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Samsung i897 Captivate vs LG Optimus L9

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung LG
Announced
June 2010 August 2012
Status
Available - July 2010 Available - November 2012
Colors
Black and Grey White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
131.9 x 68.2 x 9.1 mm
(5.19 x 2.69 x 0.36 in)
Weight
118 g (4.16 oz) 125 g (4.41 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (234 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.07% 67.90%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 2150 mAh
Stand by
Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
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