Phone Comparison - Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II vs Apple iPhone 3GS vs HP Slate 7

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple HP
Announced February 2011 June 2009 February 2013
Status Available - April 2011 Available - June 2009 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White, Pink Black, White Black/Silver, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
(4.93 x 2.6 x 0.33 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
Weight 116 g (4.09 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 372 g (13.12 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Exynos chipset 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP PowerVR SGX535 -
RAM 1 GB 256 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB/32 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.5 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.52% 50.75% 59.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes No
Edge Class 12 Yes No
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0+HS Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support -
Browser HTML HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No 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 present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable battery
Capacity 1650 mAh -
Stand by Up to 710 h (2G)
Up to 610 h (3G)
Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 18 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 5 h (media)