Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Huawei P20 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Huawei
Announced October 2011 August 2017 Expected Announcement - March 2018
Status Available - October 2011 Coming Soon - September 2017 Rumored
Colors Black, White Black, Blue Coral, Gold Black, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
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Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz) -
SIM Type - Single/Dual SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
- Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 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 Octa-core, HiSilicon Kirin
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 -
RAM 512 MB 6 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 64/128/256 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 LTPS IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 6.3 inches 5.84 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (432 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 83.03% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels Dual 12 MP Triple 12 MP + 20 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection And Laser Autofocus, OIS, Leica Optics, 2x Lossless Zoom, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar] 24 MP, autofocus, f/2.0, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS 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 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 3300 mAh -
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
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