The iPhone and Samsung are two popular brands of phones that are competing to be the best. They both surprise people with new apps and new advanced technology that they bring out every year. But the one-million-dollar question is, “Which one is the best?”

iPhone is best

Many students prefer the iPhone over the Samsung. Freshman Jasmin Demetz says the iPhone is easier to use when it comes to finding information.

Freshman Maria Pena picks the iPhone because “it has better quality on images, and with the camera everything is clear.” Sophomore Andrea Ortega adds that the iPhone has more capacity for images.

“I believe that the iPhone has a very advanced programming system,” says sophomore Kaylene Cortez.

However, the Samsung still has its fans too. Sophomore Staicy Bermudez likes how the Samsung screen is not as fragile as the iPhone; therefore, it won’t crack that easy.

“I pick Samsung because it’s fun to customize it. The iPhone is too complicated when you want rearrange the settings,” said freshman Armando Casanova.

Samsung got the best apps

One of the major reasons we like our smart phones is because they have apps that we use on a daily basis. Many students believe that the Samsung has the best apps. “Of course the iPhone has a fantastic app store, but Android is far superior at organizing apps, letting you put important stuff on the home screens and hide less useful apps in the app drawer,” said junior Alejandro Fernandez.

Freshman Thalia Guzman added that Samsung widgets, which are mini-apps (weather, clock, calendar, etc.), are much more useful than Apple’s.

Junior Eduardo Martinez likes Samsung’s Google Play Store. He said, “It is well laid out, extremely user-friendly, and offers about any type of app that you can think of like games, picture editor, and the social apps. On the iPhone, the app store is more complicated.”

Both phones are very popular when it comes to sales. According to a July 26, 2016, article published in The San Diego Union Tribune, Apple sold around 50 million iPhones in three months. Samsung has shipped 1.12 billion smartphones since 2010, when it introduced the original Galaxy S.

  iPhone can Samsung don’t

There are things that make these two brands unique and special from each other. According to an article titled “4 things iPhone6 does that Samsung Galaxys6 can’t”, posted on the website www.cio.com, which is an information technology publication, the iPhone has a fingerprint sensor that bypasses the annoying lock screen. In addition, the iPhone has a silent switch that can allow you to mute your phone so no sound can be heard. On Samsung, you must log into your phone, press the volume button, and tap the bell to set it to vibrate, or press the volume buttons on the side until it is full on silent.

They both have voice assistance where you can ask them for any information that you need. However, on the iPhone, it is called Siri and it has a fun personality and understands natural language a bit better than the voice assistant on Samsung that is called S Voice.

Another thing is the way messages work. On iPhones, you can send audio messages and you can see when the person types if they have an iPhone too. On Samsung, you don’t have the ability of voice messages, but you can when you use an app like Hangout or WhatsApp.

Samsung can iPhone don’t

On the other hand, Samsung has its own signature features that distinguish it from the iPhone. According to an article titled “10 Things Samsung’s New Galaxy Phones Can Do That the iPhone Can’t”, posted on www.entrepreneur.com, you can charge Samsung’s new phone wirelessly with a charging pad instead of plugging it in. Apple’s iPhones need to be plugged in to charge. Samsung says 10 minutes of charging will get you four hours of use. The iPhone doesn’t have fast-charging technology built in.

With the Galaxy S6 Edge, you can also assign a specific color to any contact. Your phone will light up as that color when the contact calls, but the iPhone can’t do such a thing.

The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge can also measure your heart rate.  Apple has added some health-related features to the iPhone over the past few years, like the step counter in the iPhone 5s. However, none of Apple’s iPhones have a heart-rate monitor.