Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Nokia Lumia 720 vs Huawei Ascend G6

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia Huawei
Announced June 2008 February 2013 February 2014
Status Discontinued Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
7.3 mm/ 7.9 mm thickness
(0.29 in/ 0.31 in thickness)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR MBX Adreno 305 -
RAM 128 MB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 8 GB storage 8 GB ROM
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.3 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 60.94% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 520 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
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