Phone Comparison - HTC DROID DNA vs HTC Butterfly vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Samsung
Announced November 2012 December 2012 March 2013
Status Released - November 2012 Available - January 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141 x 70.5 x 9.7 mm
(5.55 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM615m/APQ8064 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX 544MP3
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB (11 GB user available) storage 16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.20% 68.54% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash 5 Level LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting 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, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 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 Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (11 GB user available) storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 2020 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 353 h - Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h 40 min - Up to 17 h