Samsung Galaxy S II vs Galaxy S III: Which one is for you

Some of you may wonder what the necessity of this kind of topics is. But I am sure many of you would like to read this kind of articles to see the changes in technology over the year. But my vision is not that. I am looking forward for those people who have the money of buying Samsung Galaxy S II but they wish they can buy Galaxy S III. So I am here to compare this two Android beast head to head and try to take one winner, obviously no looking at the feature, I will do it by comparing feature with price. I hope you can understand what I am doing!

Without any doubt Samsung Galaxy S III is much better than its predecessor. But you have to understand that its one years old. In today’s advancing technological world 1 year is like a century! You can’t make a list about the changes over the year. And the price is declining day by day of a new hardware. So let’s begin.

The entire Galaxy series phone have same feature. They are the jewel of the year by Android. Samsung always make this happen. Every time they release a Galaxy phone, they made sure that it has the entire state of the art feature with some new and innovative hardware and software design. That’s what makes galaxy series best of the best. You must be surprised to see every Galaxy phone features. So here I am. First writing about both phones features and spec sheets.

Samsung Galaxy S II main specifications-

• 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset, 1GB of RAM
• 4.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution
• Dimensions are 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm and 116 grams of weight
• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G, 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support
• 8 MP wide-angle lens autofocus camera with LED flash, face, smile and blink detection
• 1080p HD video recording at 30fps
• Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• 16/32GB internal storage, microSD slot
• Charging MHL microUSB port with USB host and TV-out (1080p) support
• Stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• NFC support (optional, not without a software update)

Samsung Galaxy S III main specifications-

• 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos 4 Quad chipset, 1GB of RAM
• 4.8" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of HD (720 x 1280 pixel) resolution; Corning Gorilla Glass 2
• Dimensions are 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm and 133 grams of weight
• Quad-band GSM and quad-band 3G, 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support
• 8 MP wide-angle lens autofocus camera with LED flash, face, smile and blink detection
• 1080p HD video recording at 30fps
• Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• 16/32/64GB internal storage, microSD slot
• Charging MHL microUSB port with USB host and TV-out (1080p) support
• Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
• NFC support
• Big 2100 mAh battery

I think it’s now wiser for me to write down some notes about Galaxy S III why it is superior to Galaxy S II.

1. Quad-core processor, faster graphics
2. .5 inch bigger 720p screen with great pixel density of 306 ppi
3. Better viewing in bright sunlight
4. Bluetooth 4.0 LE
5. Though its .1mm thicker than S II but the thickness is much more uniform
6. You can shoot photos while recording Full HD video
7. S Beam, S Voice, Smart stay eye tracking, smart alarm features
8. Voice call camera is capable of taking 720p video @30fps
9. Supports wireless charging by Samsung itself
10. Better battery backup, having 450mAh more than its predecessor
11. 2 hours more backup in talk time and video watching
12. GLONASS support
13. 64GB storage option

But it’s not the full picture. Though Samsung made Galaxy S II one year ago, but it has some quality feature which are still better than Samsung.

1. 1GB of RAM, which is same as Galaxy S III
2. 17 grams lighter than Galaxy S III
3. Galaxy S III has no regular SIM slot, but Galaxy S II has
4. Super AMOLED Plus screen which has a full set of subpixels
5. Almost equally good camera with 1080 HD video recording
6. And Galaxy S II is much cheaper than new Galaxy S III

I know that it’s quite unwise to compare two smartphone over a year age difference. But Samsung made their Galaxy S series smartphones with tons of features, older phones are better than most of the current phones in the market. So if you don’t have the money of buying Samsung Galaxy S III, don’t worry, just go for Galaxy S II.

If you are interested than Amazon is the best place around the world to order you Samsung Galaxy Android phones. Their best price for international unlocked Samsung Galaxy S II is only $442 now. If you have the budget to accommodate latest Galaxy S III in you house then Amazon is also offering international unlocked marble white version from the beginning. they are asking only $617 for it!