Phone Comparison - Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia C4 vs Motorola Moto X Force

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony Motorola
Announced Q3 2013 May 2015 November 2015
Status Available - Q3 2013 Available - June 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 19,900 ($292.65) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Black, White, Mint Black Ballistic Nylon
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
150.3 x 77.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.92 x 3.05 x 0.31 in)
149.8 x 78 x 9.2 mm
(5.9 x 3.07 x 0.36 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5303, E5353
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5306
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1580
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5303 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 40(2300) - XT1580
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-T760MP2 Adreno 430
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Shatterproof
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (540 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 71.52% 69.80%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 1080p, HDR 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar] 5 MP, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
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, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2600 mAh 3760 mAh
Stand by Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 634 h (2G)
Up to 682 h (3G)
Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 25 h (3G)