Phone Comparison - Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia E1 vs HTC Desire 510

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony HTC
Announced Q3 2013 January 2014 August 2014
Status Available - Q3 2013 Available - March 2014 Available - August 2014
Colors White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Black, Purple, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
118 x 62.4 x 12 mm
(4.65 x 2.46 x 0.47 in)
139.9 x 69.8 x 9.99 mm
(5.51 x 2.75 x 0.39 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - D2004
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - D2005
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
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, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) with HTC Sense
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8210 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 410
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 302 Adreno 305
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (208 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 61.98% 62.60%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 3 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Image Stabilization, Panorama, Red-eye reduction, Touch capture Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, SVGA@30FPS Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 1750 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 551 h Up to 646 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 9 h 12 min Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)