Phone Comparison - Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia E4 vs Microsoft Lumia 550

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony Microsoft
Announced Q3 2013 February 2015 October 2015
Status Available - Q3 2013 Available - March 2015 Available - December 2015
Price - Rs. 11,490 ($168.97) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
137 x 74.6 x 10.5 mm
(5.39 x 2.94 x 0.41 in)
136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz) 141.9 (4.97.0.32)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - E2104
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - E2105
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6582 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-400MP2 Adreno 304
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.15% 67.61% 64.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 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, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2300 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 696 h (2G)
Up to 653 h (3G)
Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 12 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)