Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime vs Nokia 230

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Nokia
Announced October 2011 September 2014 November 2015
Status Available - October 2011 Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - Rs. 7,499 ($110.28) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 3,500 ($51.47) [Similarly Priced]
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)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 156 g (5.5 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - G530F
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G530FZ
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 28(700) - G530Y
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800),
-
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) -
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 -
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 305 -
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 16 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB N/A
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT Capacitive Touchscreen TFT
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 65K colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.0 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 66.19% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps 240p@15fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPAHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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 not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 2600 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
- Up to 648 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
- Up to 23 h