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Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Alcatel Hero 8

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Alcatel
Announced
March 2013 September 2014
Status
Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
White Frost, Black Mist Dark Gray
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
209 x 122 x 7.3 mm
(8.23 x 4.8 x 0.29 in)
Weight
130 g (4.59 oz) 310 g (10.93 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Dragontrail Glass, Oleophobic Coating, Stylus

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 8.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.15% 72.79%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar] Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT8392 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar] Mali-450MP4 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 8/16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2600 mAh 4060 mAh
Stand by
Up to 350 h -
Talk Time
Up to 17 h -
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