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Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Google Nexus 9

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung HTC
Announced
February 2014 October 2014
Status
Available April 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors
Black, White, Blue, Gold Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight
145 g (5.11 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.1 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) [Similar] 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.63% 69.76%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash 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 Detection, OIS
Video
Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity
2800 mAh 6700 mAh
Stand by
Up to 390 h Up to 720 h
Talk Time
Up to 21 h Up to 9 h 30 min
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