, MacBook Pro notebook’s
battery life last longer than a Windows based notebook.
So, Samsung
is fast, because it’s application was built for their OS and Hardware. Same
goes to iphones. You can, however compare between iphone 4 and iphone 5. Same
IOS version, but upgraded hardware. You can see that iphone 5s is faster, with its
A7 processor. Lightning speed..!!!
Conclusion
Hey..!! Is
this a comparison or just a story..? Well, it’s part comparison and part
personal experience. I’ll do a proper comparison later when I upgrade our
phones (Samsung and iphone). If you never used a Smart Phone before, well,
after reading this, maybe it can help you to decide which one to choose. Either
it’s Android based (Samsung, Lenovo, Acer, Motorola… etc.. etc..) or it’s IOS
based (The ever popular iphones). As for me, once you used IOS.. you’ll never
look at other version again.
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