iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Beauty vs Brains

The WP8 Nokia Lumia 920 for one is new to the scene, and has been wowing punters and the media alike with its amazing camera and gorgeous styling that. There’s also the iPhone 5, which is pretty similar to the Lumia 920 in terms of style and specs. So which one of these beauties should you consider if you’re looking to upgrade to a flagship smartphone? Let’s take a look.

Nokia Lumia 920 vs iPhone 5

The Nokia Lumia 920 is a bit bigger than the iPhone 5 – 3mm thicker – and it has a 4.5” display compared to the 4” screen on the iPhone 5.

The iPhone 5 screen resolution is unusual – 1,136x640p, but it’s also one of the best around. The Lumia 920 screen may be larger, but its ppi is higher. Another big advantage it has is that it responds to gloves and even fingernails. The Lumia is one of very few devices that beats the iPhone 5 on screen.

Both phones have amazing tech, including LTE up to 100mbps. Both also have fast dual core chips with 1GB of RAM, as well as stable and user-friendly operating systems. Windows Phone 8 is quite the breath of fresh air, whereas iOS is now on its sixth version and could do with a bit of a UI change. On the other hand, though, the App Store trounces Windows Marketplace on apps…it’s got shedloads!

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes into its own with its camera. It has an 8.7MP PureView camera which is just about the only camera out that beats the iPhone 5’s. It’s especially good in low light, and also takes great video thanks to advanced video stabilization capabilities.

The Nokia Lumia 920 comes in five colours and the iPhone 5 comes in two – black or white. The iPhone 5’s design has changed a bit, but not much really when compared to the 4S. The same can be said about the WP8 handset when you compare it to the Nokia Lumia 800.

Apple nixed Google Maps and installed Apple Maps, which was an unmitigated disaster. Tim Cook ended up saying sorry and recommending Nokia Maps, which is what you’ll get in the Nokia Lumia 920. If you do a lot of navigating, the Lumia 920 is the phone for you. Of course, you can get Google Maps for both devices now.

You’ll get around 10 hours of talk from the Lumia’s 2,000mAh battery, as well as 67 or so hours of music playback. The iPhone 5 1,440mAh battery will give you eight hours of talk and 40 hours of playback.

If you’ve been on iPhones for a while, you’ll probably want to stick with iOS, especially if you’ve been collecting apps for a few years. The Nokia Lumia 920 however is a good option for non-Apple fans. We don’t know if the Lumia will make it big yet, but it’s looking good. The phone is already doing well, and it can only improve with every new version. If it does have a weak spot, it is the OS which is still maturing.

iOS7 Points The Way To The Future Of Mobile Innovation

Apple’s decision to completely redesign its aging user interface for the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, called iOS 7, has naturally sparked many a debate. 

With iOS 7, I think Apple deserves a genuine pat on the back for bravely moving away from its comfort zone in its attempt to revitalize its platform – even if it meant “ripping off” from other platforms.

There were plenty of “new” iOS 7 features that have appeared before on other platforms. The Verge‘s Aaron Souppouris and GigaOm‘s Kevin C. Tofel both went into great depth tracing the influences behind iOS 7, which shows concrete inspirations from Android, Windows Phone, MeeGo…and even Windows Vista.

In fact, one could go further. Sailfish OS, the new mobile platform from the same people behind MeeGo-Harmattan, has a system-wide feature called Ambience, which dynamically and intelligently adapts the system’s colour theme to match the prevailing colours of the user’s selected wallpaper. A near-carbon copy of this is found on iOS 7, just like how Sailfish’s use of translucency – which was shown to the world as early as November last year – making an appearance on Apple’s latest iteration of iOS.

At some point or another, one platform will absorb features from the competition into their own product. webOS had plenty of features that were adopted into other OSes such as Android. Symbian had support for widgets on the S60 platform way back in 2007. MeeGo-Harmattan’s Swipe UI in some aspects was reminiscent of iOS. Never forget, too, that the founders of Android had Steve Jobs as a mentor back when in the early days of iOS. And, the massive undertaking that was Project Butter on Android last year was a direct riposte to the buttery smooth animations that iOS consistently achieves.

Is it a crime, then, that iOS 7 is seemingly made out of the best bits that the competition offers? Of course not. If anything, iOS7 may just prove to be the catalyst for Apple and the competition to innovate further in mobile user experiences – whether they be entirely new ideas or older ones revisited with fresh new perspectives.

And, from what we can see of iOS 7 so far, it appears that the whole is greater than the sum of its seemingly copied parts. From the inspiration drawn from various other platforms, Apple has managed to conceive an entirely cohesive and elegant user interface that finally blends minimalistic design with powerful software engineering. 

A New Old Way of Interaction

One particular feature subtly making an entry into iOS 7 is the use of gestures. Gesture-based navigation isn’t something new, but since the fully gesture-based Swipe UI introduced in the Nokia N9 in 2011, there has been a steady adoption of gesture navigation in button-based platforms such as Android, and it is proving to be the way forward in future mobile user experiences (UX). It is intuitive and, when done right, offers a delightful yet practical user experience.

With the introduction of the “swipe to go back” gesture in most of iOS 7′s stock apps, it is fairly certain that gesture-based navigation will finally see a breakthrough in mobile platforms. I have already seen, with my own eyes, my editor close to shedding tears of joy seeing the swipe animation as his thumb moved across the screen of his iPhone 5 running iOS 7, the email gently sliding away to reveal his inbox. “Finally!” I hear him scream enthusiastically, thumb still on screen. If someone already familiar to gesture-based navigation is so excited about it finally arriving on iOS, imagine the impact this will have on the tens of millions of users who have never used anything other than iOS before. This level of excitement can only be good for the entire industry.

On the Other Hand…

Not every criticism of iOS 7 was about the blatant copying of Android and the other platforms. There were genuine concerns about the new OS that Apple should really be looking to fix – with iOS 7′s iconography right on the top of the list.

Confusing. Amateur. A childish attempt. Those were just some of the scathing opinions regarding the new set of icons on iOS 7. And they’re true: the new icons lack any kind of synergy between them, where a minimalistic black and white icon can be next to a vibrant one with a full rainbow of colours. Some icons are flat, some feature backgrounds with colour gradients that give a sense of depth. It’s a jarring experience that indicates a lack of attention to detail that is very unlike the company identity.

In addition, Apple should also be explaining further its definition of allowing multitasking for all apps. Is this “true” multitasking that some platforms, such as Blackberry 10 and Sailfish, offer? From the video demo above, it seems as if Apple’s definition of multitasking is more of  a selective one: apps that are used the most are refreshed frequently, even if they’re not opened. It’s a feature similar to what Sony offers with the Battery Stamina mode in its new Xperia smartphones and, recently, in the Qualcomm Snapdragon Battery Guru app. However, whether open apps are frozen when the user sends it to the background still remains a mystery for now.

Of course, it is important to keep in mind that iOS 7 is still in beta mode. We will definitely see a much-improved version of the platform when it is available later this year – preferably with a better set of icons.

The Bigger Picture

Soon after the iOS 7 announcement, Sotiris Makrygiannis, the former head of productivity and director of applications for MeeGo at Nokia, shared via Twitter that he’s “having a big smile“. Rather than vocally chastising the American company for lacking ethics/creativity/credibility with their efforts on iOS 7 that seem to copy parts of the Swipe UI found on the MeeGo-running Nokia N9, Makrygiannis takes it all in his stride.

If the head of development of such a project can understand the significance of Apple’s new direction for iOS 7 and the UX, who are we to blast Apple for ripping off winning ideas from other platforms? If anything, Apple’s adoption of such ideas and features actually paves the way for greater awareness of innovations that were driven by other platforms with the help of its massive user base and, just as importantly, revitalizes the mobile industry to be open for more innovation – especially coming from a company many have claimed to be stagnating.

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia Z

High-end flagships with massive displays are fast becoming the norm, but can the Samsung Galaxy S4 outgun Sony's Xperia Z?

Sony Xperia Z: Key specs and features

The Sony Xperia Z may be a flat rectangle, but what a flat rectangle it is. Clad on front and back by extra-tough Dragontrail glass the phone has a premium feel while looking classy with panelled detailing on the sides and snazzy embedded silver buttons. The Xperia Z is also waterproof and has IP57 certification.

Sony Xperia Z

The screen bezel is very narrow and the edges have a chiselled shape. The display itself is a 5-inch LCD with a 1920x1080 pixel Full HD resolution at 443 pixels-per-inch (ppi). This delivers fantastic brightness and pure whites, while Sony’s Mobile Bravia Engine 2 creates punchy colours and OptiContrast technology ensures everything pops.

Watching video on this thing is unreal, it’s rather a lot like glass-less 3D even though there’s not a whiff of 3D tech involved. This is easily one of the best displays around alongside the HTC One.

Power comes from a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor along with 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU. 

While newer chips are starting to take over, this particular model is still a recent one and remains competitive in the current market. It’ll deftly handle Android’s interface and multitasking as well as any apps or games you care to try on the Google Play store.

Samsung Galaxy S4: Key specs and features

The processing power inside Samsung’s Galaxy S4 represents the next wave of mobile hardware as it’s based on ARM’s Cortex-A15 architecture as well as its big.Little technology. It’s the Exynos 5 Octa eight-core chip, which buddies up a 1.6GHz Cortex-A15 quad-core cluster.

Samsung Galaxy S4

This allows the chip to optimise high-end speed against low-end battery efficiency depending on the tasks at hand and should result in quicker performance than its rival as well as longer life on a single charge. Samsung’s setup also sports a PowerVR SGX544MP3 tri-core GPU and 2GB of RAM.

Another key component of prolonging battery life is the new display technology – it’s called Green PHOLED and is up to 33 per cent more efficient than conventional AMOLED at no cost to image quality.

The 5-inch panel has a Full HD 1920x1080 pixel resolution of 441ppi. Visuals are crisp and colourful with great contrast and it’s a neat display for consuming multimedia.

Storage space is reasonably plentiful with options for either 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of onboard capacity plus expandability via microSD cards by up to 64GB.

You’ve also got Android 4.2.2, the most up-to-date Android build available with all of its slick optimisation and reliable performance upgrades.

With a 2,600mAh battery, things will keep going for a long time - well - much longer than on the Sony Xperia Z anyway.

Conclusion

The Xperia Z is a brilliant phone and we’ve rarely encountered a display that’s this rich, however, you pay a price for it and not just in monetary terms.

The battery life is not particularly good and the device only has 16GB of onboard storage. There is the option of expanding this by microSD by up to 32GB, but here the Galaxy S4 has an advantage with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal capacity plus card capability up to 64GB.

The Galaxy S4 still offers a fantastic display which is much kinder to your power consumption, but it backs this up with a faster processor which is also not as hard on the battery.

That said, the Xperia Z certainly beats the Galaxy S4 on visual design and build quality.

So, if battery isn’t important to you and you’re looking for a pretty yet portable media viewer with an insane display, the Xperia Z may be for you. Otherwise, for a well-rounded smartphone, the Galaxy S4 seems like a better choice.

How Samsung's Galaxy S 4 stacks up against iPhone 5

Samsung Electronics Co on Thursday premiered its latest phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean company takes the fight to iPhone maker Apple Inc.

The following is a side-by-side comparison of their physical hardware:

Specs	Galaxy S4	iPhone 5
Screen size	5in full HD Super AMOLED	4in IPS LCD
Resolution	1,920 x 1,080 pixels, 441ppi (pixels per inch)	1,136 x 640 pixels, 326ppi
Thickness	7.9mm	7.6mm
Processor	1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon Fusion Pro; or proprietary 1.6GHz octa-core Exynos 5 Octa	Proprietary A6
Camera (rear/front)	13-megapixel/2-megapixel	8-megapixel/1.2-megapixel
RAM	2GB	1GB
Video recording	1,080p HD video	1,080p HD video/30fps
Weight	130g	112g
Platform	Android (Jelly Bean)	iOS6
Capacity	16GB, 32GB, 64GB	16GB, 32GB, 64GB
Expandable memory	Up to 64GB	No
4G LTE	Yes	Yes
NFC	Yes	No
Battery life	2,600mAh	8 hrs talk time/Standby 225 hours
Launch date	late April	Sept 2012

After months of rumours and speculations, Samsung has finally unveiled its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S 4, to great fanfare in New York City.

iPhone 5

The phone is slimmer yet larger than its predecessor - it has a 5in screen with an incredible full HD (1,920 x 1,080-pixels) display. The Galaxy S III has a 4.8in screen.

For shooting photos and videos, it has a 13-megapixel on the back and for video calls it has a 2-megapixel camera on the front.

Apart from that it will come with a host of features, including Air Gestures which will allows users to browse content, change music and reject or answer calls with just a wave of their hand.

It'll come packed with a number of Samsung apps. The S Health apps, for instance, will help users track their calorie intake and keep count of the number of steps taken.

Samsung has borrowed some features from the Galaxy Note II, namely the function that allows users to preview content by hovering the S Pen over the screen. WIth the S IV you don't need a stylus to do that - users can just use their finger.

Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 : Be Ready 4 the Next Galaxy!

Samsung's Galaxy S4 phone looks a lot like Samsung's old phone.

Side by side, you can barely tell them apart. 

Pick up the Samsung Galaxy S4, however, and there's no mistaking it. 

It's lighter, it's thinner, it has a premium feel and more modern look, a plastic border that seems like metal, and a screen that makes for compelling viewing.

It's this display that makes the biggest impact when you pick up the phone, and not just because of its larger size (5 inches rather than 4.8). 

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The Galaxy S4 Super AMOLED screen seems brighter and is clearly a lot sharper. Its full high-definition, 441 pixels-per-inch resolution makes words easier to read, photos more detailed, and gives Apple's 326ppi Retina display true competition.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 ... compared to the Samsung Galaxy S3 in New York. 

Samsung seems to have glossed over other hardware enhancements in this phone during its press conference - including an eight-core processor, 2GB RAM, and an infra-red light for use as a TV remote control - but these could make the difference when sizing up a future phone investment. 

Instead the company is focusing on the new software in its new Galaxy. Some fresh features have a lot of potential, while others might seem more like a gimmick than a daily saviour.

One of the most useful and innovative additions is Air Gesture. Certain moves, made in front of the phone's 2-megapixel front-facing camera, let users drive the phone without touching it.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 ... compared to the Samsung Galaxy S3 in New York. 

Want to flip from photo to photo without dragging greasy paws across its display? Air Browse let us do that. 

Side-to-side waving gestures in the internet browser let us switch between tabs, while up and down movements moved a website up and down. This works comfortably and reliably in practice.

This waving motion can also be used to accept a phone call, though users should be mindful of gesticulations before applying this feature.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

Samsung's new Galaxy S4 is seen during its unveiling on March 14, 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The slim, feature-rich Galaxy S4 was introduced as Samsung's new champion in the fiercely competitive smartphone arena, scheduled to roll out in 155 countries in late April. 

Eye-tracking technology also receives an outing in this handset in two features: Smart Pause and Smart Scroll. 

Smart Pause seemed the most efficient during our brief tests. Even through spectacles, the phone recognised when we were paying attention and when we were looking at the ceiling, pausing the video until our eyeballs returned. 

Smart Scroll was less of a joy. The phone tracks a person's gaze and, if it's on the screen during a web-browsing session, the user can scroll by tilting the phone up and down. Sadly, this rarely worked as anticipated. Our eyes regularly disappeared from its field of view when tilting the phone up, halting the process.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 LAUNCH

JK Shin, President and Head of IT and mobile communication division of Samsung introduces the Samsung Galaxy S4 in New York City. 

The Galaxy S4's new camera also gets much more than a 13-megapixel boost. The image modes from its Galaxy Camera now feature for quick photo enhancements, and some innovative features lie in its menus. 

Taking a photo with the phone's two cameras simultaneously might not be useful every day, but Dual Camera makes for excellent postcard-like travel shots.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 LAUNCH

Samsung Galaxy S4 launch in New York City. 

Other enhancements likely to be useful include Eraser, that accurately identified and let us remove photo-bombers from pictures, and Drama Shot that takes many photos and combines some to give the appearance of multiple exposures.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 ... camera and photo features.

These are camera enhancements that could be replicated by apps, but they work seamlessly as part of the phone. 

Some other software features seemed of limited use. Group Play worked well in our test, sharing photos to a nearby handset so we could see the same thing, and music could be shared between handsets too. Whether this will become common practice is debatable. 

Ultimately, Samsung has again proven it can innovate and stand out from the Google Android pack with the Galaxy S4. Only those who like its look will reinvest, but that is a large worldwide audience.

BlackBerry Z10 Review

The BlackBerry Z10 is everything to BlackBerry - and I don't just mean for the platform or the newly rechristened company that has adopted the brand for which it is most known. The BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone to run the BlackBerry 10 operating system, is a sink or swim device that will likely determine if the company will manage to hold on to its ever-dwindling market share and right the ship that sent it from first to worst in smartphone relevance.

Blackberry Z10

The days of a BlackBerry being the definitive smartphone are gone. The BlackBerry Z10 debuts at a time when smartphones are as much about play as they are productivity, and this phone can thrive in this era only if it can strike a balance between entertainment and enterprise. Can the BlackBerry Z10 be the savior that BlackBerry - the company and operating system - so desperately needs?

Hardware & Design

The BlackBerry Z10 has what many might consider a generic appearance. There are no eye-popping colors like we've seen with Windows Phone 8 devices, nor any bold curves to elicit the cliché labeling of a phone being "sexy." It's an all-business box, rectangular and overwhelmingly black except for the silver-colored buttons that appear in limited areas. That's not to say that being all business is boring; the Z10 just so happens to have a design that favors minimalism. The 130mm x 65.6mm x 9mm (5.11in x 2.58in x 0.35in) frame is basically the "Little Black Dress" of smartphones.

Z10: a new dimension

A large bezel and lines along the edges make the BlackBerry Z10 subtly catch the eye, but a user's senses will quickly gravitate to touch. Hard plastic is used for the front and sides of the phone, but a lusciously soft rubber-like material is used for the back of the phone. It has dozens of tiny dimples similar to the Google Nexus 7, and it's definitely one of the most comfortable smartphone materials to rest gently in your palm.

The body is otherwise sparse, as BlackBerry has shed the weight of a physical keyboard and trackball that has been so common for the handset maker. The Z10's only distractions from its otherwise understated build are micro USB and microHDMI ports on the left; a power button and 3.5mm headphone jack on the top; and volume buttons, separated by a button that can pause music playback or be held down to prompt voice commands, on the right. The bottom of the phone houses a speaker that plays music at a decent volume, and there's also a red notification light in the top right corner.

Screen

A 4.2-inch screen serves as the face of the BlackBerry Z10. The display looks excellent thanks to strong brightness, which can be adjusted on a sliding scale, and a 1280 x 768 resolution that densely packs pixels into a smaller space. The high resolution is typically seen on phones with larger screen sizes, so the 356ppi display on the Z10 creates a detailed picture that looks wonderful for videos and text. The brightness levels also translate to a legible screen when viewed outdoors.

Performance & Specs

BlackBerry 10 is an operating system built entirely on the concept of fluidity; users move from one app to the other and change course at an instant. Facilitating that persistent state of movement requires a strong set of internal hardware, and the BlackBerry Z10 fits the bill with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The processor keeps the Flow and Peak elements of the BB10 software moving freely, and the phone seems to buzz along with only a few hiccups.

One nagging feature is that when launching an app, the phone first navigates to the Active screen and then launches the app. The act adds only a fraction of a second to the process, but the presentation makes it seem as though the phone is slower than necessary. The same appearance of sluggishness happens when switching between portrait and landscape orientation, which is odd considering that every other aspect of the BlackBerry Z10 navigation appears to be quite fast. BlackBerry 10, at least on the Z10, appears to have excellent memory management and the hardware to effectively run the operating system with practically no drag.

Key BlackBerry Z10 specifications include: 

- 16GB internal storage, microSD slot up to 32GB 

- 4.2-inch IPS display (1280x768 resolution, 356ppi) 

- 1.5GHz dual-core processor 

- Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, microHDMI-out 

- 4G LTE and HSPA+ 

- 1,800 mAh battery

Galaxy S3 vs Nexus 4 vs iPhone 5

Samsung revealed the Samsung Galaxy S3 in May of last year and the handset quickly became the best-seller of 2012. The Apple iPhone 5 came out in September and then the LG Nexus 4 was revealed in November. All of the handsets are superb but which happens to be the best?

Samsung Galaxy S3 vs LG Nexus 4 vs iPhone 5

Power: When it comes to processors the LG Nexus 4 has the Qualcomm quad core of 1.5GHz, while Apple chose the A6 processor for the Apple iPhone 5, which is 1.2GHz. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with the Exynos processor internationally. The Apple iPhone 5 might have the slowest of the three, however it has twice the speed of the Apple iPhone 4S. As the LG Nexus 4 has the four cores and 2GB it has the best of both. If you want four cores on the Samsung Galaxy S3 then you get 1GB of RAM, while with 2GB of RAM you get dual cores (US version). The LG Nexus 4 has to be the winner.

LG Nexus 4

OS: In terms of the operating system the LG Nexus 4 has Jelly Bean 4.2, while the Samsung Galaxy S3 has 4.1 and of course the Apple iPhone 5 has iOS. This is the most streamlined of the operating systems, but if you need customisation then you would have to choose Android. The Samsung Galaxy S3 and the LG Nexus 4 have Android, but it is the LG Nexus 4 that generally gets updates the fastest as it has the Nexus name. The OS is just personal choice and so this means that it has to be a draw for the LG Nexus and Apple iPhone 5.

Storage: The LG Nexus 4 comes in choices of 8GB or 16GB; however it lacks SD card support. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is in 16GB or 32GB and this can be expanded to 64GB. The Apple iPhone 5 is offered in 16GB, 32GB or 64GB but lacks SD card expansion. This means that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the winner.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Display: In regards to displays the LG Nexus 4 has 4.7 inches of True HD IPS with 318ppi and resolution of 1280 x 768. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes in at 4.8 inches and has 306ppi and resolution of 1280 x 720. The Apple iPhone 5 has the 4 inch display, which is the smallest, and 206ppi with 1136 x 640 resolution. While all of the screens are great and this will be a personal choice, the IPS displays do offer more realistic colours and the Super AMOLED is generally hyper real and over saturated. On the plus side the blacks tend to be deep and colours are vibrant. As the LG Nexus has the biggest IPS display it stands out as the winner.

Battery life: You may get around 15 of talk time from the LG Nexus 4 thanks to the battery of 2100mAh. The Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Apple iPhone 5 both offer around 8 hours. In recent tests AnandTech said that the Apple iPhone 5 came first and this was followed by the Samsung Galaxy S3, with the LG Nexus 4 just behind, which puts the Apple iPhone 5 ahead.

Design: The LG Nexus 4 comes in at 129 grams with measurements of 133.9mmx68.7mmx9.1mm, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is 136.6×70.6mmx8.6mm and weighs 133 grams and the Apple iPhone 5 is 123.8mmx58.6×7.6mm, with a weight of just 112 grams. If you want a handset with superb looks then it has to be the Apple iPhone 5, with the LG Nexus 4 following on close behind and the Samsung Galaxy S3 in last place. The device does happen to be the smallest and it is the lightest and so the Apple iPhone 5 is the winner here.

Apple iPhone 5

Connectivity: The Samsung Galaxy S3 and the LG Nexus 4 both come with NFC, while it is the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Apple iPhone 5 that support LTE. If you have a need for both then you would have to go for the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Camera: The LG Nexus 4 has a camera of 8 megapixels and this has support for 1080p video, LED flash and autofocus, there is also a camera of 1.3 on the front. The Samsung Galaxy S3 along with the Apple iPhone 5 both have a camera of 8 megapixels, which support LED flash and autofocus. The Samsung Galaxy S3 also has a camera of 1.9 and the Apple iPhone 5 a 1.9 on the front. The camera of the Apple iPhone 5 is best in low light and all of the cameras come with points that are good and bad. The LG Nexus features Photo Sphere, while the Apple iPhone 5 has a camera that is excellent in low light conditions and it has the better BSI sensor. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is known for taking video and still together.

Bottom line: If you want a device that is easy to handle and which looks great then you may go for the Apple iPhone 5. If you want a device that is cheap then you could take a look at the LG Nexus 4. The downside is that there are things missing on it, but you do get quite a lot for your money. If you want a handset that is all-round good then you could go for the Samsung Galaxy S3 which has a fair price tag as well. So if you are looking for a handset that covers all the bases without breaking the bank, it has to be the Samsung Galaxy S3.