Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A G901F

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Samsung
Announced October 2011 June 2009 August 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Available - June 2009 Available - August 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 420
RAM 512 MB 256 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 50.75% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash No phase detection auto
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging 1/2.6'' sensor size, 1.12 µm Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion -
Capacity 1432 mAh -
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
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