Phone Comparison - Nokia N97 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony Ericsson Samsung
Announced November 2008 January 2011 March 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - March 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors White, Black Midnight Blue, Misty Silver White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, 88 cc
(4.61 x 2.18 x 0.63 in, 3.46 cc )
125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
(4.92 x 2.48 x 0.34 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 150 g (5.29 oz) 117 g (4.13 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT15i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - LT15a
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 320
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 320 MB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.2 inches 4.99 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (210 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 61.86% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, Visu Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA@15fps [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Class 32 Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 320 MB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
408 h (3G)
Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 17 h