Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Lumia 930

Apple iPhone 3GS
apple iphone 3gs
Nokia Lumia 930
nokia lumia 930
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia
Announced June 2009 April 2014
Status Available - June 2009 Available - June 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
137 x 71 x 9.8 mm
(5.39 x 2.8 x 0.39 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 70.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar]
Flash No Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging 1/2.5' Sensor Size, 1.12 µm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, video light, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2420 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 432 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 30 m (2G)
Up to 15 h 30 m (3G)