Phone Comparison - HTC EVO View 4G vs Samsung Epic 4G vs Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2011 June 2010 June 2013
Status Available - June 2011 Available - September 2010 Available - June 2013
Colors Silver Black Urban Grey, Dive Blue, Orange Flare
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 196 x 112 x 13 mm
(7.72 x 4.41 x 0.51 in)
124 x 65 x 14 mm
(4.88 x 2.56 x 0.55 in)
139.7 x 71.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.5 x 2.81 x 0.36 in)
Weight 425 g (14.99 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Dust and Water Resistant (IP67)
Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1.5 GHz 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm MDM9215 + APQ8064pro
GPU - PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 320
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage N/A 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive touchscreen, Glove Touch, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.48% 56.62% 69.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Drama Shot, Sound&Shot, Aqua mode, Beauty face, Best photo, Continuous shot, Best face, Animated photo, Rich ton
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec., slow motion video capture
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge No Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiMAX 802.16 e, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WiMAX, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 300 h Up to 312 h
Talk Time - Up to 5 h 30 min Up to 17 h