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Network	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE	GSM / HSPA / LTE
	2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile)
	4G Network	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - G530F	LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
		LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G530FZ
		LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 28(700) - G530Y
		LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - G531F LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
	Speed	HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
	GPRS	Yes	Yes
	EDGE	Yes	Yes

Launch	Announced	2014, September	2014, February. Released 2014, April
	Status	Available. Released 2014, October	Discontinued

Body	Dimensions	144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)	142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
	Weight	156 g (5.50 oz)	145 g (5.11 oz)
	Build	Plastic body	Plastic body
	SIM	Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)	Micro-SIM
			- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

Display	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio)	5.1 inches, 71.7 cm2 (~69.6% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density)	1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~432 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes	Yes
	Protection		Corning Gorilla Glass 3
			- TouchWiz UI

Platform	OS	Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F	Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)	Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
	CPU	Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)	Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
	GPU	Adreno 306 Mali-400 (Value Edition)	Adreno 330

Memory	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
	Internal	8 GB, 1 GB RAM	16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Camera	Primary	8 MP, f/2.4, AF, LED flash, check quality	16 MP (f/2.2, 31mm, 1/2.6", 1.12µm), PDAF, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	1080p@30fps, check quality	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, f/2.2, 1080p	2 MP (f/2.4, 22mm), 1080p@30fps, dual video call

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes	Yes
			- 24-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Comms	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	4.0, A2DP	4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
	NFC	Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)	Yes
	Infrared port	No	Yes
	Radio	FM radio	No
	USB	microUSB 2.0	microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host

Features	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5	HTML5
	Java	No	No
		- MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer	- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Air gestures - Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage) - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

Battery		Removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery	Removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery
	Stand-by		Up to 390 h
	Talk time	Up to 17 h (3G)	Up to 21 h
	Music play	Up to 75 h	Up to 67 h

Misc
	Colors	White, Gray, Gold	Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
	SAR		1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)	0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)
	Price	About 140 EUR	About 250 EUR

Tests	Performance	Basemark OS II: 504 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 520 Basemark X: 1904	Basemark OS II: 1082 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 1060 Basemark X: 11744
	Display	Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.549 (sunlight)
	Camera	Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
	Loudspeaker	Voice 63dB, noise 60dB, ring 68dB	Voice 66dB, noise 66dB, ring 75dB
	Audio quality	Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB	Noise -96.3dB / Crosstalk -95.2dB
	Battery life		83h endurance rating