Apple iphone6 vs Samsung Galaxy s5

Apple iphone6 vs Samsung Galaxy s5

How does Samsung's Galaxy S5 compare to Apple's latest and greatest iPhone 6?

                    The iPhone 6 has arrived. It's here, it's out the bag, it's coming for you. Apple's biggest rival of course is Samsung, and the current flagship competitor is the Samsung Galaxy S5. Let's see how they compare shall we?

Build & Design

Despite earlier rumours to the contrary, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is not a massive revolutionary leap for the brand in terms of design. The screen has not expanded much, and as a result the bodywork has only expanded a little in all directions, just about enough to notice when the phone is placed side-by-side with its predecessor.The corners are a little squarer, although on slightly – it’s still a very rounded-off shape on the whole. While that rumoured metallic build hasn’t emerged, the silver (plastic) surround now has a ridged texture as seen on the Galaxy Note 3, meanwhile the back panel has a matte finish and a dimpled texture.

                  There’s also a cover on the microUSB port, a telltale sign of the IP67 dust and water proofing.As is increasingly the case with heavily rumoured launches, the iPhone 6 turned out to be everything we'd heard already, and indeed everything we'd seen in the torrent of leaked dummy mockups. 
That means a new-yet-familiar shape with more rounded corners and edges, and an aluminium back panel that hugs round to the front. It's 6.8mm thick and sports a stainless steel Apple logo on the back.

Storage

                 The iPhone 6 comes in 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB storage variants - the 32GB model is dead and buried.
                  Samsung’s Galaxy S5 comes with either 16GB or 32GB of onboard storage plus microSD support for cards up to 128GB.

Display

                  There are multiple size variants of the iPhone 6 (well, two), but the regular one sports a 4.7in IPS LCD Retina HD touchscreen. It packs a 1334 x 750 pixel resolution at 325 pixels-per-inch.
Samsung’s display has enlarged ever-so-slightly from the Galaxy S4’s 5-inch panel to 5.1-inches and has remained Super AMOLED with a full HD 1920x1080 pixel resolution. This should result in a pixel density of 430 pixels-per-inch (ppi) for some sharp image quality and Samsung’s tech consistently delivers great colour, brightness and contrast.

Processor and Performance

                 We've known for some time the iPhone 6 would feature an A8 chipset, but we didn't know all the details. Well, we still don't know ALL the details, but Apple's revealed a few more now.
It's running on second-generation, 64-bit, 20 nanometre architecture, which boils down to 20% faster performance than the iPhone 5S and 50% faster graphics performance too. Apple has also modified the chip to deliver improved "sustained performance", meaning it can avoid overheating even if it's running at high levels for long periods.
                Apple has also added an update M8 motion co-processor which can measure air pressure with a built-in barometer - it can use this to calculate elevation as well as distance, so it knows whether you ran round the block on the flat, or if you went up a mountain instead. It can also distinguish between different activity types such as cycling or running.
                Samsung has opted for a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor clocked at 2.5GHz, with 2GB of RAM and an updated Adreno 330 GPU. This is certainly fast, but not the 64-bit leap forward some were expecting, nor is it a Snapdragon 805 - Qualcomm's more fearsome chip which we've see inside the Galaxy Note 4.

Camera

              Apple has once again taken the softly, softly approach to imaging capabilities with the iPhone 6. It has an all new 8MP iSight sensor with an f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video, digital stabilisation, and true tone flash.
             The new sensor uses "focus pixels", which allow it to have faster autofocus and better noise reduction. It can capture 43MP panoramas and slo-mo video at 120fps or 240fps. Meanwhile, a bespoke Apple image processor on the A8 chip allows for faster face, blink, and smile detection.
On the front the Facetime camera is now a Facetime HD camera, with a new sensor, f/2.2 aperture, improved face detection, single-shot HDR, and burst selfies.
            With the Galaxy S5, the camera forms one of the most substantial updates on the device. Where the Galaxy S4 was a bit gimmicky in this regard, the Galaxy S5 actually introduces useful and interesting features to give it a good deal of appeal.The sensor is a 16-megapixel setup with 4K video capture capability. There’s also a rather cool “Selective Focus” mode, which sounds quite similar to a Lytro camera and can allow you to capture an image before selecting a focal point later. Other neat tricks include a 0.3 second capture speed and “HDR Live”, which lets you see how HDR will change your image before you capture it.

Battery

           Apple has only said the battery performance of the iPhone 6 will be as good as or better than the iPhone 5S and that it will last for 14 hours of talktime on 3G.
           The battery inside the Samsung Galaxy S5 is plenty powerful at 2,800mAh and has a fantastic Ultra Power Saving mode which can last up to 12 days on a single charge with all but the most vital functions shut down. 

 

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