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Samsung Galaxy S4
SprintSPH-L720
| Global Score | |
| 79 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2013-03-14 | 2018-10-20 |
| 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches | 6.29 x 3.02 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red and White | 16 777 216 |
| Polycarbonate | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 135.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 9.46 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 9.9 |
| 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 | 3300mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.28 |
| 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
The Galaxy A7 (2018) has a score of 84.2, which is slightly better than the Galaxy S4's 79 global score. The Galaxy A7 (2018) design is notably newer and just a little bit thinner, but also noticeably heavier than the Galaxy S4. Galaxy S4 features a better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018), because although it has a little bit worse resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a bit more pixels per screen inch.
The Galaxy A7 (2018) has a little faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy S4, because although it has doesn't have a GPU, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and a larger number of faster cores. The Galaxy A7 (2018) counts with a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy S4, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same video resolution, the Galaxy A7 (2018) also has a lot bigger camera aperture, a bigger back camera sensor which provides a higher photo and video quality and a lot better resolution camera.
Galaxy A7 (2018) features a way bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S4, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and an external SD slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB. Galaxy A7 (2018) features better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy S4, because it has 3300mAh of battery capacity against 2600mAh.
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