How Samsung's Galaxy S4 matches up vs iPhone5

Samsung Electronics Co on Thursday premiered its latest phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean company takes the fight to iPhone maker Apple Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) on Thursday premiered its latest phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean company takes the fight to iPhone maker Apple Inc (AAPL.O).

The following is a side-by-side comparison of their physical hardware:

Processor: 1.9 GHz quad-core/ A6 or 1.6 GHz octa-core

Platform Android(Jelly Bean) iOS6

Battery life: 2,600 mAh 8 hrs talk time/ 225 hrs standby

Launch date late of iPhone5: April September 2012