Market research firm Gartner's report for fourth-quarter sales revealed that Apple was the number one company in global smartphone sales to surpass Samsung for the first time since 2016 (the measurement here is for the fourth quarter only, but Samsung is first in 2020). Here comes an important question that we need an answer to, which is who makes the best phones in terms of performance, design, ecosystem and security? Some people may say that we are biased towards Apple, so a team of editors at one of the largest specialized sites evaluated each field on a scale of 10, so let's see what was done in the comparison between the Korean giant Samsung and the American Apple.
User experience
Apple 7 points / Samsung 7 points
We can argue all day on that point because it's personal because I prefer iOS, but Samsung has made many big improvements so someone else will say Android is better, but if we track the evolution of each system over the past years, then quite frankly, we feel the two platforms are very similar. From a user experience perspective, so there is a parity in the user experience for the two companies.
Design and durability
Apple 9 points / Samsung 9 points
The design is a personal preference as well, and there are a variety of designs and sizes for Samsung phones, also Apple launched four different models of iPhone 12, all with the same basic features except for a larger sensor in the iPhone 12 Pro and a main camera sensor with IBIS installation technology in the iPhone. 12 Pro Max however, so when it comes to design, both companies have flagship phones with distinctive designs as for strength and durability, Apple and Samsung have upgraded their phones and made them more solid as they support ratings such as IP67 and IP68 to be more waterproof and the glass has been improved so I would like To say their products are more durable yet I still use the holster until one of them proves to me that their device is unbreakable so there is another tie between the two companies.
the performance
Apple 9 points / Samsung 8 points
We cannot deny the power of the Apple A14 chip, which outperforms the Qualcomm 865+ processor in the Galaxy S20, Apple's chip has been able to defeat the Qualcomm 865+ processor in every test, however, the Snapdragon 888 processor found in The S21 series was shown to be the fastest in some tests before the Apple chip, as it is integrated with the fifth generation technologies thanks to the latest generation of the X60 communication modem, unlike the A14 which uses the previous generation, which is the X55 modem from Qualcomm, which is responsible for connecting to the fifth generation networks in I- IPhone 12.
As for the performance of the CPU, the Snapdragon 888 has eight cores, while the A14 Bionic is a hex-core, and both have cores running at similar speeds with a maximum of 3 gigahertz, but the Apple chip includes more cache from the third level of 8 MB compared to 4 MB in Snap Dragon and do not forget the 16 kernels specialized in machine learning to do computer imaging and there are four powerful graphics cores and the superiority of Apple comes because it continuously improves its segment to work with the best performance across its systems, unlike Samsung, which asks others to implement the design that suits its system and devices.
We move to the phone screen point, and here Samsung excels because it is the second largest manufacturer of display screens in the world, the flagship phones have an AMOLED screen with a frequency of 120 hertz and this technology is not present in the iPhone, however, this type of high-frequency screens consumes a lot of energy and for this Samsung supported the S21 phone with a 4000 mAh battery compared to 2800 mAh in the iPhone 12 and this may explain why Apple does not want to use these screens from Samsung or LG on its devices, also, Samsung works on folding screens and uses them in its most expensive series They are Galaxy Z devices.
So it can be said that Samsung phones may have higher performance on paper and excel in some points, but the performance of the iPhone in real life is faster and smoother than Samsung phones because Android consumes resources more intensively than iOS, so Apple surpasses Samsung, but Narrowly.
Supply Chain Integration
Apple 8 points / Samsung 10 points
While you get Camel It is highly rated for supply chain management and source components, not to mention that it designs the chips in their own right, but they are no match for the Korean giant that they rely on at times to provide spare parts for their products, including OLED screens, DRAM memory and even NAND flash memory chips, and besides that, although Samsung adopts On the Snapdragon processors in its phones, but it makes chips for Qualcomm, including the latest Snapdragon 888 processor, and the Korean company also has a processor of its design, which is Exynos, which it uses in the phones it sells in the global market, so Apple may have a great efficiency at this point, except that Samsung You will get the full score.
Services and ecosystem
Apple 9 points / Samsung 6 points
Before we start, of course Apple beats Samsung at that point where the Korean company has to rely on Google while Apple has original services and ecosystems and while Google gets 8 points for its ecosystem in terms of the breadth and quality of its service offerings on Android, Apple gets higher than it is because I am I think its wearable services greatly exceed what Google has, and even Google's apps and services on the iPhone are better than the Android versions (in some cases), so Samsung gets 6 points.
Product integration
Apple 9 points / Samsung 7 points
Part of Apple's magic is how easy it is to work and integrate all its products without the user having to do much to work unlike Samsung, which has a range of different products, but there is always something missing and I think this is due to its reliance on Google for the Android operating system for its phones and Chrome OS. For its wearable devices, Microsoft and its Windows system for its tablets and thus the company does not control the entire experience as Apple does.
Ecosystem for developers
Apple 9 points / Samsung 3 points
Samsung does not have an ecosystem of its own unless we talk about integrations with its specific services and the Tizen OS used in the Gear smart watches and smart TVs, for everything else, it depends on Google because it has the Android operating system, so in this measure, you score Samsung has a very low score too, the priority is given to the iOS operating system and Apple is in contact with its developer base even more than Google.
End user support
Apple 9 points / Samsung 7 points
I do not think it is fair to compare Apple support with Samsung support, as Apple has its own retail stores almost everywhere, in cases where you do not, the phone support is great, the follow-up is excellent, and you will make sure that your device is repaired by an authorized service center even if You could not fix it in the Apple Store, with regards to OS support, the company keeps updating the device with upgrades to iOS for five years and at the same time Google got a commitment from Android companies to provide 3-year support as of last August. The term is four years except that there is no face compared to Apple.
Privacy and security
Apple 9 points / Samsung 7 points
When it comes to privacy and security, this is Apple's advantage that it provides to its users and although Samsung has Knox technology that consists of defense mechanisms and protection from any threats, Apple's track record and not keeping personal data or information about its users and privacy measures that will prevent tracking users bodes well. As for your privacy efforts, unlike Google, which wants to have the most data on the globe.
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