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LG Spectrum vs Samsung Galaxy Note

General Info

Manufacturer
LG Samsung
Announced
January 2012 September 2011
Status
Available - January 2012 Released - October 2011
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
135.4 x 68.8 x 10.4 mm
(5.33 x 2.71 x 0.41 in)
146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm
(5.78 x 3.27 x 0.38 in)
Weight
141.5 g (4.97.0.18 oz) 178 g (6.28 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 700 (region specific)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.5 inches [Similar] 5.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (285 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.06% 66.71%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9, Exynos [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB storage 16 GB/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 1080p@24~30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
No Class 12
3G
Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0+HS
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe flash

User Memory

Internal
4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1830 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 348 h Up to 960 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h 20 min Up to 26 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 30 min (3G)
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