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In this video we will compare the Samsung Galaxy S II and the Sony Xperia P. The two
phones cost exactly the same at the moment, the Samsung Galaxy S II is the former flagship
from Samsung and the Android phone of last year.
The Xperia P is brand new and off course has some new features,
but also has some disadvantages to the S II.
In this video, we will look at the differences.
The design off course is a big difference. The Xperia P design is a real Sony design,
it has a transparent strip, is really clean, a bit square and has an aluminium unibody.
That's really nice. The Galaxy S II doesn't have that
and has a quite simple plastic design.
So the build quality is a bit worse, the phone feels a lot worse
in the hand than the Xperia P. The phone is a bit bigger, has a bit bigger screen,
although the size doesn't differ that much. But the Galaxy S II is clearly bigger.
The design is above all more boring, so the Xperia P is the winner in that aspect.
The screens of the two phones are quite different. The Xperia P wins in that aspect if you ask us.
The Galaxy S II has a Super Amoled, or even a Super Amoled Plus display.
4.3" with a WVGA resolution. The Plus means
it doesn't have a PenTile matrix, so the pixel layout in this Super Amoled screen is the same as
in the LCD display on the Xperia P. The Xperia P has a qHD screen,
so it has a higher resolution than the Galaxy S II. The screen is also smaller,
so all in all the screen is quite a bit sharper.
And also the screen is a lot brighter. The Xperia P has a White Magic display.
That doesn't work that well and gives you unnatural colours, but if you keep the brightness low it is a nice screen
with nice colours, and it's still a lot brighter than the Galaxy S II.
The colours are not as lively, but they are more realistic
and the screen is brighter and sharper
so we think the Xperia P has a better screen than the Galaxy S II.
The camera of the two phones are roughly the same. The Xperia P has a bit better camera,
they are both 8 megapixel cameras, are able to film in 1080p. So spec wise there are not too many differences,
but the Xperia P delivers a bit better quality and the options are more advanced.
The interface of the two phones is different and the Galaxy S II is the better one.
Not quite with the interface, but with the operating system anyway.
The Galaxy S II runs Android 4.0 at the moment. The Xperia P will get an update to that version also
but at the moment it's stuck at Android 2.3. Android 2.3 is simply a bit worse
and some applications don't run on it because it's a bit older. And that's a pity, also because the Xperia P
is newer than the Galaxy S II. The Galaxy S II has had the update, the Xperia P will get it
in a couple of months, maybe a bit less, we'll have to see that.
But the Galaxy S II wins in that aspect. The processor in the Galaxy S II is a bit faster,
in theory anyway. Sony optimised the software a bit better so in the end the difference is not that big.
But the Galaxy S II is a bit faster.
Furthermore, the Sony has a nice unique selling point, namely NFC.
There are two smart tags in the box, and if you touch them with the phone
you can start an app or change your profile. That's nice for instance in your car,
if you put the phone in your carkit you can launch navigation, switch off Wi-Fi and switch on GPS or
whatever you want. So that's quite handy, and isn't there in the S II. The S II has the advantage that
it has a lot of memory, also expendable memory. You can just put a MicroSD card in it, that's
not possible with the Xperia P. The Xperia P has 16GB, which is fine, but you can't expand it.
The Galaxy S II also wins with its battery,
the standard battery is quite bad so it loses with that one. But with the Galaxy S II
you can insert a bigger battery, as we have.
Normally the phone is a bit thinner and it will get a big thicker, you will get a replacement backside with it.
But then you will have a bigger battery time
and then it wins from the Sony Xperia P.
Certainly if you have the two batteries and you leave home for a couple of days,
you can take both batteries and you will be able to keep you phone running much
longer than with the Xperia P. The Xperia P has one battery which is built in, so you
can't buy a second one. That's a pity in this phone. While the phones cost the same,
at the moment we would buy the Xperia P without doubt. The camera is better, but above all
we like the body a lot more. It's an aluminium unibody, that's really nice and the phone
is a bit more compact, the phone looks nicer and the design is more special. And the phone
doesn't have too much cons compared to Samsung's last year's flagship. The Samsung has a bit
faster processor and is a bit faster, the screen is a bit bigger, the phone is a bit
thinner and as said the memory is expendable. But apart from that the advantages of the
Samsung aren't that big compared to the Sony. The Sony has some bigger advantages with it's
better camera, better screen and additional NFC than the Samsung if you ask us.