The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S4 are smartphones that suit different purposes for readers who are buying the devices. Here are the specs and price comparisons between the two devices.

Display And Design

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with a slightly bigger 5.5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. The Galaxy S4 comes with a 5.0-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with 151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 millimeters dimensions and is comparatively heavier, weighing 183 grams. The Galaxy S4 comes with 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 millimeters dimensions and weighs 130 grams.

Hardware And Operating System

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is equipped with a 1.6 GHz quad core cortex A9 processor and Exynos 4412 Quad 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 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.

Both the devices run on the Android Jelly Bean operating system and come with 2GB of RAM.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sports an 8MP primary camera with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.9MP. The Galaxy S4 sports a 13MP primary camera with similar features and the secondary camera on the device is 2MP.

Battery

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with a Li-Ion 3100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 16 hours on 3G. The Galaxy S4 comes with Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 17 hours on 3G.

Readers who are buying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 or iPad 3, click here to read the specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia.

Price in Australia

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 16GB variant is priced at around AU$ 539.95. The Galaxy S4 16GB variant costs around AU$ 629.95 and the 32GB variant is around AU$ 899.95.