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

Display and Design:

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

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

Hardware and Operating System:

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 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 64GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 5 is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 chipset. It comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 runs on the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system, which can be upgraded to the 4.3 version. It has 2GB of RAM. The iPhone 5 runs on the iOS 6 operating system, which can be upgraded to the iOS 7. It has 1GB of RAM.

Camera:

The Samsung Galaxy S4 sports a 13MP rear view camera with features like autofocus and LED flash. The front facing camera on the device is 2MP. The iPhone 5 sports an 8MP rear view camera with similar features and the front facing camera is 1.2MP.

Battery:

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. The iPhone 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours.

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Price in Australia:

The Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB is priced at around AU $629.95 and the 32GB is priced at around AU $699.95 in Australia. The iPhone 5 16GB variant is priced at around AU $779.95, the 32GB at around AU $849.95 and the 64GB is priced at around AU $899.95 in Australia.