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Battle of the year: Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. Apple iPhone 4S vs. Samsung Galaxy S II [TABLE]

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At long last! After it was initially delayed because of the sad loss of Steve Jobs, the Unpacked event finally took place in Hong Kong where the eagerly awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich were revealed to the world.

As we usually do here on the GSMArena blog, we like to put the hottest pieces of hardware in a dogfight against one another and that’s exactly what we’ll do now. The main star today is the Galaxy Nexus and it will stand up against the refreshed iPhone 4S, which now packs an A5 chip with a 1GHz dual-core processor and the Android-superstar the Galaxy S II. Let’s begin.


 
Samsung galaxy nexus
Samsung Galaxy S II
Apple iPhone 4S
OS
Android 4.0
Android 2.3.5 with TouchWiz 4.0
Apple iOS 5
Display
4.65-inch
Super AMOLED
4.3-inch
Super AMOLED Plus
3.5-inch
IPS TFT
Resolution
HD (720 x 1280)
480 x 800
960 x 640
Height
Width
Thickness
135.5mm
67.8mm
8.9mm
125.3mm
66.1mm
8.5mm
115.2 mm
58.6 mm
9.3 mm
Weight
135 grams
116 grams
140 grams
Build
???
Plastic
Glass covers
Processor
1.2GHz dual-core
Cortex-A9 processor
TI OMAP 4460 chipset
1.2GHz dual-core
Cortex-A9 processor
Exynos chipset
1GHz dual-core
Cortex-A9 processor
Apple A5 chipset
RAM
1GB
1GB
512MB
Storage
16GB / 32GB
16GB / 32GB
16GB / 32GB / 64GB
microSD card slot
yes, up to 32GB
yes, up to 32GB
No
Primary camera
5MP autofocus
1080p Full HD video recording
8MP autofocus
1080p Full HD video recording
8 MP autofocus
1080p
real-time temporal noise reduction
Primary camera extras
LED flash
LED flash
LED flash
Wi-Fi
802.11b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
Network
HSDPA 900/1700/2100
GSM/EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900M
HSDPA 900 / 2100
LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
GSM/EDGE/GPRS 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
GSM/EDGE/GPRS 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
USB
microUSB 2.0
microUSB 2.0 with MHL support
USB 2.0,
Apple proprietary
connector
Bluetooth
3.0 + A2DP
3.0 + HS
4.0
Availability
November 10 (Verizon)
November (Worldwide)
Currently available
Currently available
Sensors
Gyroscope, G-Sensor, Digital Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor
Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor
Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor

The Galaxy Nexus is more than a worthy adversary to the iPhone 4S and it’s cousin – the Galaxy S II. If you are in the market for a smartphone right now, your situation has just got that one bit tougher than before, hasn’t it?

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