Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Honor 7 vs Sony Xperia M5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Honor Sony
Announced September 2014 June 2015 August 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - July 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 18,999 ($279.40) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Black, White, Gold Black, White, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
143.2 x 71.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.64 x 2.83 x 0.33 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz) 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5603
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5606
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5653
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 935 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Mali-T628 PowerVR G6200
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.2 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 72.28% 65.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization Yes 2160p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 3100 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 671 h (2G)
Up to 656 h (3G)
Talk Time - - Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)