Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 CDMA vs LG Optimus G E973

Apple iPhone 4 CDMA
apple iphone 4 cdma
LG Optimus G E973
lg optimus g e973
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple LG
Announced January 2011 August 2012
Status Available - February 2011 Available - September 2012
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging 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, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.1
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9615/APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage N/A
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (321 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 70.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1420 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 335 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h