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LG Optimus Black P970 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
LG Samsung
Announced
January 2011 March 2013
Status
Available - May 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black, Pink, Silver, White, Brown White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
122 x 64 x 9.2 mm
(4.8 x 2.52 x 0.36 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
109 g (3.84 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.99 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.44% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, TI OMAP 3630 [Similar] Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
2 GB storage (1 GB user-available) 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
2 GB storage (1 GB user-available), 512 MB 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
1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 375 h Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 6 h Up to 17 h
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