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Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung i897 Captivate

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
June 2009 June 2010
Status
Available - June 2009 Available - July 2010
Colors
Black, White Black and Grey
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
50.75% 58.07%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
256 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8/16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Yes Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash Lite

User Memory

Internal
8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
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