Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung i897 Captivate vs Samsung Galaxy Star Pro S7262

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2009 June 2010 October 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - July 2010 Available - October 2013
Colors Black, White Black and Grey White, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
121.2 x 62.7 x 10.6 cm
(4.77 x 2.47 x 0.42 cm)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz) 121 g (4.27 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 No
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU PowerVR SGX535 PowerVR SGX540 -
RAM 256 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 16 GB storage 4 GB ROM
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 58.07% 60.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Fixed Focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 15 h