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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2013-06-05 | 2017-09-22 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 5.22 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 145.00 | $ 849.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1334 x 750 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Apple 3-core GPU GPU |
| 8.91 | 10.08 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 28.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.49 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 3.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone 8 is better than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, getting an 85 score against 71.7. The iPhone 8 is a noticeably newer phone, and it's also just a bit lighter and somewhat thinner than the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active. IPhone 8 features a quite superior processing power than Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, and they both have the same RAM amount, the iPhone 8 also counts with a higher number of cores (and faster) and a 64-bit processing unit.
Galaxy S4 Active features a sharper display than iPhone 8, because it has a lot better 1920 x 1080 resolution, a quite bigger screen and a higher pixels density. IPhone 8 counts with a way better camera than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a much higher resolution back-facing camera and a lot higher (4K) video quality.
The Apple iPhone 8 features a very superior memory to install games and applications than Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 240 GB more internal memory. The Galaxy S4 Active has a very superior battery lifetime than iPhone 8, because it has a 2600mAh battery size.
Although Apple iPhone 8 is a better device, it is way more expensive than the Galaxy S4 Active, and it doesn't have such a good price and quality relation as the Galaxy S4 Active. So if you need that extra features, you can buy Apple iPhone 8, otherwise you can save some dollars and buy the Galaxy S4 Active, letting go some features and specs.
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