Sony Xperia S vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus | Speed, Performance and Features Reviewed | Full Specs Compared
Sony has finally come out to the arena without Ericsson as their prefix at the CES 2012 releasing their debut Sony handsets. We have reviewed one of them earlier; that is Sony Xperia Ion, which was proven to be worth it. What we are going to compare here is yet a better design by Sony. From what we can gather, Sony is desperate to mark their name on the horizon because that’s exactly what these handsets would do. They are simply state of the art and directly address certain niche markets. Sony defines these smartphones as NXT edition, to indicate the next generation of smartphones. What we have at hand today is Sony Xperia S that has pleasing looks that tempt to keep it in your hand.
Since Sony Xperia S is powered by Android, we decided it’s only fair if we start the comparison by identifying the differences between the King of Android and Xperia S. What we define as king of Android is Google’s own brain child Galaxy Nexus. As you might be aware, it’s the first handset to come with IceCreamSandwich and have the ardent strength of Google inside it. While it may not appear to be a beast, Nexus’s are meant to be survivors until their successor comes to the block. We shouldn’t forget that ICS was designed having Nexus in mind, as well. So in the light of that, let us compare these two smartphones and see how Sony Xperia S does.
Sony Xperia S
当您将Sony Xperia S伸入手中时,您会注意到的第一件事是屏幕顶部的文字。如果您曾经看过索尼爱立信浮雕,Xperia s通过在大写字母中浮雕的索尼(Sony)含义表示传统,这意味着首次亮相的NXT系列。它具有光滑的方形边缘,需要一些时间才能习惯您的手。它具有光滑的设计和昂贵的外观,并具有128 x 64 x 10.6mm的银色和黑色得分尺寸,重144克。4.3英寸LCD电容触摸屏在342ppi像素密度下分辨率为1280 x 720像素。理想情况下,这会产生清晰的文本和图像,直到最后一个细节,您将享受屏幕上度过的每一刻。Sony Mobile Bravia发动机增强了面板的颜色再现,使用户可以在屏幕上享受自然色。索尼还保证Xperia S最多可以处理十个手指的多触摸输入,并且似乎我们必须重新定义我们使用的一组手势。
首次亮相手机由1.5GHz双核心处理器供电,在高通MSM8260 Snapdragon芯片组和Adreno 220 GPU上。硬件规格由Android OS V2.3姜饼控制,该姜饼利用可用的1GB RAM井。高端处理器可以无缝处理多任务处理,而Sony TimeScape UI会照顾平稳的过渡。众所周知,索尼对他们的相机很喜欢,并且在XperiaS中的传统SNED S. 12MP相机是高端的,并产生了惊人的性能。它具有自动对焦,LED闪光灯,3D扫描全景和图像稳定以及地理标签。它还可以以连续的焦点捕获1080p HD视频 @ 30帧。索尼也没有忘记视频会议,因为它们包括1.3MP前置摄像头,可以捕获720p视频 @ 30fps与蓝牙v2.1捆绑在一起。
尽管Xperia S使用HSDPA连接性,但它还具有Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n的连续连接,并且可以充当Wi-Fi热点,以共享您的Internet连接,而内置的DLNA功能使您能够启用您的Internet连接。无线将丰富的媒体内容传输到您的智能电视。索尼夸耀Xperia S的新设计,该设计将在NXT系列中复制。他们称之为“离子身份”,它在底部用透明元素将屏幕分开,该元素充当离子轮廓并提供照明效果。这肯定会使手机立即识别。Xperia S配备1750mAh电池,有望在7小时30分钟的通话时间内进行通话。
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Google’s own product, Nexus has always been the first to come up with the new versions of Android and who could blame for they are state of the art mobiles. The Galaxy Nexus is the successor for Nexus S and comes with a variety of improvement worthwhile talking about. It comes in Black and has an expensive and gorgeous design to fit right in your palm. It is true that Galaxy Nexus is on the upper quartile on size, but amazingly, it doesn’t feel hefty in your hands. In fact, it only weighs 135g and has dimensions of 135.5 x 67.9mm and comes as a slim phone with 8.9mm of thickness. It accommodates a 4.65 inches HD Super AMOLED Capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. The state of the art screen is going beyond the conventional size boundaries of 4.5 inches. It has true HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels with an ultra-high pixel density of 316ppi. For this, we can daresay, the image quality and the crispness of the text would be as good as iPhone 4S retina display.
Nexus is made to be a survivor till it has a successor, which means, it comes with state of the art specifications that won’t feel neither intimidated nor outdated for an extended duration of time. Samsung has included a 1.2GHz dual core Cortex A9 processor on top of TI OMAP 4460 chipset bundled with the PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The system is been backed up by a RAM of 1GB and non-extendable storage of 16 or 32 GB. The software doesn’t fail to meet the expectations, as well. Featuring the world’s first IceCreamSandwich smartphone, it comes with a lot of new features that hasn’t been seen around the block. As for starters, it comes with a new optimized font for HD displays, an improved keyboard, more interactive notifications, resizable widgets, and a refined browser that is intended to give a desktop-class experience to the user. It also promises the best gmail experience to date and a clean, new look in the calendar, and all these sums up to an enticing and intuitive OS. As if this isn’t enough, Android v4.0 IceCreamSandwich for Galaxy Nexus comes with a facial recognition front end to unlock the phone called FaceUnlock and an improved version of Google + with hangouts.
Galaxy Nexus也有5像素的摄像头自动对焦,LED flash, touch focus and face detection and Geo-tagging with the support of A-GPS. It can also capture 1080p HD videos @ 30 frames per second. The 1.3MP front camera bundled with built-in Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP enhances the usability of video calling functionality. Samsung has also introduced a single motion sweep panorama and the ability to add live effects to the camera, which looks really enjoyable. It comes to be connected at all times with the inclusion of high-speed LTE 700 connectivity, which can gracefully degrade to HSDPA 21Mbps when LTE is not available. It also has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n that enables you to connect to any wi-fi hotspot, as well as, set up a wi-fi hotspot of your own easily. The DLNA connectivity means that you can wirelessly stream 1080p media content to your HD TV. It also features Near Field Communication support, active noise cancellation, accelerometer sensor, proximity sensor and a 3-axis Gyro meter sensor that can be used to many emerging Augmented Reality applications. It is commendable to emphasize that Samsung has given a 17-hours 40 mins talk-time for Galaxy Nexus with a 1750mAh battery, which is beyond incredible.
A Brief Comparison of Sony Xperia S vs Samsung Galaxy Nexus • Sony Xperia S is powered by 1.5GHz dual core processor on top of Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon chipset and Adreno 220 GPU, while Samsung Galaxy Nexus is powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor on top of TI OMAP 4460 chipset and PowerVR SGX540 GPU. •Sony Xperia S具有4.3英寸的LCD电容触摸屏,其分辨率为342ppi Pixel密度为1280 x 720像素,而三星Galaxy Nexus具有4.65英寸的Super Amoled Amoled Amoled Amoled Accacitive触摸屏,其分辨率为316ppi Pixel密度相同。 •Sony Xperia S具有12MP摄像头,具有复杂的功能,而三星Galaxy Nexus具有5MP摄像头,带有1080p HD视频录制。 • Sony Xperia S is smaller in size, yet heavier and thicker (128 x 64 x 10.6mm / 144g) than Samsung Galaxy Nexus (135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9mm / 135g). |
Conclusion
Life evolves; people evolve; technology evolves; in essence, everything evolves and what was once the best in the block no longer is the best. Always, there’s a smarter guy around the corner. But the beauty of Google’s brain children are that they last longer, they stay smarter without been intimidated. While we obviously can come to the conclusion that, in terms of hardware, Sony Xperia S beats Samsung Galaxy Nexus, at the benchmarking level when the real performance is considered, both would score almost the same due to the differences in their operating system and optimizations. For instance, Xperia S still doesn’t have the ICS upgrade while Galaxy Nexus was born with it, and there’s a subtle performance boost from that. On the other hand, Sony Xperia S has visible improvements in terms of optics featuring 12MP camera with advanced features. It also promises a high pixel density, but given the pixel density of the Galaxy Nexus and the superiority of the panel, we don’t reckon it’ll be a visible difference. Apparently Galaxy Nexus is somewhat larger, yet lighter than Sony Xperia S which might be something you have to take into consideration when you’re going to make the purchase decision. We believe both of these smartphones would be offered at the same price range, although there’s a tendency for Sony Xperia S to have a slightly lower price tag than Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
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