Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs HTC Vivid vs Nokia Lumia 925

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HTC Nokia
Announced October 2011 October 2011 May 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - November 2011 Available - June 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
129 x 70.6 x 8.5 mm
(5.08 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz) 139 g (4.9 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-892, RM-893
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-910
4G Network - LTE 700 LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-892
LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 - RM-893
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 220 Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT S-LCD capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 64.47% 63.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8.7 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Optical image stabilization, Still image editor, Face recognition
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP wide Angle, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 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/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash 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 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB No

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
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (BL-4YW)
Capacity 1432 mAh 1620 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 288 h Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 7 h 40 min Up to 18 h 18 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 48 min (3G)