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When Apple rolled out its iPhone 4S, it was billed as one of the leading electronic innovations of the year, but that was before Samsung rolled out its I9100 Galaxy S II that offered many of the same feautres such as an 8MP rearfacing, autofocus camera, highcontrastcollor display and frontfacing camera for videoconferencing and chats.br br br



With the exception of the screen size the Samsungs superAMOLED
Plus touchscreen is slightly larger than the iPhone 4S, but not much
they are for all intents and purposes the same pieces of hardware. For
example, the Samsung uses a dualcore 1GHz processor with software that
has been optimized to used each processor, while the iPhone 4S offers
the same style of Applecentric dualcore processor whose operating
system software has been optimized, as well.Indeed, the systems
are so close that Apple has opted to go to court to try and enjoin
Samsung from using the technology it has developed for the I9100 Galaxy S
II. The case is still in process, so there has been no decision yet.
For example, both can use up at least 32 GB of memory so theres plenty
of storage available for play lists and other items such as calendars
and todo lists.The key differences, though, are at the software,
not hardware level. The Samsung uses the Android 3.1 operating system
to run its applications, while the Apple iPhone 4S locks you into its
iOS 5. And, while Android can claim up to 300,000 applications developed
for its Googlebacked software, Apple does claim that iOS has about
500,000 applications developed for the system.Where the Samsung
has a distinct advantage over the iPhone is that any app developed for
the Galaxy S II is free, while you must go to Apples app store and
purchase the applications you need. This is nothing new to the
Applecentric world that is used to paying for tunes, applications and
other upgrades. Apple has had its iTunes store for some time, as it has
had its App store as well. And, Apple does have an iTools branch of the
store, as well.If you are used to living in Apples storedriven
world, then this is no shocker, but if you are coming out of an Apple
and into a free Samsung, then you will find that theres a universe of
applications software out there that doesnt have to cost you anything
to purchase. Your just download the app, install it and you are off.Perhaps
the biggest difference one that does put the iPhone 4S well ahead of
Samsungs Galaxy is the Apple Siri personal assistant software. In
looking at it closely, you will find that it does give your iPhone a
real workout as most of the applications that are installed in the phone
are involved in making Siri work.For example, Siri is
voicedriven. In other words, if you tell it to do something, it will
not only respond to you but you but when the request is achieved, Siri
will announce it. Thats not all, though, Siri offers you the ability to
turn spoken words into text, which is a nice piece of work. And, it
will go on to set your calendar, remember your todo list, if you have
programmed it beforehand and more.In other words, Siri is truly a digital analog to a real administrative assistant, all contained in your iPhone 4S.Thats
not to say there are not pieces of Sirilike software apps available
for the Galaxy because among the 200,000 to 300,000 and growing
number of apps available, there are bound to be texttospeech
calendarstotext, and more available. Its just that they dont have an
umbrella piece of software over them.As for the rest of the
differences between the iPhone 4S and the Samsung, you would have to use
a micrometer to find any real difference. The screen resolutions are
about the same as are the camera resolutions and the 1080p native
highdefinition native resolution are the same on both phones.The
key difference is the personal assistant Siri. Its a big one, but,
as noted, who knows how long it will be before someone finds a way to
make a similar assistant for the Samsung.