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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-06-05 | 2019-04-10 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 145.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 8.91 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.46 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.12 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A40 has a global score of 79.6, which is much better than Galaxy S4 Active's score of 71.7. Samsung Galaxy A40's body is way newer, a bit lighter and somewhat thinner than Galaxy S4 Active. Both phones we compare here include Android OS (operating system), but Samsung Galaxy A40 has a newer 11 version and Galaxy S4 Active has Android 4.4.
The Galaxy S4 Active has a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has a little smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1080, it also counts with a just a bit more pixels per inch in the display. The Galaxy A40 features a much greater storage to install applications and games than Galaxy S4 Active, because it has more internal storage and a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB.
The Galaxy A40's processing unit is just as good as the Galaxy S4 Active one, because although the Galaxy A40 has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with more RAM and a larger number of cores. The Samsung Galaxy A40 has a way better camera than Galaxy S4 Active, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A40 also has a lot more MP back-facing camera.
The Galaxy A40 features greater battery life than Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a 19% more battery size.
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