Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

Apple iPhone 3GS
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung
Announced June 2009 June 2015
Status Available - June 2009 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Yes
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 138 g (4.87 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 band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Mali-T760 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 32/64/128 GB
External Memory No No

display 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) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 70.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 2160p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No
USB OTG - Supported

Apps 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 Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 23 h (3G)