The mobile phone technology seems to have reached the skies with the emergence of the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia 920. Dynamism in technology is what is demonstrated by the launch of iPhone 5. The recent launch of Apple’s newest product is making news worldwide. A pre-order of 200 million units within a period of just 24 hours and a share price over 700 dollars show how deep an impact iPhone 5 has been able to make with its launch.
Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia 920 have also loads of good features to boast of. The presence of these smart phone giants makes it really difficult for people to decide on the buy. This article discusses the phones on 5 parameters. This will help you as you go for buying a smart phone.
- System – iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia 920 have iOS 6, Android 4.0 and Windows 8 as their operating systems. Android has gained worldwide popularity based on its high compatibility. The iOS 6 runs at a comparatively higher speed. There are better features included in the operating system in the form of Siri, Apple Map and iCloud. Windows 8 is so designed that it functions well on both PC and mobiles.
- Camera – Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a more innovative camera than the one on iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920. As far as pixels are concerned, Lumia 920 has the highest of them all with an 8.7-megapixel PureView camera. iPhone 5’s camera seems unchanged from iPhone 4S’s.
- Video support – Video support is important for entertainment purposes. Samsung Galaxy offers a wider video support than iPhone 5. Galaxy S3 supports the DivX, WMV, XviD, RM and RMVB formats, whereas iPhone 5’s video support is limited to MOV and MP4 formats. Lumia 920 supports the MP4, 3GP, WMV and AVI formats.
- Maps – Samsung Galaxy S3, Nokia Lumia and iPhone 5 uses Google Maps, Nokia Maps and Apple Maps. Google Maps is the most popular, whereas Apple Maps is the newest in the category. Nokia Maps is the oldest of them all.
- Voice Recognition – Despite holding the reputation for introducing the Voice Recognition technique for controlling mobile phones, Nokia finds the last position here. Samsung Galaxy S3 has the app S Voice for this purpose, whereas iPhone 5 comes with a much better app called Siri. With iOS 6 as the operating system, iPhone 5 is able to make the best use of the Voice Recognition technique offered by Siri.
The aforesaid parameters will help you decide which smart phone is likely to be the one that will meet your needs and requirements.