Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs LG Optimus L3 E400 vs HTC Desire 500

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple LG HTC
Announced October 2011 January 2012 July 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - February 2012 Available - September 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)
102.6 x 61.6 x 11.85 mm
(4.04 x 2.43 x 0.47 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 109 g (3.84 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 800 MHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 200 Adreno 203
RAM 512 MB 384 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 1 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 262K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.2 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (125 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 50.17% 59.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB 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) HTML 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 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 1500 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 673 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)