Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Samsung
Announced June 2009 March 2015 June 2015
Status Available - June 2009 Available - April 2015 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 25,910 ($381.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White, Coral, Silver White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
145.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.73 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E2333, E2363
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E2312
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) - E2333
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Adreno 405 Adreno 306
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 8 GB / 16 GB (E2333, E2363) 8 GB (4.69 GB for apps and mass storage)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 65.12% 66.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 1.9 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 8 GB / 16 GB (E2333, E2363), 2 GB RAM 8 GB (4.69 GB for apps and mass storage), 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2400 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 493 h (2G)
Up to 488 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (3G)