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Samsung Galaxy S4
Exynos 5 OctaGT-I9500
| Global Score | |
| 78.3 | 84.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | LG |
| Android 5.0 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-03-14 | 2019-04-11 |
| 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches | 5.98 x 2.83 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 5.89 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red and White | Aurora black, Carmine red and Platinum gray |
| Polycarbonate | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 330.00 | $ 215.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 3120 x 1440 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 563 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1600 MHz + Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 9.46 | 17.06 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.50 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (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 | 3500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 370 hours standby time 11 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.44 |
| 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The LG G8 ThinQ has a score of 84.3, which is just a bit better than the Galaxy S4's global score of 78.3. These devices use Android OS (Operating System), but the LG G8 ThinQ has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Galaxy S4 has Android 5.0, so it provides the user lots of additional features. Even though the LG G8 ThinQ is extremely newer than Galaxy S4, it is a bit thicker and incredibly heavier.
LG G8 ThinQ has a better performance than Galaxy S4, and although they both have 8 cpu cores, the LG G8 ThinQ also has 4 GB more RAM memory. LG G8 ThinQ features a slightly better looking display than Samsung Galaxy S4, because it has a better quantity of pixels per inch of display, a bigger screen and a much higher resolution of 1440 x 3120 pixels.
LG G8 ThinQ features a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy S4, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and a SD extension slot that supports a maximum of 1,95 TB. LG G8 ThinQ counts with improved battery performance than Galaxy S4, because it has a 35% more battery size.
LG G8 ThinQ has a superior camera than Samsung Galaxy S4, because although it has a back camera with a worse 12 mega pixels resolution, it also counts with a much better (4K) video resolution, a lot bigger aperture to capture better low-light images and video and a larger sensor which offers a higher photo and video quality.
Despite of being the best phone of the ones in this comparison, LG G8 ThinQ is also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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