Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Huawei Ascend G510

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Huawei
Announced June 2008 September 2012 January 2013
Status Discontinued Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Black, White 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)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
134 x 64.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.28 x 2.55 x 0.39 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T -
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 iOS 6 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR MBX PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 203
RAM 128 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 60.84% 64.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 5 MP, 2592x1940 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, Lightning Port 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) HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 225 h Up to 340 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 8 h Up to 6 h