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Sony Xperia Go vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
May 2012 March 2013
Status
Available - July 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
White, Black, Yellow White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
110g (3.88oz) 130 g (4.59 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)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
54.38% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage (4 GB user available) 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support 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
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1305 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h
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