Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Apple Samsung
Announced October 2011 September 2012 March 2015
Status Available - October 2011 Available - September 2012 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 112 g (3.95 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.58 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.33 W/kg (head)
0.59 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 iOS 6 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 PowerVR SGX 543MP3 Mali-T760
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64/128 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 5.1 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 60.84% 71.96%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, Lightning Port microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG - - 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
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 1440 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 225 h -
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 8 h -