Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs LG G Vista

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung LG
Announced January 2012 Q3 2013 August 2014
Status Available - January 2012 Available - Q3 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Black White Frost, Black Mist / Arctic Blue, Red Aurora Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm
(5.15 x 2.71 x 0.35 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
152.2 x 79.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.99 x 3.12 x 0.36 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 168.1 g (5.93.0.04 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE 700 LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 330 -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16/32 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (258 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.67% 72.15% 74.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization 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, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes No
Edge Class 12 Yes No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 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 support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3300 mAh 2600 mAh 3200 mAh
Stand by Up to 368 h Up to 370 h (3G) Up to 514 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 17 h (3G) Up to 15 h (3G)