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Summary
38%
Performance

Snapdragon S4 Play

512 MB RAM

Snapdragon S4 Pro

2 GB RAM

Display

4.5" (11.43 cm)

480x800 px

4.7" (11.94 cm)

768x1280 px (HD)

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

8 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

1.3 MP

Single Camera

1.3 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1800 mAh

5 h talktime (2G)

2100 mAh

15 h talktime (3G)

Storage

4 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

8 GB

Non Expandable

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.8/5 based on 318 ratings

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4.5/5 based on 2,778 ratings

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General
Launch Date

October 11, 2012 (Official)

Operating System

Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Performance
Poor
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064

CPU

Dual core, 1.2 GHz, Cortex A5

Quad core, 1.5 GHz, Krait

Graphics

Adreno 203

Adreno 320

RAM

512 MB

2 GB

Display
Below Average
Display Type

IPS LCD

Screen Size

4.7 " (11.94 cm)

Resolution

768x1280 px (HD)

Pixel Density

318 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

84.98 %

68.29 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v2

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 112 mm
Width: 60.5 mm
Thickness: 11.5 mm

Height: 133.9 mm
Width: 68.7 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm

Weight

104 grams

139 grams

Colours

Black

Black, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP, Primary Camera

8 MP, Primary Camera

Sensor

Exmor-R CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Settings

ISO control

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

4 x Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Poor
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

Battery
Average
Capacity

1800 mAh

2100 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

Removable

No

TalkTime

Up to 5 Hours(2G)

Up to 15 Hours(3G) / Up to 11.9 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 200 Hours(2G)

Up to 390 Hours(3G) / Up to 564 Hours(2G)

Wireless Charging

Storage
Good
Internal Memory

4 GB

8 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

No

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM, GSM+GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s ↓
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 42.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

SIM 2

2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 900 MHz

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 5GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v4

GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

NFC

USB Connectivity

USB 2.0, microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

Multimedia
FM Radio

No

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Accelerometer

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope