Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 Comparison and Differences

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Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)

Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)

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Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

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Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) or Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4
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Release date 2017, November 2013, Q3
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152.6 x 73 x 8.8 mm | 6.01 x 6.01 x 2.87 in 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.75 in
Weight 160 g | 5.64 oz 130 g | 4.59 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Sunlight Gold, Azure Silver, Deepsea Black White Frost, Black Mist (I9506)/ Arctic Blue, Red Aurora, rose gold white, rose gold black, deep black (SHV-E330S)
Battery 4130 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 370 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 5" in
Screen area 83.8 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.3% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2160 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 35mm (standard), PDAF
-8 MP, 17mm (ultrawide), no AF
-13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7 (Nougat); ZenUI 4 Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Mediatek MT6750T (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-T860MP2 Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 149
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 475
GeekBench 4 Single Core 533

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global, China 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 / 800 - Taiwan 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA, LATAM
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - Taiwan 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700) - USA, LATAM 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - I9506 
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SHV-E330S
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - I9506 
HSDPA 1900 / 2100 - SHV-E330S
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - I9506 
LTE band 5(850), 9(1800) - SHV-E330S
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.93 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port
Other extras
- Power Bank/Reverse charging
-Charging 5V/2A 10W

- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
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Versions
- Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance in UK Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+ Available as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A for SK Telecom

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