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Summary
52%
Performance

ST-Ericsson NovaThor

768 MB RAM

Apple A6

1 GB RAM

Display

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px

4" (10.16 cm)

640x1136 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

8 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

1.3 MP

Single Camera

1.2 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1500 mAh

7.33 talktime (3G)

1440 mAh

8 h talktime (3G)

Storage

2 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

16 GB

Non Expandable

Expert Rating
User Rating

★★★★★
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4/5 based on 1,560 ratings

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3.2/5 based on 802 ratings

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Samsung Galaxy S Advance is permanently discontinued.
Apple iPhone 5 16GB is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

iOS v6

Custom UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
Below Average
Chipset

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Apple A6 APL0589

CPU

Dual core, 1 GHz

Dual core, 1.3 GHz, Cortex A7

Architecture

32 bit

Graphics

Mali-400

PowerVR SGX 543MP3

RAM

768 MB

1 GB

RAM Type

DDR2

Display
Good
Display Type

Super AMOLED

IPS LCD

Screen Size

4 " (10.16 cm)

4 " (10.16 cm)

Resolution

480x800 px

640x1136 px

Pixel Density

233 ppi

326 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

58.62 %

60.66 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass, Oleophobic coating

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Design
Size Compare
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Dimensions

Height: 123.2 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm

Height: 123.8 mm
Width: 58.6 mm
Thickness: 7.6 mm

Weight

120 grams

112 grams

Build Material

Case: Aluminium

Colours

Black

Black, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP, Primary Camera

8 MP f/2.4, Primary Camera

Sensor

Back-illuminated sensor (BSI)

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Poor
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

1.2 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Battery
Average
Capacity

1500 mAh

1440 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

Removable

No

TalkTime

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

Up to 8 Hours(3G)

Standby time

Up to 550(3G) / Up to 570(2G)

Storage
Excellent
Internal Memory

2 GB

16 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

No

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Nano

Network Support

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

5G Not Supported in India, 4G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12

4G Bands:
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 850(band 5)
3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 3)
3G Speed:
HSDPA 42.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available
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SAR Value

Head: 1.18 W/kg, Body: 1.18 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3

, v4.0

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

USB Connectivity

microUSB, microUSB 2.0

USB 2.0, USB charging

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

No

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Applications

Document Editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)