CAT S42 vs Google Pixel 4a

CAT
S42
Google
Pixel 4a
At a glance
- Brand
- Cat
- Release date
- July 2020, 5 years 10 months ago
- August 2020, 5 years 9 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 50.300 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 49% of devices
- 275.000 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 60% of devices
Display
- Size
- 5.5"
- 5.81"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1440 px HD+
- 1080 x 2340 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled
- Density
- 294 ppi Medium Density
- 444 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 18:9
- 19.5:9
- Features
- Without Notch, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, Color LED Notifications, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, 100000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio A20 (MT6761D)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
- CPU
- 4x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz
- 2x Kryo 470 2.2 GHz + 6x Kryo 470 1.8 GHz
- CPU type
- Quad-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 8 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 2.2 GHz
- GPU
- PowerVR GE8300
- Qualcomm Adreno 618
- RAM
- 3 GB
- 6 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 12 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 1.73
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Google Lens
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX363 Exmor RS
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.40 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/2.55"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 5 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX355
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.12 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 3140 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes
- Yes , 18.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 32 GB
- 128 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 2.1
Body
- Dimensions
- 77.2 mm 161.3 mm 12.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 69.4 mm 144.2 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 220 g
- 143 g
- Materials
- Rugged Smartphone, Aluminium alloy
- Polycarbonate
- Colors
- Black Orange
- Black
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, MIL-STD-810G
- —
- Usable surface
- 66 %
- 82 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 10 Q Android 10
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), ANT+, APT-x, LDAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo
- USB
- —
- USB Type-C
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, in the back
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- No
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Barometer
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Stereo Speakers









