Phone Comparison - Asus Google Nexus 7 vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Google Nexus S

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2012 March 2013 December 2010
Status Available - July 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - December 2010
Colors Black White Frost, Black Mist Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
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 340 g (11.99 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (Dependent on Country) -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 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 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird
GPU ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX 544MP3 PowerVR SGX540
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 5.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.45% 72.15% 58.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.2 MP 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Video-calling 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
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
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 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4325 mAh 2600 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by 300 h Up to 350 h Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 17 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)