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HTC Hero vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
June 2009 March 2013
Status
Available - July 2009 Available - April 2013
Colors
Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
(4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (Dependent on Country)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
48.59% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
528 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7200A [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 130 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
288 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
N/A 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus (via Software Update) Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, CIF@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, miniUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1350 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 440 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 17 h
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