How does the iPhone 5 compare with its competitors?

Lumia 920 in white.

Better camera

Better screen

Better OEM apps

Better OS

Siri yawned at iPhone 5. Android is aiiiiight, but WinPhone and Nokia are bringing the excitement!

better display, better camera, higher sensitivity, better integration with social networks, integrated office applications, easier to charge, easier to connect. is it enough or you need more reasons :D

Top notch specs that rival and even surpass the top devices on the market today! Optimized OS, beautiful and innovative hardware, and supreme software and app support by Nokia!!!

better screen (you can use it with gloves on!), higher pixel density (aka it's a better "retina display" than the iphone 5 lol), better camera (floating lens technology and first smartphone to have an aperture of f/2.0. the iphone 5 has f/2.4), wireless charging, and NFC.

I choose Samsung because of the excellent hardware (A Quadcore processor  for me as I live outside the US, excellent camera, removable battery and excellent battery life, 4G). 

I have used Motorola droid and I think Moto still needs to work on its UI. Nokia Lumia 920 has a benefit of Windows but small things like a front camera of just  1.3MP, no Radio (also Iphone5) annoy me. 

Not to forget that Samsung Galaxy SIII has a cost advantage over Iphone and Nokia Lumia 920's expected price.

The choice is clear - Samsung Galaxy SIII

I believe in Windows Phone 8, especially in combination with Windows 8. Microsoft is now the most innovative company in tech (imagine that) and Nokia knows how to make excellent hardware, so: a match made in heaven.

Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, high-resolution Super IPS+ screen, Android 4.2 with all the new features that come with it, and a $299 price tag.

READ THIS FIRST:

If your going to decided between the Samsung Galaxy SIII or the Motorola DROID RAZR HD , KEEP THIS IS MIND. Samsung and Motorola release boatloads of new phones each year, so your phone will probably be outdated in a month or so. Also, they don't do a very good job on updating their android OS. Some of their newest phone are still running the "outdate" android OS 4.0, some even 2.3. Apple and Nokia however, release their phones with the consumer in mind so you won't feel outdated. You can also be assured that they'll give you the latest and greatest things on TIME, not months after it was released. For example: Apple updates all it's iOS phones at the same time. They'll tell you straight up if your phone's incompatible or not. They won't give you the "we're working on that" excuse. Usually the 3 newest generation of the iDevices will receive the update.

Recommendation:

I would usually recommend iPhone over any device, but the Nokia Lumia 920 is just the best phone in the market right now for several reasons:

Windows Phone 8 - Unique and smooth OS, unlike it's android competitors who try to copy the look of the iPhone. Also, the social networks are integrated into the device.

Pureview camera - Just pure awesome-ness. It has Carl Zeiss lens which make it better than other phones. The megapixels only count up to the point where they don't matter at all, so the competitors with 10+ megapixels aren't really better. (Same with how iPhone takes better pictures, it's because of the lens, not the megapixels) Also, it has Optical Image Stabilization, which is exclusive to the Lumia, and takes the BEST pictures in low light.

4.5" PureMotion HD+ display - Has a higher pixel density than the iPhone meaning it looks better, and that's something to note considering that no competitor has been able to match iPhone's retina display for a while

Design - Very modern, and you can choose what color you want.

Wireless charging - self-explanatory...NO MORE WIRES!

AND tons of accessories that not only look good, but are good quality.

In terms of processors and speed, it's, without a doubt, FAST.

After Lumia 920 one can easily understand the difference between Iphone and Lumia 920. It is sure thing that I will use windows 8 in my pc and w8 phone will make everything easier. Plus Nokia would not make Lumia 920 more expensive than Iphone. So if their prices are same or close, it is nonsense to buy iphone 5. Still if you are dying for iphone I think it is best to buy 4s. Now it is cheaper and they are so similiar.

Fantastic specs, better or on par with leaders other smartphones with a much more efficient and reliable operating system.

Great innovative award winning design and specs to boot. Easy answer.

Windows 8, rich optics and everything else that the competition has, its a serious phone!

I would buy an iPhone simply because I already have a bunch of money sunk into music from iTunes (which, by the way, is possibly the worst piece of software ever written).  Plus, most of the app developers develop for iOS first.  So the Apple app store has the most apps.

After Lumia920 one can easily understand the difference between Iphone and Lumia920. It is sure thing that I will use windows 8 in my pc and w8 phone will make everything easier. Plus Nokia would not make Lumia920 more expensive than Iphone. So if their prices are same or close, it is nonsense to buy iphone5. Still if you are dying for iphone I think it is best to buy 4s. Now it is cheaper and they are so similiar.

Best Hardware in the Business with the most innovative OS in the business.

Best is Nokia Lumia 920.Much better Apple.

It is a fast and snappy smart phone with a super lcd display and with a 1.5 ghz quad core processor it is the ultimate phone of all time

I think that I would lean toward the SIII.  With the phone running ICS, I think that it would be a great way to surf.  The camera is excellent and the screen is quite large.  

after HTC ONE X+ this is the best phone in the market!

Better resolution, open OS so user can tweak if they wish, Expandable memory

I've already bought it :)

Brilliant screen quality with the Gorilla Galss 2, great battery lifetime and NFC (wich is missing in de iPhone)

Lumia 920 is in its own league!! like how iphone used to be.

Nokia & Microsoft are putting together a great package on an amazing OS that is clear and easy to use.  Plus it works with all of my office stuff in or out of the cloud.

The best phone in the world right now along with Oppo Find 5 phone which is only available in China.

i phone 5 has 90 percent same fatures as 4s

helll like fatures

The HTC one x plus is much better than all of the phones listed because it is a much faster phone because of its processed or the lg optimus g because it is even faster and more ram than all of these phones.

Nokia makes better quality products than Apple

its awesome and also awesome but has some awesome and not to much awesome but enough awesome, so awesome. awesome awesome. SUPER AWESOME to the rescue. that was so random. :)

I was not convinced by the iPhone 5 today, if I have to buy a new phone today it would be a Samsung Galaxy S III.

READ THIS FIRST:

If your going to decided between the Samsung Galaxy SIII or the Motorola DROID RAZR HD, KEEP THIS IS MIND. Samsung and Motorola release boatloads of new phones each year, so your phone will probably be outdated in a month or so. Also, they don't do a very good job on updating their android OS. Some of their newest phone are still running the "outdate" android OS 4.0, some even 2.3. Apple and Nokia however, release their phones with the consumer in mind so you won't feel outdated. You can also be assured that they'll give you the latest and greatest things on TIME, not months after it was released. For example: Apple updates all it's iOS phones at the same time. They'll tell you straight up if your phone's incompatible or not. They won't give you the "we're working on that" excuse. Usually the 3 newest generation of the iDevices will receive the update.

Recommendation:

I would usually recommend iPhone over any device, but the Nokia Lumia 920 is just the best phone in the market right now for several reasons:

Windows Phone 8 - Unique and smooth OS, unlike it's android competitors who try to copy the look of the iPhone. Also, the social networks are integrated into the device.

Pureview camera - Just pure awesome-ness. It has Carl Zeiss lens which make it better than other phones. The megapixels only count up to the point where they don't matter at all, so the competitors with 10+ megapixels aren't really better. (Same with how iPhone takes better pictures, it's because of the lens, not the megapixels) Also, it has Optical Image Stabilization, which is exclusive to the Lumia, and takes the BEST pictures in low light.

4.5" PureMotion HD+ display - Has a higher pixel density than the iPhone meaning it looks better, and that's something to note considering that no competitor has been able to match iPhone's retina display for a while

Design - Very modern, and you can choose what color you want.

Wireless charging - self-explanatory...NO MORE WIRES!

AND tons of accessories that not only look good, but are good quality.

In terms of processors and speed, it's, without a doubt, FAST.

better design 

the siii and lumia are both great phone, but the note is probebly the best great prosessor and is like a big siii

Best OS in the very best hardware :)

There's currently no match for Nokia's innovations

better screen (you can use it with gloves on!), higher pixel density (aka it's a better "retina display" than the iphone 5 lol), better camera (floating lens technology and first smartphone to have an aperture of f/2.0. the iphone 5 has f/2.4), wireless charging, and NFC.

READ THIS FIRST:

If your going to decided between the Samsung Galaxy SIII or the Motorola DROID RAZR HD, KEEP THIS IS MIND. Samsung and Motorola release boatloads of new phones each year, so your phone will probably be outdated in a month or so. Also, they don't do a very good job on updating their android OS. Some of their newest phone are still running the "outdate" android OS 4.0, some even 2.3. Apple and Nokia however, release their phones with the consumer in mind so you won't feel outdated. You can also be assured that they'll give you the latest and greatest things on TIME, not months after it was released. For example: Apple updates all it's iOS phones at the same time. They'll tell you straight up if your phone's incompatible or not. They won't give you the "we're working on that" excuse. Usually the 3 newest generation of the iDevices will receive the update.

Recommendation:

I would usually recommend iPhone over any device, but the Nokia Lumia 920 is just the best phone in the market right now for several reasons:

Windows Phone 8 - Unique and smooth OS, unlike it's android competitors who try to copy the look of the iPhone. Also, the social networks are integrated into the device.

Pureview camera - Just pure awesome-ness. It has Carl Zeiss lens which make it better than other phones. The megapixels only count up to the point where they don't matter at all, so the competitors with 10+ megapixels aren't really better. (Same with how iPhone takes better pictures, it's because of the lens, not the megapixels) Also, it has Optical Image Stabilization, which is exclusive to the Lumia, and takes the BEST pictures in low light.

4.5" PureMotion HD+ display - Has a higher pixel density than the iPhone meaning it looks better, and that's something to note considering that no competitor has been able to match iPhone's retina display for a while

Design - Very modern, and you can choose what color you want.

Wireless charging - self-explanatory...NO MORE WIRES!

AND tons of accessories that not only look good, but are good quality.

In terms of processors and speed, it's, without a doubt, FAST.

The SIII is second to none, with its massive processing power, a million times better than the other 3 phones.

Samsung Galaxy S3 is supposed to be quad-core. Regarding Quad core, The best device with too many extra features and extremely user friendly.

The list of benefits, from seamless account integration and an undeniably superior camera sets this device head and shoulders above the competition. The 3rd party app support isn't there yet, but with time will be. patience is a virtue!

Top notch specs that rival and even surpass the top devices on the market today! Optimized OS, beautiful and innovative hardware, and supreme software and app support by Nokia!!!

Good layout, better than Samsung, hard body, brilliant screen. Something different with good hw

The Droid competes on specs with every phone on the list, you can be certain the i5 will certainly come out with all kinds of glitches to be resolved.

Super AMOLED looks too bright and bulky, the one x is basically the same as the S3, more attractive by far and feels way better in-hand.

I hated my Motorola DROID X2 and hated Motorola's wishy-washy support for it ("We'll unlock the X2's bootloader" and shortly after "We never said we'd unlock the X2's bootloader" as well as it only getting two or three OTAs before they dropped support). It will be a long time before I even think about going back to Motorola.

The iPhone is a no because iTunes for Windows is terrible and people are constantly trying to hack them to do what Android already has built in (e.g. jailbreak). Also, I just don't like Apple.

While I *do* like Microsoft products, Windows Phone 8 just doesn't excite me. It has nowhere near the number of apps that Android or iPhone have.

So, Samsung Galaxy S III it is. I have the Verizon version. Even though Verizon locked the bootloader, we still have a flashable unlocked bootloader available via AdamOutler's secret African-Canadian Sock Monkey source. Samsung's TouchWiz is decently fast and only mildly annoying, so I think it might be worth keeping it stock instead of going through the hassle of unlocking and flashing CyanogenMod (not to forget trying to get rid of that ugly "unlocked" bootloader screen).

In some ways this is a battle of the flagship phones for each of the operating systems. The Galaxy S3 and Motorola's Droid use Android OS versus Apple's iOS and Nokia as the Windows Phone contender. From a software perspective, that brings with it all of the factors related to usability, features, and Apps within each of the different operating systems.

Each of the phones has a similar processing speed and supports 4G networks, and each of the phones also supports NFC, with the exception of the iPhone. The iPhone has the smallest screen but is also marginally thinner than the other phones, with the exception of the Droid.

The Lumia 920 has a slightly higher resolution camera on it, however each phone has a range of interesting and different features on their cameras. The Droid comes out on top with battery power, while the iPhone is the clear laggard in terms of battery. The Galaxy S3 also has the added benefit of having a removable battery.

While similar in a lot of ways, all four phones bring their own unique features into the mix. Personally, i'm liking the looks of the Galaxy S3 and the Lumia 920, but that's just me. What are your thoughts? Which phone are you most interested in and why?

· Quad Core processor

· 1,280x720

· 1 GB RAM

· 1,800 mAh

It's fast, durable, and its beautiful.

No messing around with carriers (completely unlocked), extremely inexpensive, lightning fast as compared to other Android phones, push updates right from Google and likely the best thing is the notification light. I had an iPhone before my S3 and it was atrocious. For one, they change next to nothing between models and everyone sees an extra half an inch and a shiny (not so) new look and decide that it's the best phone out there. People can be pretty brainless sometimes, so stop and look at the iPhone before just hopping on the bandwagon and thinking that it'll be the best for you. This isn't to say that it's a bad phone. It's great for little kids (if they need a smartphone...) and older people. Just generally people who don't have a great grasp on technology. They're extremely simple. For instance you only have icons on your home screen, where as with an Android phone you can put a nice clock or calendar on there, as well as be able to open up a list of applications. The third party applications are pretty similar between both Android and IOS, with a few that stand out on either side. 

The second big reason that the iPhone isn't as great as it seems is when you look at the manufacturing. Everyone sees a nice metal square case and it looks good. (It does, I'll give them that) but think about the glass back of the phone. What possible reason is there to having that there? I think that it's there so that there's more to break when you drop it, like having a second screen on the back. There's no reason for it being there apart for having another thing to replace. 

Now a lot of people think that Apple's warranty is an excellent reason to buy an iPhone. And yeah, they do (for the most part) take care of their customers, but that's to be expected when they're charging $800 for a phone that (in terms of specs) is inferior to most other superphones on the market. 

So the long and short of it is: if you have an excess of money to dump into a phone and you have no idea how to use said phone, then go with an iPhone. If however, you know just a smidgen bit more about technology, then look into either an Android (I'd recommend the Nexus 4) or a Windows phone. Heck even take a glance at the new Blackberry Z10, it's supposedly quite quick. 

If I was to suggest ANY phone to someone it would NOT be the iPhone.  I would go with the SGS III, then the latest Nokia and Motorola are tied for second.

I would buy a Samsung galaxy s3 because of its super fast processor ( quad core ) and its large screen ( 4.8" ).

Samsung is the best.

Samsung III best phone ever. More speed, more reliability!

quadcore s4 pro chipset

better screen than iphone

13mp camera 

also s3 has a quad chipset and iphone 5 has dual core 1.2ghz.better to check from gsmarena

don't lose your mind and don't spend your money on a thick , heavy , and windows phone !

qUAD cORE ??? IPS screen?? 13 MP Camera?

first of all its os is better than android nd windows...

it has a6 chip which is very fast nd apple is apple... u cant deny this fact so go for apple...