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HTC ThunderBolt 4G vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
January 2011 March 2013
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
122 x 66 x 13 mm
(4.8 x 2.6 x 0.51 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
164 g (5.78 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 4.99 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.34% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 32GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Yes
Edge
No Yes
3G
Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 32GB included 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
1400 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 330 h Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 30 min Up to 17 h
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