Phone Comparison - LG Nexus 4 E960 vs LG K4 vs Samsung Galaxy J1 mini (2016)

general General Info

Manufacturer LG LG Samsung
Announced October 2012 January 2016 February 2016
Status Available - November 2012 Available - May 2016 Available - February 2016
Colors Black White, Indigo Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar White, Gold, Black
Dimension 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
131.9 x 66.7 x 8.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.35 in)
126.6 x 63.1 x 10.8 mm
(4.98 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - K130E HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800) - K130E -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6735M Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Spreadtrum SC8830
GPU Adreno 320, 400 MHz Mali-T720MP2 Mali-400MP2
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 756 MB/1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.18% 63.25% 57.12%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Yes Geo-tagging, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 756 MB/1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Removable Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1940 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 390 hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 12 hours (3G) - -