Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Motorola DROID Turbo vs HTC One (M9)

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Motorola HTC
Announced October 2011 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - October 2011 Coming Soon - October 2014 Available - March 2015
Price - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 45,999 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Metallic Red, Metallic Black Gunmetal Gray, Amber Gold, Silver/Rose gold, Gold/Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2 mm
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 9.6 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.38 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 157 g (5.54 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features - - Water resistant -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 420 Adreno 430
RAM 512 MB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.2 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 70.83% 68.25%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 21 MP 20.7 MP, 5376 x 3752 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash dual-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Automatic Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging 1080p@30fps, 2160p@24fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL HSPA 42.2/21.1 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 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 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 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-Po Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 3900 mAh 2840 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
- Up to 391 h (2G)
Up to 402 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
- Up to 25 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 21 h 50 min (3G)