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Samsung Droid Charge
SCH-i510| Global Score | |
| 49.8 | 54.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| AT&T | Samsung |
| Android 4.1 | Android 2.3, 2.2 |
| -- | 2011-01-06 |
| 5.20 x 2.60 x 0.40 inches | 5.11 x 2.66 x 0.46 inches |
| 4.80 ounces | 5.04 ounces |
| Black | -- |
| $ 105.00 | $ 90.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.5 inches | 4.3 inches |
| 540 x 960 pixels | 480 x 800 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED Plus |
| 245 pixels per inch | 217 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.3 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 chipset | Samsung Exynos 3 chipset |
| Krait (Dual-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A8 (Single-Core 1000 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (533 MHz) RAM | -- |
| Adreno 305 (450 MHz) GPU | PowerVR SGX540 (200 MHz) GPU |
| 8.19 | 7.38 |
| Storage | |
| 4 GB internal memory | 2 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 3.82 | 3.22 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 1.30 MP |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 5.5 | 7.15 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), EV-DO A and CDMA |
| SIM | -- |
| 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2070mAh Battery | 1600mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 4 hours talk time | 280 hours standby time 11 hours talk time |
| 4 | 3.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Droid Charge has a general score of 54.1, which is just a bit better than the AT&T Z998's 49.8 score. The Samsung Droid Charge is a somewhat thicker and a little heavier device than AT&T Z998. These devices come with Android OS (operating system), but Samsung Droid Charge has an older 2.3 version while AT&T Z998 has Android 4.1.
The AT&T Z998 features a little more vivid screen than Samsung Droid Charge, because it has a little larger screen, a quite greater pixel number in each inch of screen and a slightly higher 960 x 540 resolution. AT&T Z998 features a quite better performance than Samsung Droid Charge, because it has a larger number of cores and a better graphics processing unit working at 450 MHz.
The Samsung Droid Charge has a lot better camera than AT&T Z998, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video quality, the Samsung Droid Charge also has a camera with way more MP. The AT&T Z998 features a better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Droid Charge, and although they both have a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 32 GB, the AT&T Z998 also has 2 GB more internal memory capacity.
AT&T Z998 counts with longer battery performance than Samsung Droid Charge, because it has a 2070mAh battery capacity.
Despite of being the best phone of the ones we compare here, the Samsung Droid Charge is also cheap compared to the AT&T Z998.
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