Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs BLU Life Pure XL vs Samsung Galaxy Note5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple BLU Samsung
Announced October 2011 April 2014 August 2015
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2014 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
150.6 x 75 x 9.5 mm
(5.93 x 2.95 x 0.37 in)
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 330 Mali-T760MP8
RAM 512 MB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT LTPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 73.66% 76.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, 1.34 µm Pixel Size, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 8 MP, autofocus [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 3GB RAM (L260L)/ 16 GB, 2 GB RAM (L259L) 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 2500 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 800 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 15 h (3G)
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