Phone Comparison - HTC Rhyme vs Samsung Galaxy Note LTE 10.1 N8020 vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2011 December 2012 March 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - December 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum Gray, white White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
262 x 180 x 8.9 mm
(10.31 x 7.09 x 0.35 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 600 g (21.16 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400MP PowerVR SGX 544MP3
RAM 768 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 10.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 63.10% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, 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 Yes, v2.0 (MHL), USB Host support 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 HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1600 mAh 7000 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Up to 2158 h (2G)
Up to 1850 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 64 h (2G)
Up to 43 h (3G)
Up to 17 h