Phone Comparison - Motorola FIRE XT311 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

Motorola FIRE XT311
motorola fire xt311
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4
samsung i9505 galaxy s4
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced July 2011 March 2013
Status Available - September 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 58 x 13.5 mm
(4.59 x 2.28 x 0.53 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227-1 [Similar] Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches [Similar] 4.99 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 35.86% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 480p@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Upto 768 h (2G)
Up to 720 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 9 h 16 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 17 h