Color me prettier: Galaxy S3 display outdoes iPhone 5's

Galaxy S3 fans have one more thing to lord over iPhone 5 owners: a superior display. 

That's according to a study from IHS, which concluded that Samsung's flagship phone had a screen that was both thinner and had a wider color gamut.

The Galaxy S3's display is just 1.1 millimeters thick and offers the full color gamut of the NTSC standard. In comparison, the iPhone 5's display is 1.5 millimeters thick and offers 72 percent of the standard color gamut. 

With consumers increasingly concerned with the minute details and specifications of their mobile devices, the results are a win for Samsung, and further illustrates the point that Apple no longer leads when it comes to adding the latest and greatest technology. That was already highlighted by the fact the iPhone 5's two biggest new features -- a bigger display and 4G LTE -- have long been found in Android devices. 

Still, the specifications that IHS points to may be too deep in the weeds for all but the most hardcore fans, and the firm noted that the iPhone 5's improvements over the previous iteration are more than enough to satisfy consumers. 

"Such improvements on the iPhone 5 are consistent with Apple's philosophy of selecting features designed to yield profitable products that deliver a superior customer experience, rather than of providing technology for technology's sake," said Vinita Jakhanwal, an analyst at IHS.