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Global Score
51.656.5
Basic Information
SamsungSamsung
Android 2.3Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
2011-11-222011-09-12
4.51 x 2.37 x 0.47 inches4.96 x 2.63 x 0.33 inches
4.23 ounces3.90 ounces
$ 145.00$ 95.00
Display / Screen
3.5 inches4.3 inches
320 x 480 pixels 480 x 800 pixels
TFTSuper AMOLED Plus
165 pixels per inch217 pixels per inch
Capacitive, Multi-touchCapacitive, Multi-touch
6.57.5
Samsung Hummingbird (Single-Core 1000 MHz) processor Single-Core 1400 MHz processor
512 MB RAM--
Yes GPUYes GPU
7.387.65
Storage
2 GB internal memory16 GB internal memory
microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slotNo SD card slot
3.224.4
Camera
3.00 MP8.00 MP + 1.30 MP
--1280 x 720 (29 fps) (HD) video resolution
5.067.15
Networks
Wi-FiWi-Fi
Mobile HotspotMobile Hotspot
EV-DO A and CDMAHSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM
--SIM
3.24.5
Battery Life
1500mAh Li-Ion Battery1650mAh Li-Ion Battery
Removable BatteryRemovable Battery
250 hours standby time
6 hours talk time
250 hours standby time
6.5 hours talk time
3.283.52
Other Features
Bluetooth 3.0Bluetooth 2.1, EDR
GPSGPS
Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity SensorAccelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor

Comparison review

Samsung Focus S is slightly better than Samsung Illusion, getting a 56.5 score against 51.6. The Samsung Focus S comes with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, while Samsung Illusion comes with Android 2.3 OS. Samsung Focus S is a notably thinner and a little bit lighter phone than Samsung Illusion, although both were only released 2 months apart.

Samsung Focus S has a much better display than Samsung Illusion, because it has a higher quantity of pixels per inch in the display, a bigger screen and a way better resolution of 800 x 480px. Samsung Focus S counts with a bit better processing unit than Samsung Illusion. Both have the same number of cores.

Samsung Focus S captures much better pictures and videos than Samsung Illusion, because it has a back facing camera with way more mega pixels. Samsung Focus S has a way bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Illusion, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 16 GB internal storage capacity.

Samsung Focus S has just a bit better battery performance than Samsung Illusion, because it has 1650mAh of battery capacity instead of 1500mAh.

The Samsung Focus S is not only the best phones of the ones in this comparison, but it's also a bargain compared to the other phones.




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