Cat S40 vs Samsung I9103 Galaxy R Comparison and Differences

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Cat S40

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Samsung I9103 Galaxy R

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Cat S40 or Samsung I9103 Galaxy R Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Cat S40 Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
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Release date 2015, July 2011, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 144.9 x 74.1 x 12.5 mm | 5.7 x 5.7 x 2.92 in 125 x 66 x 9.5 mm | 4.92 x 4.92 x 2.6 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
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Colors Black Black
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1650 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 936 h
Talking time - Up to 18 h
Stand by time - Up to 660 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 22 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 9 h (3G)
Approximate price 440 EUR 200 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD SC-LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.7" in 4.2" in
Screen area 60.9 cm2 50.2 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 56.7% 60.9%
Screen resolution 540 x 960 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 234 PPI 222 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Scratch-resistant glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF -5 MP, AF
Functions LED flash LED flash
Video 1080p@60fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 1.3 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 1.3 MP

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop) Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (28 nm) - Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H
CPU - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 - Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 304 ULP GeForce
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

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Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - Global 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - North America
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - Global 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - North America
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 33
Edge Yes Class 33
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, DLNA
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE 3.0, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.18 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.8 m
-MIL-STD-810G compliant

- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
-Photo/video editor
-Document editor
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy Z

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