Apple iPhone 5S vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3: A comparison of specs and features

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OS: iOS 7   ------    Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset: Apple A7   ----    Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
 
CPU: Dual-core 1.7 GHz    ----    Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model)/ Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (3G model)

GPU: --        ------      Adreno 330 (LTE model)

Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass    ------     Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture

Messaging: iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email  ------    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser: HTML (Safari)  ------    HTML5

Radio: No   -----   TBC

GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS  -----  Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java: No  -----   Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors: Black/Slate, White/Silver, Gold  -----    Black, White, Pink

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic   -----   - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

- AirDrop file sharing   ------   - Air gestures

- Siri natural language commands and dictation  -----   - SNS integration

- iCloud cloud service   ------    - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- Twitter and Facebook integration  -----    - Dropbox (50 GB storage)

- TV-out   -----    - TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

- Maps  -----    - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

- iBooks PDF reader   -------   - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player

- Audio/video player/editor   -----    - Organizer

- Organizer  -------   - Image/video editor

- Document viewer   ------    - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- Image viewer/editor   -------      - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa

- Voice memo/dial/command   ------    - Voice memo/dial/commands
 
- Predictive text input    -------    - Predictive text input (Swype)