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Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Google Nexus S

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
March 2013 December 2010
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - December 2010
Colors
White Frost, Black Mist Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight
130 g (4.59 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
4G Network
LTE -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.99 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.15% 58.46%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus [Similar] 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [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, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2600 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 350 h Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 17 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
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