Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S5 vs LG G4 vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Sony
Announced February 2014 April 2015 March 2015
Status Available April 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 25,999 ($382.34) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Blue, Gold Grey, White, Gold, Leather Black, Leather Brown, Leather RedGrey Black, White, Copper, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm
(5.86 x 3 x 0.39 in)
140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
- - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Hexa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 418 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 73.61% 67.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Phase Detection/Laser, Auto-focus, OIS, 1/2.6'' Sensor Size, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, HDR, Stereo Sound Rec. 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Class 12 Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 3000 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 390 h Up to 375 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 10 h (3G) -