Phone Comparison - LG Spectrum vs Samsung Galaxy Note II CDMA

LG Spectrum
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Samsung Galaxy Note II CDMA
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general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung
Announced January 2012 Q3 2012
Status Available - January 2012 Released - November 2012
Colors Black Titanium Gray, Marble White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.4 x 68.8 x 10.4 mm
(5.33 x 2.71 x 0.41 in)
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
Weight 141.5 g (4.97.0.18 oz) 179.4 g (6.31.0.14 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - SCH-I605, SPH-L900, SCH-R950
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
4G Network LTE 700 LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - SCH-I605, SCH-R950
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.x (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] Mali-400MP4 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.06% 68.57%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS - SCH
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
Edge No Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL; HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1830 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by Up to 348 h Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h 20 min Up to 15 h