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Compare and Contrast
10/5/14
English 101 iPhone vs. Galaxy Samsung and Apple are considered the two of the biggest electronics companies for numerous years. The two companies were endlessly compared with all sorts of electronics from phones, laptops, and tablet PCs. Then, there was a phone that would start another argument amongst “Samsung fans” and “Apple fans” and this phone was the Galaxy S5 that was released few months ago. In rebuttal, the iPhone 6 and 6 plus was released a couple of weeks ago. These two phones will create a lot of buzz and there will be multiple articles judging the two phones. But all of the rivalry aside, we will be looking at the differences that may be causing the argument amongst the Samsung and Apple customers.

The first differences between the two phones are the size. The size of a phone is important for a phone because when it comes cell phones, people want to be able to easily transport it in their pocket or purse. For the past 3 years, Samsung has created phones with screens of 4.8, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 5.7 inches big. They have received a lot of flak from critics calling their phones small tablets. However their reasoning behind it was the screen was easier to see to browse the web, play games, and watch movies. Apple has only created phones with a screen size of 4.0 inches or less. Apple believed the iPhone fit better in the hand at a smaller size and was also portable. However in recent releases with the iPhone 6 and 6 plus, these devices measuring in at 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches therefore reaching Samsung’s level of screen size. Now that the bigger screens is the new trend for smartphones, it makes it interesting to see how Apple markets its phones now that they are generally equal in size with Samsung devices.

The next difference between the two different model phones is their build quality. Samsung has