Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (CDMA)

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2012 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - September 2012 Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 14,265 ($209.78) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm
( 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
142 x 70.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 110.3 g (3.88.0.11 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G925V
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G925V, G925P, G925R
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G925V
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G925V
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 - Mali-T760MP8
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.5 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 65.39% 72.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG - - 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-Ion Battery
Capacity 1440 mAh 1900 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h - -
Talk Time Up to 8 h - Up to 26 h (3G)