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Sony Experia Z vs. Samsung Galaxy Note |
- Samsung has its' very own App Store. In fact, in Hong Kong, Samsung office has proactive approached my company to recruit our Apps in Samsung's App store. They have invested dedicated App Acquisition team in offices around the world.
- Samsung Galaxy Memo App with the Stylus pen makes a great integration of software and hardware.
- Samsung has a larger collection of pretty widgets to allow their users to build pretty Home Screen in their Android phone / Tab.
- It seems that my old 1st generation Galaxy Note phone is able to do smart-dial contact search even faster than the 4 quad cpu Sony Experia Z phone. This is a sign of real "software programming" power.
- Being the king of music with it's Walkman legacy, Sony's Experia Z's built in Music Player App (also called Walkman) does not play WMA format! Samsung Galaxy Note's build in app does play WMA!
- Sony's only selling point to me is really it's look. Even the waterproof feature is really not important to me (at least in the last 2 decade I have not dropped my phone in any form of water).
It seems Samsung has really placed much attention in finding the right strategies in creating differentiation out of a Me-Too-Android platform. Not just that but Samsung has also boldly launched so many different screen sized device to test the market to come to realized the "unexpected" win of Galaxy Note configuration. Now of course Samsung is really leveraging the Galaxy Note with 8.0" size to take on iPad Mini.
The rise of Samsung and falls of Sony is obvious. I personally have nothing against Sony's brand otherwise I wouldn't buy the Experia Z. But my recent experience in comparing the product from the two companies simply reminds me the drive for product differentiation has been increasingly on the "soft and subtle" of smart services and design instead of just pushing for raw hardware power!