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Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Note 5 , Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.7", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 2013 year of release, cpu Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, screen 5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 2 megapixel front camera and 13 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" inch 5" inch
Screen area 88.5 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.9% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 518 PPI 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF 13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Dual video call
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm 2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard)
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 320
External memory No microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 116282 33400
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1303 698
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4028 1776
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2908
GeekBench 4 Battery 1752
GeekBench 5 Single Core 244
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 926
General specs Release date 2015, August 2013, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 153.2 Х 76.1 Х 7.6 mm 136.6 Х 69.8 Х 7.9 mm
Weight 171 g 130 g
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl White Frost, Black Mist, Aurora Red (AT&T only), Arctic Blue, Purple Mirage, Brown Autumn, Pink Twilight, Black Edition
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 470 EUR 330 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 22 h (3G) Music play - Up to 64 h Stand by time- Up to 350 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100   HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SGH-i337 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)  LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 17(700) - SGH-i337
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.53 W/kg (head)     1.28 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)     SAR - 0.77 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.40 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Stylus -Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: N920T (T-Mobile); N920A (AT&T); N920I (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada); N920G (LATAM); N920G/DS (Brazil, India) Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, Infrared port - Qi wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation -Air gestures - Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition I9515 Samsung SGH-i337 for AT&T Samsung I9505G Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy Note 5
  • Screen 5.7"
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy I9505 Galaxy S4
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB