Thursday, September 15, 2011

My Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830- Comparison with iPhone 4- Part 1


*Images from http://www.gsmarena.com
Finally, I've bought my first smart phone. Last saturday I went to SS2, planning to get a new iPhone 4 using Digi Plan. However, when I stepped into the Digi centre, there was only one customer service officer who's available to explain the plan + package to us. With the whole lot of people inside that store, we waited for quite some time and not been approached properly. So I ended up buying Samsung Galaxy Ace from the Trans Mobile shop nearby, a shop which we have been frequent and I like the after-sale service provided. The phone price was RM899 in august, I did survey the price after I back from Sabah trip. However the price has been marked up to RM950 due to shortage of stock by Samsung + raya holiday period. In the end I bought the phone at the price of RM930. I signed up the Digi Postpaid Smart Plan 48, with 1G unlimited mobile internet/month. The good thing is I'm not under contract, so I can switch to other plan or company if I'm dissatisfied with the current provider. So far the service is ok.

This phone comes with a microSD card with 2 GB storage, very small compared to iPhone 16GB/32GB, but so far is still enough for me. Maybe have to get a 32GB card next time for my phone, lol. The camera is 5 Mega Pixels (2592x1944 pixels) with autofocus and LED flash. However, secondary camera is not available, a small limitation which I don't really mind as I do not like the opposite image by secondary camera.


The 2 photos above are taken by iPhone 4, the original size + quality, without any photoshop effect. These photos were taken without using any flash light too. As you can see, the image quality is comparable to those taken by digital camera. Now let's look at photos below...


Photo A above: taken by Samsung Galaxy Ace (without modification / photoshop) , without using flash light. Quality is acceptable but not as sharp & good.

Photo B above: When using flash light, the quality (without modification / photoshop) is better and quite comparable to iPhone 4, although the later still slightly better.

to be continued...

4 comments:

Min said...

I think your phone is not bad lo...comparable with iphone 4, nice photos also. I regretted buying my x8, hehe.

Mindy said...

min, urs ok too i think, mine slightly better only, iphone still much better. :)

bacterium said...

x8 picture quality is the best, isn't it? iphone is much more expensive, it will cost around 2k for a new phone.
and i think iphone heavier too. anyway, my almost one year old iphone just conked out last month, sent it back to Maxis and they fixed it in 2 weeks.

Mindy said...

I'm not sure for x8 picture quality, but my fren discourage me to buy sony smart phone...