Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs HTC Wildfire S vs Samsung Galaxy Ace

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HTC Samsung
Announced October 2011 February 2011 January 2011
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2011 Available - February 2011
Colors Black, White Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, Hugo Boss Edition
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm
(4.43 x 2.36 x 0.45 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 105 g (3.7 oz) 113 g (3.99 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 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset 800 MHz ARM 11 processor, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 200 Adreno 200
RAM 512 MB 512 MB N/A
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 512 MB ROM 158 MB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.2 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 50.83% 54.06%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 158 MB storage
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, 280MB RAM

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1432 mAh 1230 mAh 1350 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 640 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)