IPhone 5, or Samsung Galaxy S4?

[Francis G]

It is the sheer expense of getting an iPhone which no longer are premier devices.

The HTC ONE X is basically an HTC version of an iPhone
These Sam Gal phone are All superior to the best iPhone the IP5
The S IV, S 4MINI, SGS III , NOTE 2 and the SGS II which will be the least expensive.

The BB Z10 IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, the highest spec Dual Core phone ( until S 4MINI is releases)
Did you see the advert with Brad Pitt and the rush to get one?

Phone size phones high to low cost BB Z10, S 4MINI, SGS II.

Re IP5 / S IV
Just because they are sold in the same shops they are not in the same league.
1) Everyone recommends the IP5 and NEVER mentions the price. iPhone prices / tariffs on any all networks defy logic and gravity

2) Slick advertising does NOT mention this http://finance.yahoo.com/news/8-things-t...fault=true

THREE as "3" was just too short
The Samsung Galaxy S II (2)was released in MAY 2011 & has 1.2Ghz Dual Core processor with an 8Mp camera.

18 months later November 2012 Apple puts a 12Ghz Dual Core processor & 8Mp camera in a phone and call it the IP5

4) iPhones play catch up what is on an iPhone came out months before on other makes. Eg the iPhone4 was the FIRST iPhone to have a camera flash yeah 2010 .

A total of 9 things are missing as ALL IPHONES do NOT have BLUETOOTH MEDIA TRANSFER! so NO sharing SGS II 9 MORE, SGS III 9 MORE S IV 9 MORE,

The IP5S released anytime within the next 3 to 4 months it being an S will be a tweak so still Dual Core IMO the other IP5S will NOT surpass the BB Z10 (Which is the best Dual Core phone in this the Samsung Galaxy ATM)
Windows 8 phones have 1.5GHz processor as 'standard'

Dismiss the above as there is an alternative "A" answer. The Geekbench 2 scores make the S IV the fastest phone on this planet http://www.primatelabs.com/blog/2013/03/...enchmarks/

You can get the SGS II, it is a SIX TIME PHONE OF THE YEAR WINNER and be confident in the knowledge that whatever price you would have paid for the IP5 is a saving, you WILL have the better phone!
The IP5 may shave nano seconds in response but just one in the plus column does not cancel out the negative