Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Apple iPhone 3G vs Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Samsung
Announced June 2009 June 2008 February 2016
Status Available - June 2009 Discontinued Available - March 2016
Price - - Rs. 50,900 ($748.53) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Various
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)
150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm
(5.94 x 2.86 x 0.3 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR MBX Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12
RAM 256 MB 128 MB 4 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD upto 256GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Curved Edge Screen, Always-on display
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) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 50.75% 76.13%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio 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 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Phase Detection Autofocus, Dual Pixel, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size, Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging No 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [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 Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD upto 256GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate 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-Po Battery
Capacity 3600 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 10 h -