Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy S8

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2010 May 2012 March 2017
Status Available - June 2010 Available - May 2012 Available - April 2017
Price - - Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Blue, White Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa
GPU PowerVR SGX535 Mali-400MP Adreno 540
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.8 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 65.84% 84.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 2100 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -