Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Apple iPhone 3G vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Apple
Announced June 2009 June 2008 September 2016
Status Available - June 2009 Discontinued Available - September 2016
Price - - Rs. 72,000 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.24 W/kg (head)
1.00 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 iOS 10
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR MBX 6 core
RAM 256 MB 128 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 32/128/256 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 50.75% 67.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Dual 12 MP
Flash No No Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm, 2x optical zoom, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging No 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2700 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 300 h Up to 384 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 21 h