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HTC Velocity 4G vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
January 2012 March 2013
Status
Available - January 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
126.1 x 57 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.24 x 0.44 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
163.8 g (5.75.0.28 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 1800 LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.5 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
77.52% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.7 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB (13 GB user available) 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@60fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB 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
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB (13 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB 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
1620 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 17 h
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