Motorola Photon 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance

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Comparing the Motorola Photon 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Motorola Photon 4G and Samsung Galaxy S Advance run at the same processing speed of 1.0 GHz.


Display: Motorola Photon 4G offers a screen size of 4.3 inches, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 4 inches, making Motorola Photon 4G the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S Advance features a Super AMOLED display compared to Motorola Photon 4G's LCD, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Motorola Photon 4G offers a higher rear camera resolution with 8 MP, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 5 MP, making Motorola Photon 4G better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a higher front camera resolution with 1.3 MP, while Motorola Photon 4G offers 0.3 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance better for front camera photography.


Battery: Motorola Photon 4G offers a higher battery capacity with 1700 mAh, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 1500 mAh, making Motorola Photon 4G better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Motorola Photon 4G and Samsung Galaxy S Advance offer the same internal storage of 2 GB.

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Motorola Photon 4G
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
₹5,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

31 Jul, 2011
N/A

Performance

Nvidia
ST-Ericsson NovaThor
(upto 1 GHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
1 GB RAM
768 MB RAM

Display

4.3 inches (10.92 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
LCD
Super AMOLED
540x960 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

8 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
1.3 MP

Battery

1700 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

2 GB
2 GB

User Ratings

N/A
4/5
(1,480 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v2.3
Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

Nvidia
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Processor

Dual core, 1 GHz
Dual core, 1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

NVIDIA GeForce ULP
Mali-400

RAM

1 GB
768 MB

Display

Display Type

LCD
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

4.3 inches  (10.92 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)

Resolution

540x960 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

256 ppi
233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

60 %
58.62 %

Design

Height

126.9 mm
123.2 mm

Width

66.9 mm
63 mm

Thickness

12.20 mm
9.7 mm

Weight

158 grams
120 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 25
1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera
1.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

N/A
Fixed Focus

Battery

Capacity

1700 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 9(3G) / Up to 10(2G)
Up to 7.33(3G) / Up to 15(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

2 GB
2 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

HDMI

Yes
N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

Adobe Flash 10.1 Document viewer
Document Editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)