Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs BlackBerry Bold 9700 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BlackBerry Samsung
Announced June 2010 October 2009 March 2013
Status Available - June 2010 Available - November 2009 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 624 MHz Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 320
RAM 512 MB 256 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 256 MB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.44 inches 4.99 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 28.17% 72.15%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Image Stabilization Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 256MB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 408 h Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 6 h Up to 17 h