Phone Comparison - Motorola DEFY vs Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

Motorola DEFY
motorola defy
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
samsung i9100 galaxy s ii
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced September 2010 February 2011
Status Available - October 2010 Available - April 2011
Colors Black, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm
(4.21 x 2.32 x 0.53 in)
125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
(4.93 x 2.6 x 0.33 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 116 g (4.09 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor 800 MHz Cortex-A8, TI OMAP 3610 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Exynos chipset [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 16 GB/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.65% 63.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity 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, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0+HS
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1540 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 238 h Up to 710 h (2G)
Up to 610 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 48 min Up to 18 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)