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Samsung Galaxy S4
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| Global Score | |
| 79 | 87.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | -- |
| 2013-03-14 | 2018-08-24 |
| 5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 inches | 6.37 x 3.01 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 7.09 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red and White | Cloud silver, Lavender purple, Midnight black and Ocean blue |
| Polycarbonate | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 135.00 | $ 457.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 514 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9 | 9.63 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.50 aperture |
| 31.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.02 | 10.23 |
| 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 | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.92 |
| 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 Samsung Galaxy Note9 has an overall score of 87.1, which is better than Galaxy S4's 79 score. The Samsung Galaxy Note9 construction is incredibly newer than Galaxy S4's, but it is thicker and notably heavier. The Samsung Galaxy Note9 has a bit superior processor than Samsung Galaxy S4, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM and 4 more processing cores.
Samsung Galaxy S4 has a bit more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy Note9, although it has a way smaller display, a lot lower resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a quite lower display density. Galaxy Note9 has a way bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy S4, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and a SD card slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB.
Galaxy Note9 has a superior camera than Galaxy S4, because although it has a back-facing camera with lesser mega-pixels, it also counts with a much larger aperture, a larger camera sensor shooting higher quality videos and pictures and a way better (4K) video quality. Samsung Galaxy Note9 has a very superior battery duration than Samsung Galaxy S4, because it has a 54 percent more battery capacity.
Although Samsung Galaxy Note9 is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than the Galaxy S4, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as Galaxy S4. So if you need that extra specs, you can buy Samsung Galaxy Note9, else you can save a couple dollars and buy the Galaxy S4, letting go some specifications.
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