Phone Comparison - Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Nokia Lumia 720

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Nokia
Announced January 2012 September 2012 February 2013
Status Available - April 2012 Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White White, Red, Yellow, Cyan/Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.2 x 63 x 9.7 mm
(4.85 x 2.48 x 0.38 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
(5.04 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 128 g (4.52 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) iOS 6 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227
GPU Mali-400 PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Adreno 305
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.79% 60.84% 60.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/16GB storage, 768 MB RAM, 2GB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1440 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 570 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 225 h Up to 520 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 8 h Up to 23 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)