A significant portion of the population, atleast in the United States tend to jump the gun when upgrading there phone. A lot of people will gear towards the latest iPhone, but that stereotype, and statistic is slowly changing. Outside of Samsung, other Android affiliated companies such as Google Pixel and OnePlus are gaining rises in there numbers, although not as significantly as Samsung. Samsung as a company was officially able to prove to us that there zooming, and overall camera capabilities are far more advanced than the average Apple smartphone. The S23’s powerful 200MP zooming capabilities put the modern telescope patent to bed. Prices vary per store, but the general price range of this device is between $700 and $900. Image above: Best Buy
A big part of the argument between the two companies is that Apple is more technologically advanced overall, but this could only be far from true. Apple is a company which although makes other devices such as tablets and computers, has there main focus towards the iPhone, to which they perfected it. Android on the other hand is a company that must keep there product as advanced as possible on a large variety of phones not only from Samsung, but other third party companies such as Google Pixel, OnePlus, and Motorola. Some features within those phones are not entirely contributed by Android the company itself, unlike Apple which is responsible for all aspects of the phone working towards peak performance. Therefore, for what we have, Android is doing quite well.
Processing Capabilities
This is also why many people would prefer a Windows laptop, or PC instead of a MAC device, because of the services Windows provides, and it’s flexibility to be fixed by itself, instead of putting so much money towards the Apple store to get the MAC device fixed.
Let’s take the Samsung S23 series for example. Despite there being the S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra all three phone versions have the same SnapDragon8 Gen 2 Octa Core processor. Compared to the latest iPhone 14, and iPhone 14+ with there A15 Bionic Chip, that is 6 cores, the 6 are divided between 4 efficiency, and 2 performance. Many have found that despite the A15 having a higher CPU speed performance than the Snapdragon by a difference of 0.05 GHz, the Snapdragon reportedly outperforms the A15 in gaming, and graphical performance, while also supporting up to WI-FI 7, but all S23 phones are reportedly only supported up to WI-FI 6E. I mention SnapDragon as this CPU brand is commonly used along a wide variety of Android devices, with the exception of other third party CPU’s that other brands such as Xiaomi, or OnePlus may use.
Camera Capabilities; Lighting and Zooming
Despite all having superior zooming capabilities, the S23 Ultra has a 10x Optical zoom compared to the other two which only have a 3x optical zoom. Despite this, many people would likely still go with the regular 3x zoom, unless you are looking for a portable telescope in your pocket. We can see that in comparison to the iPhone 14, certain aspects of the camera such as aperture lighting score nearly on the same level. The regular S23 alone has a 50MP (f/1.8 aperture), 12MP (f/2.2 aperture), and 10MP (f/2.4 aperture). This is nearly tantamount to the iPhone 14’s 12MP Ultra wide. f/2.4 aperture. Despite this, Samsung still out compares the iPhone 14 with zooming capabilities which although very minorly, does capture more light. This is also since we know the iPhone 14 has a 2x optical zoom out, and a digital zoom up to 5x
Apple provides us more overall detail on there phone cameras, which is why many tend to lean towards apple for photography. This is also within good reason. I find that the iPhone 14, and 14+ tend to capture more light based on a few examples, although this same effect could be replicated on the S23 with the proper positioning, and setting modifications on the device.
Would I upgrade my phone to a better Samsung, or Android, or would I switch to an iPhone for my next upgrade? As of right now, I am thinking I would still stay under Android given what I know, and what I would pick personally. Some people simply do not like the layout of iPhones, and prefer the more simplified Android layout, while others are willing to see what the bigger trends, also known as iPhones, and what they are willing to offer to them.
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