In recent years, technology has undergone significant transformations. One these innovations has been the development and widespread popularity of smart phones. At one point in time, the market was clearly dominated by Apple. As a former iPhone owner and a current Samsung Galaxy S III user, having seen both sides of the iPhone/Galaxy argument, I can honestly say I’m a believer that Apple isn’t hot anymore.
Apple began breaking ground in MP3s and eventually made the leap from a music player to the iPhone, creating a new realm of possibilities: a calendar, a game player, internet access.
The iPhone combined the necessity of a cell phone with the growing desire for full time internet access, an MP3 player and all the applications you could ever possibly need.
Cutting edge had arrived; Apple was wielding it.
However, the industry rose to the challenge. In recent years, the only thing the iPhone continues to have going for them is the name. It’s almost enough to mask the fact that while Apple’s innovative progress has leveled off, other companies are not only climbing but rising past the bar Apple has set.
Apple’s focus has been shifted from innovation to capitalization. The company has been outdating its previous versions of iPhone’s with minimal tweaks.
The biggest changes added recently have been Siri and the new charger.
As a former iPhone 4 owner, there were many things that I simply was incapable of doing with this supposedly top-dog phone. Chances are that if there is an adaptation to the phone software that you need, there’s a way that Apple will make you pay additionally for it.
Siri, for example, is a voice assistant that became available on the iPhone 4S. Since Apple would rather you pay extra for the newer version of the iPhone, it is near impossible to find any application available for the iPhone with any voice-assisting capabilities that do anything more than convert voice to text.
Enter in the Samsung Galaxy S III. As a current owner of the Galaxy S III I can frankly say that I’ll never go back.
Since my conversion I’ve come to realize the full potential of smart phones that has brought me to wonder why Apple, once thought to be leader of the market, is so far behind the crowd.
To begin with, the Galaxy S III is faster. I find the internet to be quicker, more reliable and more functional than it ever was on my iPhone. In addition, it is also less buggy as far as getting kicked off of applications.
The Galaxy S III also has applications that allow you to adapt the software on the phone to your personal needs and preferences.
The Galaxy S III has navigation capabilities like a GPS through Google Maps, which is efficient and accurate, whereas the iPhone 5 has been having notorious problems with the accuracy of their newly implemented navigation system in an attempt to break away from Google Maps.
As an avid texter, I also find many things about the texting better. The predictive text is more accurate than the often humiliating auto-correct on the iPhone.
Think of the number of hilarious auto-correct mishaps online; there are literally pages and pages of Apple’s shortcomings.
The swipe-to-text keyboard on the Galaxy also proves to be handy for one handed, accurate texting.
On the Galaxy there is a built-in voice-to-text setting in the texting that allows spoken text to drop right in the message – something that is not available on the iPhone without Siri.
With Samsung striving to explore new possibilities of innovation to gain its revenue, it seems they are taking an approach which says: “If you build it they will come.”
Apple has yet to realize that they aren’t the only ones in the smartphone industry anymore, and monopolizing things other companies can provide is going to prove to be less effective.
So goes the survival of the fittest, Apple should bask in the glow of their reputation for being the best while they still have it.
