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Sony Xperia SP vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
Available - April 2013 March 2013
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black, White, Red White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
155 g (5.47 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.6 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.67% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 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
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, 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 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 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
2370 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 17 h
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