Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Xiaomi
Announced June 2008 November 2013 May 2014
Status Discontinued Available - Q4 2013 Available - May 2014
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Black, White, Pink Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9 mm
(5.78 x 2.96 x 0.35 in)
137 x 69 x 9.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.72 x 0.39 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SM-G7100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G7102
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SM-G7105 -
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8228 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR MBX - Adreno 305
RAM 128 MB 1.5 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 8 GB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.25 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (280 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 68.61% 64.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM Radio with Recording FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [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
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 17 h -