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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | Android 11 |
| 2013-06-05 | 2021-03-12 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | Black |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 145.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| TFT | LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 311 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 9.13 |
| 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 | 3000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy XCover 5 is just a bit better than Galaxy S4 Active, with a overall score of 78.1 against 71.7. Galaxy XCover 5's design has the same thickness than the Galaxy S4 Active, but it's somewhat heavier. These phones have Android operating system, but the Galaxy XCover 5 has newer 11 version and Galaxy S4 Active has Android 4.4 version.
Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 features just a little better performance than Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with more cores and more RAM. Galaxy S4 Active counts with a much sharper display than Galaxy XCover 5, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with more pixels per inch in the screen and a higher resolution of 1920 x 1080.
The Galaxy XCover 5 has a greater camera than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, and although they both have the same video quality and the same video frame rates, the Galaxy XCover 5 also has a back camera with much more MP. Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 features a much greater storage to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has an external memory card slot that holds a maximum of 1 TB and 64 GB internal storage.
Galaxy XCover 5 counts with a little longer battery duration than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a 3000mAh battery capacity against 2600mAh.
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