Going over today’s smart devices it’s always a good idea to compare it to another smart device. Today we go over the two smart devices to see which out performs who, going over the design, display, sound, camera and battery life. Getting into as much detail as we can from processors to graphics to general user experience.
Apple iPhone 5S
The Apple iPhone 5S is currently the most powerful smartphone in the Apple family. Running the latest iOS 7.1, the device is praised for its innovative 64-bit processor that allows it to deliver an outstanding multimedia experience. But is this innovation enough to make it an overall better smartphone than the Samsung Galaxy S4?
Design
When it comes to design, the Apple iPhone 5S continues the tradition of its predecessors, delivering a sleek and stylish design suitable for any lifestyle. With a gold and silver versions, further enhancing its visual appeal, the device is 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 thus easy to grip. Moreover its weight of only 112 grams makes sure that the smartphone doesn’t become tiresome to the hand even when extensively used and its fingerprint sensor further improves the security of personal information.
Specifications
The true power of the Apple iPhone 5S lies in its hardware. Coming with a powerful Apple A7 chipset, Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone CPU and a PowerVR G6430 Quad-core graphics that are backed up by a 1GB DDR3 RAM, the smartphone is able to deliver an amazing mobile experience as well as lets you enjoy the latest trends in mobile gaming.
Display & Camera
The display of the Apple iPhone 5S is beautiful and its true to life colors and amazing graphics are delivering a great overall multimedia experience. However, with a 4.0 inches panel and overall pixel density of about 326 ppi that makes its resolution size only 640 x 1136 pixels, some consider the display a bit of a setback.
As its predecessors, the Apple iPhone 5S features an amazing 8 MP camera that delivers photos of astounding quality, because of the tons of features that back it up. Even though it doesn’t support the newest Ultra HD trend in video recording, the 1080p at 30 FPS with video stabilization and 720p at 120 FPS, the quality of the video recording is good enough to be a delight for every video production enthusiast.
Battery Life
The Apple iPhone 6 features a powerful non-removable Li-Po 1560 mAh battery that lets the device withstand over 250 hours in standby mode, up to 10 hours of talk time and about 40 hours of music play. Even though the battery life of the smartphone is an improvement compared to its predecessors it is nonetheless still an issue.
Samsung Galaxy S4
Released a few months prior to the Apple iPhone 5S, in April, 2013, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is still one of the hottest mobile devices on the market, year after its revealing. Available through some retailers at a cheaper price, because of the unveiling of its successor, is the Galaxy S4 a smart device still worth buying today?
Design
The Samsung Galaxy S4 features a sleek design, but is a bit hard to get used to holding with one hand, especially by people who are not used to using phablets as it comes with size of 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches. However, designed to be easy to grip the smartphone is painless to get used to and doesn’t become tiresome to the hand even when extensively used, because of its weight of only 130 grams.
Specifications
Even though it doesn’t feature a 64-bit processor, the Samsung Galaxy S4 nonetheless has overall better specifications than the Apple iPhone 5S. With two quad-core processors one running at 1.6GHz and the other at 1.2GHz that are backed up by an Exynos 5 Octa chipset, PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU and as much as 2 GB of RAM, the smartphone is able to run almost any application on the Android OS market including some of the latest high-end games.
Display & Camera
The Super AMOLED 5.0 inch display of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is quite better than the one featured on the iPhone 5S as well. With overall pixel density of about 441 ppi that make its resolution size as much as 1080 x 1920 pixels, the Galaxy S4 is able to deliver an amazing multimedia experience.
Moreover, its 13 MP camera that is backed up by hundreds of features, much like the one featured on the iPhone 5S, is able to capture every moment from your life in an amazing quality. A nice touch is the dual-video recording, but the video recording is at 1080p and 30FPS, thus lacking the current UltraHD trend availability.
Battery Life
Even though the battery featured on the Samsung Galaxy S4 is a Li-Ion 2600 mAh one, the overall battery life is not that greater than the one of the Apple iPhone 5S. The smartphone is able to withstand about 370 hours in standby mode, up to 17 hours of talk time and about 62 hours of music playback.
Overall
Even though the Apple iPhone 5S features a powerful and innovative 64 bit processor, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is nonetheless a better device when it comes to specifications. Even though, the iPhone 5S is designed to be easy to grip, thus featuring only a 4.0 inch display, the Galaxy S4 is nonetheless easy to get used to holding with one hand. However, at the end of the day it comes down to whether you prefer using the Android OS or the iOS mobile operating system.
