Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Asha 210 vs Nokia Asha 501

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2009 April 2013 May 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - May 2013 Available - June 2013
Colors Black, White Yellow, Black, White, Cyan, Magenta Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
111.5 x 60 x 11.8 mm
(4.39 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
99.2 x 58 x 12.1 mm
(3.91 x 2.28 x 0.48 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 97.3 g (3.42.0.11 oz) 98 g (3.46 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 1900 or 900 / 1800 GSM 850 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 - Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 - -
GPU PowerVR SGX535 - -
RAM 256 MB 32 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 64 MB 128 MB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 65K colors 256K colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.4 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (167 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 26.56% 48.68%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging - Auto and manual white balance, Still image editor, Full screen viewfinder
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, QCIF@10fps Yes,QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 32 Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Class 32 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps N/A N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No No
Browser HTML (Safari) WAP 2.0/xHTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries 4000 Contacts
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 64 MB, 32 MB RAM 128 MB, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1200 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 1104 h Up to 624 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 12 h Up to 17 h