Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung i927 Captivate Glide vs Apple iPhone 3GS

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Apple
Announced October 2011 October 2011 June 2009
Status Available - October 2011 Available - November 2011 Available - June 2009
Colors Black, White Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in )
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz) 135 g (4.76 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 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H 600 MHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX535
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 256 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB storage 8/16/32 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.0 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 57.50% 50.75%
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
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face&smile Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB ROM 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB No

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1432 mAh 1650 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 396 h Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 8 h Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)