S4 Not Seen as Competition for the iPhone 5

Samsung recently released the new Galaxy S4, but many don't see it as being better than the iPhone 5.Samsung's new handset is its response to Apple's iPhone 5, which debuted in September 2012 and raised a lot of attention from customers. Although the S4 is a heavily polished piece of equipment, we can all say that it will never beat Apple's iPhone. Samsung's S4 has a rather dull PLASTIC backing, the iPhone 5 has an ALUMINIUM and glass backing - I think we can all see who the perfectionists are here.

An analyst stated "I expect Apple's anticipated iPhone 6 to handily outsell the Galaxy S4 when it launches this year. Apple basically have no competition out there." I think we can all agree with him on that one. Here's another statement from Brian White, Topeka Capital Markets - "One would believe that Samsung is crushing Apple in the mobile phone market. We believe this is complete nonsense." He thinks that one of the few good points about the S4 is its Super AMOLED display, which has a pixel density of 441 per inch; the iPhone 5 only has 326 pixels-per-inch and screen clarity really does matter. The rest of the S4 is characterised as heavier, fatter and less refined than Apple's iPhone 5, which is 20% lighter and 18% thinner than the iPhone 4s. Samsung only managed to trim 2% off the weight and 8% off the thickness from the predecessor.

It looks like Apple have certainly got the edge over everyone and they will always be years ahead. Others, like Samsung, have got a lot of catching up to do, not only in their materials but in their software.