After taking the world by storm with the iPhone, Apple is finally experiencing some real competition. And that competition is with Samsung.
The Samsung Galaxy S II phone is equipped with a slightly larger screen than the iPhone 5, but has lower resolution. The Galaxy is Flash content compatible and has a longer battery life.
So does it seem that the world revolves around Apple? New reports find that it may no longer be the case.
According to Businessweek, Samsung has become the first company in close competition with Apple in this past year. With the Galaxy S II Samsung set a sales record of 1 million sales in the first 70 days of its launch.
Not only do the phones have many similar capabilities, but Samsung and Apple are also using similar manufacturing techniques.
Samsung followed in Apple’s footsteps when it introduced the Galaxy S III in over 100 other countries and with five additional U.S. carriers, according to Businessweek. This varied drastically from the Galaxy S II launch.
Senior information systems and marketing major Benjamin Finkel didn’t even consider purchasing a Samsung phone when his contract was up this year.
“Everyone has the iPhone. Apple just has a better name for itself, there’s a reason why everyone has it,” said Finkel.
Apple has huge marketing campaigns to advertise for the iPhone, according to Finkel, and they push past the competition.
“There’s so many apps that require you to connect with other iPhones, so if I hadn’t gotten one I wouldn’t be able to use any of those,” said Finkel.
Samsung has been said to have replicated Apple’s approach to the smart phone life, and is doing so successfully.
Junior family science major Samantha Mlotok just switched from a Blackberry to an iPhone this month.
“I considered getting a different smart phone after doing some research,” said Mlotok.
After some consideration Mlotok said she realized the iPhone had a better operating system.
“I’m really happy with my choice. Maybe in the future I’ll get a Samsung phone but for now I love my iPhone, ” said Mlotok