According to a recent survey, Apple is considered to be 'less inspiring' than it was before, but why? Not so long ago, just before the new line-up of tech was revealed last year, Apple's market share creeped up above $700 - which was a grand record for the company. However, it has been on the decline ever since, signalling that the public are less interested. Samsung is seen as Apple's main rival and it has been trying hard to out run the guys who are the perfectionists, out there in the technology world. Apple has only just entered the small tablet market with the iPad Mini, meaning that it's following Samsung's footsteps, but Apple is the one who's supposed to "Think Different" isn't it? But let's face it, where else will we see more beautiful and more perfect engineering than in Apple's iPhones, iPads and iPods?
Many people fear that the Technology Giants have lost their spark, ever since Steve Jobs died in October 2011, leaving their products looking quite similar and maybe 'out dated'. That's what the Android lovers think, in other people's eyes Apple have been creating great products that are always years ahead of the competition. Let's take the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the iPhone 5 for example. The S4 has a rather dull plastic backing, while the iPhone 5 has a very modern, sleek and beautiful aluminium and glass backing, notice a difference? Yes, the S4 is considerably larger than the iPhone, but do you really want to be carrying such a big device around with you? Bearing in mind that it hardly fits into anyone's pocket. The iPhone 5 is not only incredibly thin, but very light as well; and most importantly it's not the size of a 7-inch plastic tablet. The S4's screen resolution is slightly higher, but who can even notice the minuscule difference? The iPhone has a stunning Retina display which is clear, crisp and very sharp, giving you the best experience. 'What about apps and games?' I hear you ask. The App Store has over 775,000 apps and games to download, more than 300,000 of them are specifically for the iPad. The Google Play Store only has about 675,000 apps and games available at the moment, some of which are stretched to fit the tablets.
In the final quarter of 2012, Apple sold 43.5 million iPhones, Samsung beat that amount and sold 64.5 million smartphones. That either says very little or a lot. People say that Apple is 'less inspiring' than it was 3 years ago, really? The people there have stuck to their guns, working hard even though they've lost a valued member of their team, even though they have had some tricky court battles; and even though their sales have dipped in the past few months. If that's not inspiring then I don't know what is.
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.
