For readers who are considering buying the Apple iPhone 5S or the Samsung Galaxy S4, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design:

The Apple iPhone 5S comes with a 4.0 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution. The Galaxy S4 comes with a 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The iPhone 5S comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 112 grams. The Galaxy S4 comes with 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm dimensions and weighs 130 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The iPhone 5S is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core cyclone processor and Apple A7 chipset. It comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is equipped with a 1.6 GHz quad core cortex A15 and 1.2 GHz quad core cortex A7 processor and Exynos 5 Octa 5410 chipset. It comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 64GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 5S runs on the iOS 7 operating system and comes with 1GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy S4 runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system and comes with 2GB of RAM.

Camera:

The iPhone 5S sports an 8MP primary camera with features like autofocus and dual-LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.2MP. The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with a 13MP primary camera with similar features and the secondary camera on the phone is 2MP.

Battery:

The iPhone 5S comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1560 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 10 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours. The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with a Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 17 hours on 3G or music play of about 62 hours.

Readers who wish to save the juice on their smartphones can click here to read about the top 5 battery saving apps that could help increase the battery life on their devices.

Price in Australia:

The Apple iPhone 5S 16GB variant is priced at around AU $919.95, the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $1,029.95 and the 64GB variant is priced at around AU $1,129.95. The Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 16GB variant is priced at around AU $629.95 and the 32GB variant is priced at around AU $699.95 in Australia.