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Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy 551

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
October 2011 October 2010
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - Q4 2010
Colors
Black, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
111 x 55 x 15.2 mm
(4.37 x 2.17 x 0.6 in)
Weight
140 g (4.94 oz) 117 g (4.13 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.92% 47.59%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 5 Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
Processor
1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar] 600 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 160 MB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus,
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Yes Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML

User Memory

Call Records
100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited
Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 160 MB
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1432 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by
Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
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