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vivo NEX 3S 5G vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 , vivo NEX 3S 5G

Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 2013 year of release, cpu Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, screen 5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 2 megapixel front camera and 13 megapixel main camera.

vivo NEX 3S 5G 2020 year of release, cpu Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585), screen 6.89", with resolution 1080x2256. Smartphone has 16 megapixel front camera and 64 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" inch 6.89" inch
Screen area 68.9 cm2 119.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.3% 93.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 2256 px
PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 64 MP, Triple
Camera specs 13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.72'', 0.8µm, PDAF -13 MP, f/2.5, 52mm (telephoto), PDAF, 2x optical zoom -13 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
Functions Dual video call LED flash, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.1, 26mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.0µm
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 10.0; Funtouch 10.0
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (28 nm) Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
Processor CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 650
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 38560
Antutu 8 score 385214
General specs Release date 2013, Q3 2020, March 10
Dimensions (HxWxD) 136.6 Х 69.8 Х 7.9 mm 167.4 Х 76.1 Х 9.4 mm
Weight 130 g 219.5 g
Colors White Frost, Black Mist (I9506)/ Arctic Blue, Red Aurora, Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black, deep black (SHV-E330S) Black, Blue, Orange
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 390 EUR 630 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 370 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h
Body build Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Micro-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - I9506  GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SHV-E330S -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - I9506  HSDPA 1900 / 2100 - SHV-E330S -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - I9506  LTE band 5(850), 9(1800) - SHV-E330S Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -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), 26(850), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) -5G - 5G band 1(2100), 41(2500), 77(3700), 78(3500), 79(4700); SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A; 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.93 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic HDR10+
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, Infrared port - Qi wireless charging (market dependent) -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation -Air gestures - Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance in UK Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+ Available as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A for SK Telecom Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging 44W

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy I9506 Galaxy S4
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy NEX 3S 5G
  • Screen 6.89"
  • Front camera 16 MP
  • Main camera 64 MP
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • RAM 12 GB