Phone Comparison - LG G3 vs HTC One S9 vs Apple iPhone 7

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer LG HTC Apple
Announced May 2014 April 2016 September 2016
Status Available - June 2014 Coming Soon - April 2016 Available - September 2016
Price - Rs. 59,000 ($867.65) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Gold Silver, Gold Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm
(5.76 x 2.94 x 0.35 in)
144.6 x 69.7 x 10.1 mm
(5.69 x 2.74 x 0.4 in)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
LTE - CDMA version
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 /1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.38 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) iOS 10
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Helio X10 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6200 6 core
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB ROM 16 GB 32/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen Super LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.42% 68.25% 65.45%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio Yes - No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual tone) Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, OIS Autofocus, f/2.0, 28mm, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec., video stabilization 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 4 MP, f/2.0, 26.8mm, 1/3" sensor size, 2µm pixel size, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 21 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL/ EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v3.0 (SlimPort), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB ROM, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 2840 mAh 1960 mAh
Stand by - Up to 658 h (3G) -
Talk Time - Up to 13 h (3G) Up to 14 h