Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs HTC One (M9) vs Sony Xperia C4

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Sony
Announced September 2014 March 2015 May 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - March 2015 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,900 ($292.65) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
150.3 x 77.4 x 7.9 mm
(5.92 x 3.05 x 0.31 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5303, E5353
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E5306
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5303
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 430 Mali-T760MP2
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 68.25% 71.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash dual-LED (dual tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 1080p, HDR
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 2840 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
Up to 634 h (2G)
Up to 682 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)