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You may remember that last week we wrote a comparison of the iPhone 5 up against its predecessor, the iPhone 4S, you can take a look at that post here: Comparison: iPhone 5 vs iPhone 4S<\/strong><\/p>\n

So for this week we bring you the two biggest rivals at the moment in the smartphone market, they are of course, the Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S3.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Element<\/strong><\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy SIII<\/strong><\/td>\nApple iPhone 5<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/strong><\/td>\n4.8\u201d HD with 1280×720 resolution<\/td>\n4\u201d Retina with 1136×640 resolution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n1.4Ghz Quad Core<\/td>\nApple A6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LTE<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Front Camera<\/strong><\/td>\n1.9 MP (720p HD)<\/td>\n1.3 MP (720p HD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rear Camera<\/strong><\/td>\n8 MP \u2013 autofocus with flash, HDR, face detection, panorama mode, zero-shutter lag, noise reduction.<\/td>\n8 MP – autofocus with flash, HDR, face detection, panorama mode. Noise reduction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video Recording<\/strong><\/td>\n1080p \u2013 30FPS with video stablisation<\/td>\n1080p \u2013 30FPS with video stablisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n1GB RAM<\/td>\n1GB RAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NFC?<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voice Assistant<\/strong><\/td>\nYes \u2013 S Voice<\/td>\nYes – Siri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Battery Life<\/strong><\/td>\n11 Hours talk time on 3G, 790 hours standby time.<\/td>\n8 hours talk time on LTE, and 8 hours on 3G. 225 hours standby time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n16GB\/32GB\/64GB with expandable slot<\/td>\n16GB\/32GB\/64GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OS<\/strong><\/td>\nAndroid 4.0 ICS with TouchWiz<\/td>\niOS 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sensors<\/strong><\/td>\nAccelerometer, Gyro, Ambient light sensor, facial recognition, proximity sensor<\/td>\nAccelerometer, Gyro, Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\n$600 – $650<\/td>\n$690 – $720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Looking at these specs, if you put the iPhone 5 against the Samsung Galaxy SIII – then clearly the SIII comes out as the winner. With Apple’s massive fan base, and a lot of people not knowing what NFC is, let alone what it does – this begs the questions does spec really matter?<\/p>\n

Which Smartphone would you chose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may remember that last week we wrote a comparison of the iPhone 5 up against its predecessor, the iPhone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBattle of The Smartphone: iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You may remember that last week we wrote a comparison of the iPhone 5 up against its predecessor, the iPhone 4S, you can take a look at that post here: Comparison: iPhone 5 vs iPhone 4S\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/battle-of-the-smartphone-iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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