Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs HTC Inspire 4G vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HTC Samsung
Announced June 2009 January 2011 January 2014
Status Available - June 2009 Available - February 2011 Available - February 2014
Colors Black, White Black, Brown, Red Black, White, Green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
122.9 x 68.1 x 11.7 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
148.4 x 77.4 x 8.6 mm
(5.84 x 3.05 x 0.34 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 163.9 g (5.75.0.32 oz) 162.5 g (5.71.0.18 oz)
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 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE - SM-N7505
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 & dual-core 1.7 GHz Cortex A15, Exynos 5260 Hexa
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 205 Mali-T624 MP4
RAM 256 MB 768 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 4 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.3 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 62.86% 72.61%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS -
Games Yes Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (charges may apply) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1230 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 372 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 6 h -