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Samsung Galaxy S4
Exynos 5 OctaGT-I9500
| Global Score | |
| 78.3 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2013-03-14 | 2017-09-22 |
| 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches | 6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 7.13 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red and White | Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray |
| Polycarbonate | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 330.00 | $ 949.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa chipset | Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1600 MHz + Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU | Apple 3-core GPU GPU |
| 8.73 | 10.17 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.46 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.02 | 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 | 2691mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 370 hours standby time 11 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 4.64 |
| 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 Plus is much better than Galaxy S4, having an 87.1 score against 78.3. Although the iPhone 8 Plus is notably heavier than the Galaxy S4, it's just a little bit thinner and noticeably newer. IPhone 8 Plus features a quite better hardware performance than Galaxy S4, because although it has lesser cores , it also counts with more RAM and a 64-bit processor.
Samsung Galaxy S4 has a little sharper screen than Apple iPhone 8 Plus, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, and they both have the same exact resolution of 1920 x 1080, the Samsung Galaxy S4 also counts with a just a bit greater pixels density. The Apple iPhone 8 Plus has a much bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S4, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
The iPhone 8 Plus counts with a little better battery life than Samsung Galaxy S4, because it has a 3 percent greater battery size. IPhone 8 Plus counts with a better camera than Samsung Galaxy S4, because although it has a camera in the back with a worse 12 megapixels resolution, it also counts with a way higher video resolution, a bigger back camera sensor shooting higher quality photos and videos and a larger camera aperture to capture better photos in low light environments.
Although Apple iPhone 8 Plus is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Galaxy S4, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Galaxy S4. So if you need that extra features, you can buy Apple iPhone 8 Plus, else you can save some dollars and get the Galaxy S4, giving up some specifications.
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