The new iPhone 4 is already being hailed as the king of the smartphones, and it seems it’s getting harder for the other manufacturers to keep pace with Apple’s developments, and actually produce a smartphone that can put up a decent challenge. Well, Samsung has risen to that challenge with their latest offering, the Samsung Galaxy S - the best smartphone they have ever made. But is it a serious contender?

When you first see the Galaxy S, you notice how good looking it is, and even though there has been a fairly liberal use of plastic to keep the weight down, the chrome trim gives it a quality appearance and feel. The next thing you notice is the size of that screen, which comes in at a very impressive 4 inches, considerably larger than the iPhone 4.

It’s not just the size of the screen that makes the Galaxy S a worthy challenger to the iPhone. Thanks to the Super AMOLED high resolution display, whatever you are viewing on it looks amazing, with rich colors and clean, crisp contrast. The touchscreen function is equally impressive, and makes it simple and easy to navigate around the Galaxy S.

The camera on the Galaxy S is more than adequate, if not quite as impressive as the display. At 5 megapixels, it compares well with the iPhone 4 and is only less than a couple of other smartphones, but it comes with a range of settings and options that mean you have more flexibility to get exactly the shot you want. There’s no flash, but night mode and full 720p HD video recording add some more value.

It’s when you are playing media on the Galaxy S that you start to think that this could actually be one of the best smartphone’s on the market. Samsung have worked hard to make the Samsung Galaxy S the best media player available, and if it isn’t, it’s pretty close - with the amazing screen for video, an impressive music player, and features like virtual surround sound. Plus there’s up to 48GB of storage, so you should have whatever you want to watch or listen, when you want it.

The latest Android operating system works well with Samsung’s own Touchwiz user interface, and the Galaxy S matches all the other smartphones on the connectivity front with data over 3G, WiFi capability, as well as Bluetooth and GPS. A powerful battery and nippy 1GHz processor make sure that, whatever the demands placed on it, the Galaxy S gives a smooth performance.

With a range of apps available from Android as well as Samsung’s own offerings, and full integration for all your communication, from e-mail to text, and social networks to instant messaging, the Samsung Galaxy S will make sure you stay in touch, the way you want to.

Is the Samsung Galaxy S an iPhone slayer? It’s hard to say. There are a lot of things it does very well, but we’ll have to see whether it does everything well enough to take on the smartphone king. One thing’s for sure, it’s certainly a genuine alternative to the Apple smartphone.

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