After taking a jab at Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) bendgate predicament in insulting commercials, which had the underlying message of Apple bending in front of its superior which was Samsung, Samsung has a situation too. Samsung clearly got ahead of itself when it started introducing bigger and better smartphone without having the technology to support all of those amazing specifications. Having an octa core processor did nothing for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4; it is not an ideal device for GPU intensive games and apps.
Apple might have been criticized for not offering as many specs and features as Samsung, but it seems Samsung offered a bit too many specs without quality execution – the technology just isn’t there. In its efforts to offer high resolution Samsung has pushed its screen technology a bit too hard – the device’s processor does not support the technology. Apple on the other hand has been very particular about what it has offered in terms of high resolutions. As a result the overall resolution quality offered by Samsung Note 4 is inferior to Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
These poor graphics hurt Samsung in more than just one way. Apple’s strategy to handle its resolution upgrades carefully has helped iOS developers a great deal; they have had an easy time developing apps and adapting to newer resolution. That is why better and quality apps come out for iOS.
Samsung’s Note 4 with higher-resolution has failed to get ahead of iPhone 6 in benchmark testing. The results are even lower than iPhone 5s that was launched last year. According to benchmark tests, Note 4 that is powered by Exynos scores a 10.5 fps, which is half of what iPhone 6 achieved.
In simple words, the processors present in Samsungs Galaxy Note 4 are not capable of running the pixels on its huge screen and are offering its users a substandard experience, which is not worth the money they have to pay for the device. It basically boils down to the fact that these high definition pixels are only there for the sake of being there and the user cannot actually experience the true quality this resolution push should have offered.
Things do not look good for Galaxy Note 4 because Samsung is expecting the users to pay a price that is equivalent to the iPhone even though the Galaxy Note 4 is less responsive and does not have the power to run some of the specs being marketed. This could actually be a big blow to Samsung’s reputation; the company must be careful because it does not want to be pegged down as a brand that markets too much and delivers underwhelming results.
Apple on the other hand has been smart; it kept its focused on the bigger screen and the new iOS while keeping a low profile in terms of specs. So now it can proudly say that offering too many specs is not the key to success; it is all about delivering top quality and keeping it real.
Samsung should think twice about ridiculing Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) weaknesses in the future, because it is hard to win technological battles against the tech giant itself.
