Phone Comparison - Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs HTC One (M9) vs HTC One A9

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC HTC
Announced Q3 2013 March 2015 October 2015
Status Available - Q3 2013 Available - March 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 24,495 ($360.22) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink Acid Gold, Opal Silver, Deep Garnet, Carbon Gray, Rose Gold, Cas
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
145.8 x 70.8 x 7.3 mm
(5.74 x 2.79 x 0.29 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
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 / 1900 / 2100
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
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 430 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32 GB 32 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 Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
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% 68.25% 66.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 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, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 4 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 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
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 32 GB, 3 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 not supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2840 mAh 2150 mAh
Stand by Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
-
Talk Time Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)
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