Comparison: lenovo a850 vs samsung galaxy s4

After the battle between the newcomer Lenovo A850 and the well-known Samsung Galaxy S3, now it will be one of his older brothers in charge of measuring his forces against this Chinese model: the Samsung Galaxy S4. Little by little we will verify that, although the differences between some of the characteristics of these two terminals are evident, our new protagonist reaches the market with force thanks to its qualities. Thanks to this and as always, in the end you will be able to draw your own conclusions about its value for money. Let's start:

Technical characteristics:

Designs: The Lenovo features dimensions of 153.5 mm high x 79.3 mm wide x 9.5 mm thick, turning out to be larger than the Galaxy and its 136.6 mm high × 69.8 mm width × 7.9 mm thickness and a weight of 130 grams. Their resistant plastic bodies give them protection against shocks. The Galaxy S4 is available in blue, white and black, to which will soon be added Arctic Blue, Twilight Pink, Autumn Brown, Aurora Red, and Mirage Purple. The Lenovo for its part is only available in white and black.

Screens: The one of the Lenovo has a size of 5.5 inches and a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. Its IPS technology gives it a wide viewing angle and highly defined colors. The Galaxy S4 has a dimension of 4.99 inches and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Its screen is visible even in full sunlight thanks to its super AMOLED technology . The glass manufactured by the company Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is responsible for its protection against bumps and scratches.

Processors: The Lenovo features a Mediatek MT6582M Cortex A-7 Quadcore CPU running at 1.3 GHz, which is accompanied by a Mali-400MP2 graphics chip and 1 GB of RAM. The Galaxy S4 features a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 SoC and an Adreno 320 GPU. Its RAM memory is 2 GB. They do share the same operating system and in the same version: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

Cameras: The front lens of the Galaxy has 13 megapixels, while the Chinese Smartphone stays at 5 megapixels, both with LED flash. As for the front cameras, the VGA sensor of the A850 is surpassed by the 2 megapixels that the S4 presents, useful in any case for making Selfies and video calls. The two phones make video recordings, which in the case of the Galaxy S4 reaches Full HD 1080p quality at 30 fps.

Batteries: In this aspect, the Samsung model is a little ahead thanks to the 2600 mAh of capacity, compared to the 2250 mAh that the Lenovo battery presents . Taking into account some of its other characteristics, we could affirm that they will have a similar autonomy.

Connectivity: Unlike the Galaxy S4 which also features LTE / 4G support, the Lenovo only has very basic connections like 3G, WiFi or Bluetooth.

Internal memory: the S4 has three models on the market: one of 16 GB, another of 32 GB and a last one of 64 GB, while the Lenovo remains in a model of 4 GB of ROM. The two terminals have the possibility of expanding their memory using microSD cards of up to 32 GB in the case of the Chinese Smartphone and up to 64 GB if we are referring to the Galaxy.

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Availability and price:

The Lenovo can be found on Amazon for a price of 158 euros, VAT included. The Galaxy S4 can currently be found for 369 euros and in white or black on the website of pccomponentes.

	Lenovo A850	Samsung Galaxy s4
screen	5.5 inch IPS	4.99 inches superAMOLED
Resolution	960 × 540 pixels	1920 × 1080 pixels
Internal memory	4 GB model (Amp. Up to 32 GB)	16GB / 32GB / 64GB (expandable up to 64GB)
OS	Android Jelly Bean 4.2	Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
Battery	2250 mAh	2600 mAh
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11a / b / g / n Bluetooth 4.0 3G FM	Wifi Bluetooth 3G 4G / LTE
Rear camera	5 MP sensor LED flash	13 MP sensor LED flash 1080p video recording at 30 fps
Frontal camera	VGA (0.3 MP)	2 MP
Processor	Mediatek MT6582M Cortex A-7Quadcore running at 1.3 GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core running at 1.9 GHz Adreno 320
RAM	1 GB	2 GB
Dimensions	153.5 mm high x 79.3 mm wide x 9.5 mm thick	136.6 mm high × 69.8 mm wide × 7.9 mm thick