Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Vs iPhone 4s: Specs, Hardware, Features, Performance And Price Showdown! Which Is The Better Smartphone?

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BY Migz Pao Jun 12, 2014 09:59 AM EDT

Which is the better choice for consumers? We pit the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini vs. the iPhone 4s to see which one is better.

In terms of design and display, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini shows a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen that renders a resolution of 540x960 pixels, while the iPhone 4S has a 3.5-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen that renders a better resolution of 640x960 pixels. Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is lighter than its counterpart with its 107grams and dimensions of 124.6×61, 3×8.9mm while iPhone 4S is heavier with 140grams and 115.2×58, 6×9.3mm as dimensions.

For the hardware and operating systems, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini has a 1.7GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 chipset. It has only 8GB internal memory that can be enhanced to 64GB with a Micro SD card. As for the iPhone 4S, it works on a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor and Apple A5 chipset. It has four versions of internal memory: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB that has no possibility of improvement.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini functions on Android Jelly Bean operating system that uses 1,5GB of RAM while iPhone 4S works with the iOS 5 operating system that can be improved with the iOS 7 variant. It uses 512MB of RAM.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini has an 8MP main camera with LED flash and auto-focus asthe second camera on it uses 1,9MP, while the iPhone 4S's main camera is the same as Galaxy's but has a second camera that is the VGA kind.

For battery usage and longevity, Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is powered by a Li-Ion 1,900mAh battery that permits 12hours of talking on 3G or listen to music for 49 hours while iPhone 4S gets its power from a non-removable Li-Po 1,432mAh battery that resists to 8hours of talking on 3G or listen to music for 40 hours.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini costs 381, 85 dollars while iPhone 4S cost around 334,89 dollars.

So which Smartphone is better? Sound off your comments right here!