The Samsung Galaxy Nexus smarphone was announced early hours of this morning, and this phone will be right up against the Apple iPhone 4S. Two amazing smartphones to choose from is a hard decision, so we will do what we call the ‘iPhone 4S or Galaxy Nexus, the specs test choice’, here goes.
This is very simple indeed, we will let you know about the specs on both smartphones, all we need you to do is have a read and then let us know if you prefer the Apple iPhone 4S or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Please use the commenting area and let us know what smartphone you want the most and why, thank you.
The iPhone 4S Display: 3.5 inch (~330 ppi pixel density) LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen, with 640 x 960 pixels (16-million colours). Also features scratch-resistant oleophobic glass, Multi-touch input method, Three-axis gyro sensor, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, and Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus Display: 4.65-inch (~316 ppi pixel density) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with Oleophobic surface, 720 x 1280 pixels (16-million colours). Featuring Multi-touch input method, Touch-sensitive controls, Three-axis gyro sensor, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, and Proximity sensor for auto turn-off.
iPhone 4S CPU & OS: 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset, PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. Comes with the new iOS 5 operating system.
Galaxy Nexus CPU & OS: Android v4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich, 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 Dual-core CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset.
iPhone 4S Camera: 8-megapixel (3264×2448 pixels) rear camera featuring LED flash, autofocus, geo-tagging, Touch focus, face detection, video running 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, as well as a front-facing camera.
Galaxy Nexus Camera: Comes with a 5-megapixel (2592×1936 pixels) rear camera, featuring LED flash, autofocus, face detection, Touch focus, geo-tagging, as well as video recording at 1080p@30fps, it also comes with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
iPhone 4S Data: GPRS, 3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps – HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, EDGE, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi hotspot and USB v2.0.
Galaxy Nexus Data: GPRS, 3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps – HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; 4G LTE, EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and v2.0 microUSB.
iPhone 4S Memory: 512 MB RAM, comes in 16 / 32/ 64GB internal storage versions, there is no card slot.
Galaxy Nexus Memory: 1 GB RAM, 16 and 32GB storage, and no card slot.
Other iPhone 4S Features: iMessage, MMS, Email, Push Email, SMS, Safari browser, GPS with A-GPS support, MicroSIM card, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, iCloud cloud service, Siri Voice Assistant, Twitter integration, Google Maps, Digital compass, Audio player, Video player with editer, Image editor, TV-out, AirPlay Mirroring, Li-Po 1432 mAh standard baterry,
Other Samsung Galaxy Nexus Features: SMS, Push Mail, IM, RSS, MMS, Email, HTML browser, Stereo FM radio with RDS, GPS with A-GPS support, Java via Java MIDP emulator, NFC support, Digital compass, Barometer sensor, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, Audio and video player, Image & video editor, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration, as well as an Organizer, Document viewer, Adobe Flash support and a Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery.
iPhone 4S Size & Weight: 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm, and weighs in at 140 grams.
Galaxy Nexus Size & Weight: 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm, and weighs in at 135 grams.
Now we that have given you a quick specs comparison, please do let us know what smartphone you would choose, will it be the Apple iPhone 4S or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?