Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 CDMA vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2011 March 2013 May 2013
Status Available - February 2011 Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black, White White Frost, Black Mist White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.94 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE - GT-I9195
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4.2.5, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait 200, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
GPU PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR SGX 544MP3 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 72.15% 66.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR 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
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 2600 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by Up to 350 h Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 12 h (3G)