Phone Comparison - Samsung I9000 Galaxy S vs LG Nexus 4 E960

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
samsung i9000 galaxy s
LG Nexus 4 E960
lg nexus 4 e960
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG
Announced March 2010 October 2012
Status Available - June 2010 Available - November 2012
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.2
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 320, 400 MHz [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage 8/16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.07% 68.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
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 8 GB/16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No

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-Po
Capacity 1500 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Up to 390 hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 hours (3G)