Samsung I9506 GALAXY S4 and Apple iPhone 5S are the two leading and most selling smartphones, competing each other in the market. Both have excellent specs and features.
Release in the Market
Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 was announced and released in the third quarter of year 2013. It is also known as Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+. For the SK Telecom, it is known as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A. Being the LTE carrier supported device, Apple iPhone 5S was announced in September 2013 and was released for sale in the market within the same month.
The hardware specs of both the Samsung I9506 GALAXY S4 and Apple iPhone 5S are compared as under:
OPERATING SYSTEM
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| OS | Android OS, v4.2.2 – Jelly Bean | iOS 7 |
| Can be upgraded | KitKat | iOS 7.0.4 |
SIZE, DIMENSION AND WEIGHT
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Height – mm | 136.6 | 123.8 |
| Height – in | 5.38 | 4.87 |
| Width – mm | 69.8 | 58.6 |
| Width – in | 2.75 | 2.31 |
| Thickness – mm | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Thickness – in | 0.31 | 0.30 |
| Weight ‘g’ | 130 | 112 |
| Weight – ‘oz’ | 4.59 | 3.95 |
SCREEN DISPLAY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Type | Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen | LED-Backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen |
| Colors | 16M | 16M |
| Size | 5.0 in | 4.0in |
| Resolution (pixels) | 1080 x 1920 | 640 x 1136 |
| Pixel Density | ~441 ppi Pixel Density | ~326 ppi Pixel Density |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Fingerprint Sensor | ||
| Oleophobic Coating |
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEMORY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Card Slot | MicroSD – Max. 64 GB | Not Available |
| Internal Memory | 16/32 GB | 16/32/64 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 1 GB DDR3 |
HARDWARE
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| CPU | Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 | Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone – ARM v8-Based |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 | Apple A7 |
| GPU | Adreno 330 | PowerVR G6430 – Quad-Core Graphics |
HARDWARE RELATED SOFT SPECS (SENSORS)
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer | Accelerometer |
| Gyro | Gyro | |
| Proximity | Proximity | |
| Compass | Compass | |
| Barometer | – | |
| Temperature | – | |
| Humidity | – | |
| Gesture | – |
RADIO
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Radio | FM Radio | Not Available |
BATTERY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | APPLE iPHONE 5S | |
| Type | Li-Ion 2600 mAh | Non-Removable Li-Po 1560 mAh |
| Stand-by – Max | 2G / 370 h – 3G | 250 h at 2G / 250 h at 3G |
| Talk time – Max | 2G / 17 h – 3G | 10 h at 2G / 10 h at 3G |
| Music play – Max | 62 h | 40 h |