Phone Comparison - Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs LG G3 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Xiaomi
Announced March 2013 May 2014 August 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - June 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 10,840 ($159.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist Black, White, Gold White, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Mint Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.94 x 0.35 in)
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
LTE - CDMA version
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE 800 / 900 /1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP3 Adreno 330 PowerVR G6200
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB ROM 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB Yes

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 76.42% 72.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash Yes
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, OIS Phase Detection Auto-focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL/ EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v3.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB ROM, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB Yes
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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3000 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by Up to 350 h - Up to 144 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h - Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)