Nokia Lumia 928 vs. Samsung Galaxy S4 Specs and Price Comparison in Australia

For readers who are considering buying the Nokia Lumia 928 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 Nokia Lumia 928 comes with a 4.5 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 768 x 1280 pixels resolution. The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with a 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 928 comes with 133 x 68.9 x 10.1 mm dimensions and weighs 162 grams. The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 130 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Nokia Lumia 928 is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 32 GB of internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

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

The Nokia Lumia 928 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, which can be upgraded to the WP8 Amber. The Samsung Galaxy S4 runs on the Android platform and comes loaded with the Jelly Bean operating system.

Camera

The Nokia Lumia 928 sports an 8 MP primary camera with Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus and xenon flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.3 MP. The Samsung Galaxy S4 sports a 13 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP.

Battery

The Nokia Lumia 928 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 16 hours and 20 minutes or music play of about 80 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.

Price in Australia

The Nokia Lumia 928 is priced at around AU $699.95. The Samsung Galaxy S4 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $629.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $659.95 in Australia.