Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Motorola
Announced June 2009 February 2014 July 2015
Status Available - June 2009 Available April 2014 Available - July 2015
Price - - Rs. 10,250 ($150.74) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White, Blue, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar 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)
142.1 x 72.4 x 6.1~11.6 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.24~0.46 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 155 g (5.47 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor
- IPX7 Certified - Water Resistant over 3 Feet and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.4 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 330 Adreno 306
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 1/2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage 8/16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 69.63% 66.86%
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 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
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 Auto-focus, IR Filter, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1/2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2800 mAh 2470 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 -