Phone Comparison - Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II vs Apple iPhone 3G vs Nokia XL

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Nokia
Announced February 2011 June 2008 February 2014
Status Available - April 2011 Discontinued Available - May 2014
Colors Black, White, Pink Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
(4.93 x 2.6 x 0.33 in)
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm
(5.57 x 3.06 x 0.43 in)
Weight 116 g (4.09 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Nokia X Software Platform 1.0 Based on Android v4.1.2 (JellyBean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Exynos chipset 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU Mali-400MP PowerVR MBX Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 128 MB 768 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB/32 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 4 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.52% 50.75% 64.48%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No Stereo FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps No Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 12 Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0+HS Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 4 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1650 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 710 h (2G)
Up to 610 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 18 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)