Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs HTC One S

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung HTC
Announced June 2009 February 2012 February 2012
Status Available - June 2009 Available - May 2012 Available - April 2012
Colors Black, White Black 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)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Mali-400MP Adreno 225
RAM 256 MB 768 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.8 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 55.64% 59.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB No

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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 1500 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)