During the launch event for the iPhone 5s, Apple CEO Tim Cook told the crowd, “We don’t pack in feature after feature.” That was obviously a dig at Samsung, whose Galaxy S4 crams the most features of any smartphone we’ve tested, including a TV remote and an array of gestures. Certainly, the iPhone 5s and Galaxy S4 take vastly different approaches, which makes it that much tougher to decide what to buy. That’s where we come in.
The iPhone 5s is all about enhancing an already great phone, with improvements ranging from a faster A7 processor and a beefed-up camera to a new fingerprint sensor. On the other hand, the Galaxy S4 pushes the envelope with some impressive specs of its own, including a 5-inch 1080p display and a 13-MP camera. Here’s how the two flagship smartphones stack up in multiple categories.