Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy S5

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Apple Samsung
          Announced
          June 2009 February 2014
          Status
          Available - June 2009 Available April 2014
          Colors
          Black, White Black, White, Blue, Gold
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          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
          135 g (4.76 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          3G Network
          HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
          4G Network
          - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
          Messaging
          SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
          Build Features
          - Fingerprint Sensor
          IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
          Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
          Heart Rate Sensor

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
          Processor
          600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
          GPU
          PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
          RAM
          256 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          8/16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
          External Memory
          No microSD, up to 128 GB

          Display

          Type
          TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          3.5 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          50.75% 69.63%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          No LED flash
          Features
          Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
          Video
          Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
          Front Camera
          No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          No No
          Games
          Yes Yes + Downloadable
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          Yes Yes
          Edge
          Yes Yes
          3G
          HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          HTML (Safari) HTML5

          User Memory

          Internal
          8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          No microSD, up to 128 GB
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          Sensors

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

          Battery

          Type
          Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
          Capacity
          2800 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 300 h Up to 390 h
          Talk Time
          Up to 12 h (2G)
          Up to 5 h (3G)
          Up to 21 h

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