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.

The screen is even more impressive when it’s switched on. The high resolution Super AMOLED display makes everything come to life on the phone. Colors are bright and vibrant, and the superb contrast makes everything appear crisp and clear. The visual performance of the display is matched by its touchscreen capabilities, with a responsive touch that is easy and enjoyable to use.

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 Galaxy S has the latest version of the Android operating system, nicely overlaid with Samsung’s own Touchwiz interface. The hardware is of the quality you would expect from an iPhone challenger, with 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and a powerful 1GHz processor and one of the largest batteries on the market, to keep everything moving.

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.

The iPhone 4 is a tough act to beat, but the Samsung Galaxy S has all the credentials to put up a good fight. Will it win? It’s hard to say, as others have tried and failed. It will definitely give smartphone buyers a harder choice to make, and its impressive features will make sure enough of them come down on the side of the Samsung smartphone.

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It is fairly obvious that most smartphone manufacturers have decided that the Android operating system is the future. Many of them place the OS on almost every device they release. Samsung is one of those companies who has taken Android technology and run with it. It hopes to maintain its status near the top of the market with the release of the Samsung Galaxy.

Just because customers want to carry all of the music, television, and personal data and management they can with them, they do not want to feel that the house is in their pocket. Samsung avoids this predicament by creating a slim, slender phone with the Samsung Galaxy. It measures 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9mm and weighs merely 119g. The Galaxy?s looks bears some resemblance to the iPhone 3GS with its black plastic and metal construction. Some would rather that the device distinguish itself from the pack a little more, but that is a small complaint for a phone that excels at what it does.

One aspect of the device that does separate the Samsung Galaxy from the crowd is the 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, one of the fastest in the field. 8GB of internal storage is included with the phone, and there is a microSD slot that can accommodate up to 32GB cards if 8 is not enough. The 8GB are split roughly into 6GB for media functions and 2GB for applications. The Samsung Galaxy connects with triband 900/1900/2100 HSDPA/HSUPA. This is coupled with other contemporary technology such as Bluetooth 3.0 and a microUSB 2.0 port.

The Galaxy certainly excels in the speed department, but it might just outdo itself with its display. An enormous, 4-inch capacitive touchscreen allows for easy viewing of anything the phone can do. Samsung?s own Super AMOLED display provides 800 x 480p resolution, which already surpasses previous models that provided standard AMOLED and LCD displays. With Super AMOLED technology, the display is seen much more easily in direct sunlight than with past models.

The Samsung Galaxy utilizes Samsung?s own TouchWiz 3.0 user interface on top of the Android 2.1 operating system. This takes some getting used to for those who are familiar with the regular Android 2.1 interface. The TouchWiz does improve the notification bar, providing persistent shortcuts to toggle between vibrate and silent modes, Bluetooth, and WiFi. The Samsung Galaxy also addresses social networking with Social Hub, a function that combines Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter updates into a single stream.

Samsung has produced high quality Android phones in the past, and it has continued to do so with the Samsung Galaxy. The device falls somewhere at the top of the market in speed and functionality. Customers will be more than pleased to own the Samsung Galaxy.