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vivo NEX S vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

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

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 S 2018 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), screen 6.59", with resolution 1080x2316. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" inch 6.59" inch
Screen area 68.9 cm2 107.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.3% 86.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 2316 px
PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs 13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF -5 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
Functions Dual video call Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) Motorized pop-up 8 MP, f/2.0
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 8.1 (Oreo); Funtouch 4
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (28 nm) Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
Processor CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 630
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 128/256 GB, 8 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 38560
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2390
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8770
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13620
Antutu 8 score 340355
GeekBench 5 Single Core 499
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2225
General specs Release date 2013, Q3 2018, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 136.6 Х 69.8 Х 7.9 mm 162 Х 77 Х 8 mm
Weight 130 g 199 g
Colors White Frost, Black Mist (I9506)/ Arctic Blue, Red Aurora, Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black, deep black (SHV-E330S) Black, Red
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 390 EUR 700 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 370 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h
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 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 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), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, BDS, GNSS
NFC 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 5.0, A2DP, LE
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 32-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
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), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging 22.5W - Also known as vivo NEX Special Edition, NEX Ultimate

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 S
  • Screen 6.59"
  • Front camera 8 MP