Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs LG Nexus 4 E960 vs Micromax A116 Canvas HD

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple LG Micromax
Announced June 2010 October 2012 January 2013
Status Available - June 2010 Available - November 2012 Available - February 2013
Colors Black, White Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm
(5.27 x 2.7 x 0.36 in)
144 x 74 x 10.7 mm
(5.67 x 2.91 x 0.42 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 139.5 g (4.9.0.18 oz) 156 g (5.5 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MediaTek MT6589
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 320, 400 MHz PowerVR SGX544
RAM 512 MB 2 GB N/A
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 8/16 GB storage 4 GB storage, 1 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 68.18% 64.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) 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 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 4 GB storage, 1 GB
Expandable Storage No No 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1420 mAh 2100 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 390 hours (3G) Up to 174 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 12 hours (3G) Up to 5 h