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Nokia N900 vs Apple iPhone 3GS

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia Apple
Announced
August 2009 June 2009
Status
Available - November 2009 Available - June 2009
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Side-Slider Candybar
Dimension
110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
Weight
181 g (6.38 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS

Display

Type
TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
65K colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
52.40% 50.75%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Maemo 5 iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5
Processor
600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] PowerVR SGX535 [Similar]
RAM
256 MB [Browse Similar] 256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 16GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Carl Zeiss optics No
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio (via third par No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 32 Yes
Edge
Class 32 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari)

User Memory

Internal
32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 16GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Stand by
Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 300 h
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
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