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Samsung I8520 Galaxy Beam vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2010 March 2013
Status
Available - July 2010 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm
(4.84 x 2.35 x 0.59 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
156g (5.5oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.04% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
720 MHz [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
384 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

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

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA 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
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 630 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 17 h
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