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HTC Hero S vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
September 2011 March 2013
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115 x 60 x 12 mm
(4.53 x 2.36 x 0.47 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
130 g (4.59 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.09% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8655 [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps / HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1520 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 456 h Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 20 min Up to 17 h
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