Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Apple iPhone 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S5

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced October 2011 June 2010 February 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - June 2010 Available April 2014
Colors Black Black, White Black, White, Blue, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
IP67 Certified - Dust and Water Resistant
Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
Heart Rate Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
GPU No PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 3.5 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 53.92% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 16 MP, 4640 x 3480 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 1420 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 390 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 21 h