Samsung Galaxy S3 vs Padfone 2

Early this year, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3, which proved to be a powerful smartphone and easily gained popularity. The device boasts some of its amazing features such as a huge screen display, 4G/LTE connectivity, NFC support through S Beam. And recently Asus took the wraps of its smartphone-in-a-tablet hybrid device-the Padfone 2 with the fresh Android OS and compelling hardware. But the 4.7 inch ASUS phone puts it in direct competition with the Samsung Galaxy S3. Below is the comparison of the two devices.

Display: The Galaxy S3 features a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, which is marginally bigger than the Asus offering's 4.7-inch inch Super IPS+ display. Both smartphones have the same pixels resolution of 1280 x 720. However, the Padfone 2 betters the Galaxy S3 with its higher pixel density of 312 pixels per inch (ppi), as opposed to the Samsung device's 306 ppi.

                                     

Storage and Memory: Both the smartphones offer 16/32/64 GB of on-board storage options. However, the Galaxy S3 has an expandable memory option (of up to32GB) via a microSD card, unlike the Padfone 2.However, at 2GB of RAM, the Padfone 2 offers double the memory of the Galaxy S3 (1GB of RAM).

Processor: Samsung Galaxy S3 is equipped with 1.4 GHz quad core Exynos processor with 1GB of dual-channel RAM. The Padfone 2 packs in a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core Krait processor, which is clocked at a slightly faster 1.5GHz. The processor shows it slightly more powerful than Galaxy S3.

Battery life: The most powerful thing about this PadFone 2 is its battery life. When the phone is docked into the tablet, on 3G networks, it has a standby life of 6 weeks, and a talk time of 16 hours, which is a lot more than you can expect from a touch-screen smartphone. A 2100mAh battery powers the Galaxy S3, when compared to 2140mAh battery the Padfone 2 packs in. The Galaxy S3 supports 10.8 hours of talk time on 3G.

              

                                                

Video playback:Both phones play videos clearly and smoothly for a longtime due to their high resolution display, good battery life, and fast 4G speeds. But Padfone 2 support MP4 MPEG4 H.264 H.263 WMV formats videos and

Samsung Galaxy S3’s friendly video formats include MPEG-4, MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, H.263, etc. If you happen to get these two phones and want to watch movies on both of them without Wi-Fi limitation, MP4 format video is the appropriate one. So if you have downloaded lots of movies from YouTube, Hulu, Myspace or other famous video sharing websites for free, you’d betterconvert FLV to MP4 with a Video Converter so that these YouTube FLV files can be played properly on these two gadgets anytime and anywhere.

Weight, Thickness, and Body: The Padfone 2 measures 5.43 x 2.71 x 0.35 inches, making it taller than the Galaxy S3 which measures 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.35 inches. Both devices have the same thickness; however, the Galaxy S3 is fractionally wider. Weight wise, at 4.69 ounces, the Galaxy S3 is a little lighter than the 4.76 ounces of the Padfone 2.

Operating System: Both devices were released with Android's Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which can be later upgraded to the latest Android v4.1 Jelly Bean.

Camera: Samsung Galaxy 3's 8MP rear camera and 1.9 MP front camera will go against Asus PadFone 2's 13MP shooter and 1.2 MP front camera. The 13MP camera on the PadFone 2 surely performs far better than the Galaxy S3’s 8MP equivalent, and it can click 100 continuous shots at 6 fps, and even record videos at 720p resolution. What’s even cooler is the 50GB of cloud storage space that Asus is offering with the device to ensure that you are never at a loss for storage.

               

                                                  

 Availability and Colors: The Padfone 2 will be available in black and white, whereas the Galaxy S3 is available in a wide variety of colors: red, gray, black, pink, white, and brown. However, some of the colors are market specific. The Padfone 2 will likely be priced between $620 to $750 (off contract), depending on the model, and is expected to hit the shelves in December.

Android’s become the most popular smartphone OS in the world. But that just makes it so much harder for there to be a clear leader among Android phones. However, since the hybrid hasn’t officially launched, Samsung is still the current smartphone market leader, whereas Asus is yet to break into the top five and establish a stronger presence. The new PadFone 2 from ASUS looks so eagerly to become a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy S3. Hello Samsung officials, you’d better to watch out for it!

Asus Unveils Its PadFone 2-the Great Avatar of Phone/Tablet Combo

Asus announced its phone/tablet hybrid during a media launch in Taipei on Tuesday, as expected, with some great upgrades to the original and a new docking mechanism for easy insertion. The PadFone 2 is a powerful smartphone that slides into its companion tablet and actually provides the computing power for the slate when a bigger screen is needed.  Asus' has had a number of interesting Android tablet concepts out there, from the high-end Transformer Infinity line through to the quirky PadFone, a combination Android phone and tablet. All these efforts indicate Asus' motivation to become an electronic giant in the competitive market.

                  

Speaking of the smartphone only

Though the original PadFone is a little half-baked, the Padfone 2 sounds much more like a high-end smartphone than its predecessor. It is an upgrade over its predecessor in more ways than one, frankly speaking, it's thinner, lighter and faster than its old version. It measures 137.9 by 68.9 by 9mm and weighs 135 grams and the screen of the phone is a huge 4.7 ” Super IPS+ display, almost as huge as the one on the Samsung Galaxy S3, but the same 720 x 1280 pixels resolution means better PPI, which makes things look really sharp.

The PadFone 2 runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz quad-core processor and Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich).The camera has 13 megapixels, an f/2.4 aperture and can take 100 shots at six shots per second—while recording 1080p high-definition video at 30 frames per second (fps) or 720p HD video at 60fps. The front facing 1.2MP camera isn't quite as highly specced, but should be good enough for a Skype call. The backside-illuminated sensor is provided by Sony, making it likely the same one as seen on the Xperia T.

Other specs of note include LTE, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS with GLONASS support, and a custom new 13-pin dock connector that supports Micro USB 2.0 and MHL connections.

                     

The tablet station is fresh new design

Of course, a PadFone wouldn't be a PadFone without a tailor-made tablet accessory, which in the case of the new handset is a thinner slate with a redesigned docking connection. The door of the original hybrid has been removed and the PadFone 2 now sits vertically in its tablet dock, giving it the appearance of a protruding spine to the significantly slimmer tablet.

The tablet station is stated to feature a 10.1-inch IPS display with a 1280x800 pixel resolution. It’s also thinner, lighter and features a slicker design and docking mechanism than its predecessor. The battery on board has actually been downgraded to 5000mAh from the original's 6600mAh.

                        

The whole thing will come with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box, but is upgradeable to Jelly Bean, which Asus promises as soon as possible after launch. Sadly, however, it has a few backwards thanks to the loss of keyboard support and microSD. It’s not 100 per cent certain that there’s no keyboard, but Asus hasn’t said anything and multiple news sites have reached this upsetting conclusion already.

Asus has priced its new smartphone/tablet hybrid at 799 euro for the 32GB version and 899 euro for the 64GB model. The new smartphone / tablet hybrid's release date is set for "before the end of 2012" for Europe and Asia, while other countries will be announced later on.