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hey Austin this is guys how's the iPhone stack up versus Android five years later to find out we've got the iPhone 4s and Samsung Galaxy S 2 as the best of the best in 2011 it's interesting to see just how well they've aged the first thing you'll notice is how much bigger the galaxy has to is I have the US t-mobile variant here which sports a big for the time four and a half inch screen compared to the tiny three and a half inch screen on the iPhone that said while the AMOLED screen on the galaxy isn't bad the write-in display of the iPhone looks a lot nicer at 326 pixels per inch it's identical to the iPhone 6s and while displays have gotten better in the last five years there's really not much to complain about except for the size the iPhone feels tiny by today's standards where the galaxy is much more comfortable while the s2 is a decent looking phone back in the day it has an h2 well you do have a removable back which gives you access to a micro SD card slot and removable battery as a five-year old phone be able to swap a fresh battery and easily is a big advantage it's fairly thin but the plastic build is taking a beating over the years and it shows this iPhone has been nicely taken care of but there's no denying the appeal of glass and metal this is still one of my favorite phone asides ever with a nice heft in the hand and an expensive feel even though you can pick up a 4s for cheap these days it's clear that this was once a 6m dollar phone something that surprised me is the software the Galaxy S 2 tops out on Android 4.1 jelly bean which came out in 2012 where Apple actually still supports the iPhone 4s as it's fully up to date on iOS 9 while it probably won't get updated much beyond this it's really impressive to see a phone supported for five years he's an excess line usually gets updates for two or three years and the s2 only got a single year of updates mind you I OS 9 is an exactly buttery smooth on the 4s but it's at least usable while jellybean is still stuck in 2012 it's not all bad Google has steadily moved more and more apps into the Play Store which means you're able to use the latest versions of things like Chrome unfortunately a lot either will work on 4.1 or can't be updated apps like Twitter that work are few and far between having iOS 9 helps the iPhone a lot things like Spotify work just fine and although you'll notice some slowness and snapchat it's totally usable more demanding games are going to be a problem but lighter titles like minecraft work just as well as with new phones as long as you lower your expectations for speed there's not much you can't do on the 4s one thing is definitely proved in the last few years are the cameras both phones have eight megapixel sensors that are decent but nothing special as long as there's enough light both the iPhone and Galaxy s2 can deliver a nice image but the s2 doesn't handle color very nicely and iPhone gives better dynamic range on the other hand the front-facing VGA camera on the 4s is pretty terrible where the s2 has an actually usable selfie camera video is 1080p across-the-board and here there's not much comparison 4s has far better stabilization in color or the s2 gets shaky and blows the highlights out easily the Galaxy has two more than anything shows just how far things have come in the last five years things have also improved in the iPhone camp but the 4s is held up impressively well which would you go for let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one it feels this in the have ever gonna cut that part