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Let's compare this to the changes in Samsung Galaxy S3 compared to the S2:

- Slightly larger screen - Faster CPU - Improved camera - Added LTE - Faster Wifi - Added NFC - Added a couple of sensors - Better battery life - Heavier

Not a whole lot different from the iPhone changelist, and I bet it's not a whole lot different from any other phone maker's changelist between generations either.



Let's compare the time-frame.

Last time the iPhone had such a changelist was in june 2010. The S2 came out 12 months prior to the S3.

When you only release one phone every 24 months people are right to expect more.

That, or you could compare the S2 with S3 against the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S...


But Samsung didn't deliver any magic in the S3 - and what could Apple have delivered as a super-duper-WOW feature? I cannot think of any technologies out there that they haven't squeezed in there yet and I don't think "wireless charging" is anything to really care about, novelty and "OMG!" factor aside. Adding NFC would have also been just catching up and personally, I cannot see the benefit from NFC and it looks like Apple can't either.

So what is left then? What COULD they have added to floor people? Nuclear reactor? Drones? I cannot think of anything.




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