Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs Samsung Galaxy A50

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2008 February 2018 February 2019
Status Discontinued Coming Soon, March 2018 Launch on 5 March 2019
Price - Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 19,990 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Various Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.24 x 2.94 x 0.3 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz) -
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 9610 Octa (10nm)
GPU PowerVR MBX Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Mali-G72 MP3
RAM 128 MB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 6.2 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 83.59% 84.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Dual12 MP + 12 MP 25 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP
Flash No LED Flash LED Flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 25 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide)
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
Panorama, HDR
Video No 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 25 MP, f/2.0, HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3500 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - -