Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs Samsung S8500 Wave vs Lenovo A536

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Lenovo
Announced October 2011 February 2010 September 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Available - April 2010 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White Ebony Gray 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)
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
139.6 x 72 x 9.95 mm
(5.5 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 bada OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 PowerVR SGX540 Mali-400MP2
RAM 512 MB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 2 GB storage 8 GB ROM
External Memory No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 3.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 46.81% 68.49%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML (Safari) WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 2 GB storage 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 1500 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 15 h 30 min