Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 CDMA vs Gionee Marathon M3 vs Gionee Marathon M5 Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Gionee Gionee
Announced January 2011 November 2014 December 2015
Status Available - February 2011 Available - November 2014 Available - December 2015
Price - Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,999 ($397.04) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White White, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
144.5 x 71.45 x 10.4 mm
(5.69 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
160.9 x 81.2 x 8.4 mm
(6.33 x 3.2 x 0.33 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) - 208 g (7.34 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
TD-SCDMA
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4.2.5, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, - Octa-core, Mediatek MT6753
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Mali-450MP2 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB ROM 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, OGS AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 66.63% 75.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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-Po Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 5000 mAh 5020 mAh
Stand by Up to 787 h Up to 829 h
Talk Time Up to 51 h (2G)
Up to 32 h 27 min (3G)
Up to 53 h