Phone Comparison - Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs HTC One A9 vs HTC One A9s

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC HTC
Announced Q3 2013 October 2015 September 2016
Status Available - Q3 2013 Available - November 2015 Coming Soon - September 2016
Price - Rs. 24,495 ($360.22) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 29,990 ($400.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Acid Gold, Opal Silver, Deep Garnet, Carbon Gray, Rose Gold, Cas Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold, Deep Garnet, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
145.8 x 70.8 x 7.3 mm
(5.74 x 2.79 x 0.29 in)
146.49 x 71.5 x 7.99 mm
(5.77 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz) 149.8g (5.26.0.28oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Americas
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 29(700) - Americas
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
- 2.5D Curved Glass

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow), planned upgrade to v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 405 Mali-T860 MP2
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 66.64% 65.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, f/2.2, BSI Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 4 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2150 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by Up to 370 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 17 h (3G) - -