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Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden vs Apple iPhone 5

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Apple
Announced
August 2013 September 2012
Status
Available - September 2013 Available - September 2012
Colors
Black and Gold Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm
(4.65 x 2.34 x 0.62 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
Weight
179 g (6.31 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
3G Network
HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
3.5 inches (480 x 800 pixels) External Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors -

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.56% 60.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 6
Processor
Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar]
RAM
1.5 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, Lightning Port
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML (Safari)

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity
1820 mAh 1440 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 225 h
Talk Time
- Up to 8 h
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