Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend Y vs Apple iPhone 4S

Huawei Ascend Y
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Apple
Announced October 2012 October 2011
Status Available - October 2012 Available - October 2011
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.8 x 61 x 11.7 mm
(4.6 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
Weight 125 g (4.41 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) iOS 5
Processor 800 MHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7625A Snapdragon [Similar] 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT
Colors TFT capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 51.09% 53.92%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Call Records Practically unlimited 100 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 256 MB RAM, 120 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity 1400 mAh 1432 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)