SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co on Thursday premiered its latest phone, the Galaxy S 4, which sports a bigger display and features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean company takes the fight to iPhone maker Apple Inc. The following is a side-by-side comparison of their physical hardware: Specs Galaxy S4 iPhone 5 Screen size 5in full HD Super AMOLED 4in IPS LCD Resolution 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, 441ppi (pixels per inch) 1,136 x 640 pixels, 326ppi Thickness 7.9mm 7.6mm Processor 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon Fusion Pro; or proprietary 1.6GHz octa-core Exynos 5 Octa Proprietary A6 Camera (rear/front) 13-megapixel/2-megapixel 8-megapixel/1.2-megapixel RAM 2GB 1GB Video recording 1,080p HD video 1,080p HD video/30fps Weight 130g 112g Platform Android (Jelly Bean) iOS6 Capacity 16GB, 32GB, 64GB 16GB, 32GB, 64GB Expandable memory Up to 64GB No 4G LTE Yes Yes NFC Yes No Battery life 2,600mAh 8 hrs talk time/Standby 225 hours Launch date late April Sept 2012 HTML Tables
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co on Thursday premiered its latest phone, the Galaxy S 4, which sports a bigger display and features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean company takes the fight to iPhone maker Apple Inc.