Phone Comparison - Samsung Epic 4G vs Apple iPhone 4

Samsung Epic 4G
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple
Announced June 2010 June 2010
Status Available - September 2010 Available - June 2010
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124 x 65 x 14 mm
(4.88 x 2.56 x 0.55 in)
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR SGX535 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 8/16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.62% 53.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; WiMAX, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 1500 mAh 1420 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h 30 min Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)