Phone Comparison - Samsung i897 Captivate vs Samsung i927 Captivate Glide

Samsung i897 Captivate
samsung i897 captivate
Samsung i927 Captivate Glide
samsung i927 captivate glide
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2010 October 2011
Status Available - July 2010 Available - November 2011
Colors Black and Grey Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in )
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] ULP GeForce [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.07% 57.50%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face&smile Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 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
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32GB

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Up to 396 h
Talk Time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 8 h