Phone Comparison - Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone 5C vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Sony
Announced March 2013 September 2013 March 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - September 2013 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist White, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink Black, White, Copper, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
124.4 x 59.2 x 8.97 mm
(4.9 x 2.33 x 0.35 in)
140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 7.0.1 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Swift, Apple A6 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP3 PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 59.93% 67.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, TTouch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 1510 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 350 h Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 17 h Up to 10 h (3G) -