Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Apple iPhone 3GS vs Apple iPhone 13

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Apple
Announced October 2011 June 2009 September 2021
Status Available - October 2011 Available - June 2009 Coming Soon - September 2021
Price - - Rs. 79,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White Starlight, Midnight, Blue, Pink, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
146.7 x 71.5 x 7.7 mm
(5.78 x 2.81 x 0.3 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
5G Network - - Sub6/mmWave
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS
Build Features - - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Face ID, Siri natural language commands and dictation Ultra Wideband (UWB) support

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 iOS 15
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Hexa-core (2 + 4), Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 PowerVR SGX535 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
RAM 512 MB 256 MB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 512 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen Super Retina XDR OLED
HDR10
Dolby Vision
800 nits (typ), 1200 nits (peak) Scratch-resistant Ceramic Glass
Oleophobic Coating, Wide color gamut, True-tone
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16 Colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1170 x 2532 pixels (457 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 50.75% 87.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No No No
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash No Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging 12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.7µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide)
HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to XXfps), stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6"
SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
HDR
4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Lightning, USB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) Yes

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 512 GB, 6 GB RAM or 256 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM NVMe
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion, non-removable
Fast charging 20W, 50% in 30 min (advertised)
USB Power Delivery 2.0
MagSafe wireless charging 15W
Qi magnetic fast wireless charging 7.5W
Capacity 1432 mAh -
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 19 h (multimedia)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 75 h (Music Play)