Comparison of Apple iPhone 3GS 32Gb and Samsung Galaxy S II I9100 smartphones based on their characteristics

Apple iPhone 3GS 32Gb

Samsung Galaxy S II I9100

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

Apple

Samsung

Phone model

iPhone 3GS 32Gb

Galaxy S II I9100

Year of release

2009

2011

Appearance

Case type

Monoblock

Monoblock

Body length

116 mm

125 mm

Body width

62 mm

66 mm

Body thickness

12 mm

8.5 mm

Weight

135 g

116 g

Volume

86.3 cm³

70.4 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Black
• White

• Black
• White
• Pink

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• ARM Cortex A8

• ARM Cortex-A9 Samsung Exynos

CPU clock speed

620 MHz

1200 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

2

Level 1 cache (L1)

32 + 32 kB

32 + 32 kB

Level 2 cache (L2)

256 kB

1024 kB

Processor size

32 bits

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

65 nm

45 nm

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• PowerVR SGX535

• Mali 400MP

GPU clock speed

266 MHz

Number of GPU cores

4

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

256 MB

1 GB

RAM type

LPDDR2

RAM frequency

150 MHz

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 32 GB

• 16 GB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

32 GB

Mainboard

Chipset

• Samsung S5PC100

• Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210

Operating system

Operating system

iOS 3

Android 2.3

Battery

Battery capacity

1219

1650

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Battery charging time

2 h

3 h

Call duration in GSM networks

5 h

18 h 20 min

Standby time in GSM networks

300 h

710 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

12 h

8 h 40 min

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

300 h

610 h

Duration of listening to music

30 h

30 h

Duration of video calls

3 h

Video watching duration

10 h

Duration of using Wi-Fi

9 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

3.5 in

4.27 in

Screen resolution

480 x 320 pixels

800 x 480 pixels

Pixel density

165 ppi

218 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

Super AMOLED Plus

Color depth

24 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Capacitive

Anti-scratch screen

Glass screen

Aspect ratio

1.5

1.667

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

3 Mp

8 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

2048 x 1536 pixels

3264 x 2448 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

Digital zoom

4 X

Photomatrix type

CMOS

CMOS BSI

Photomatrix size

3.2 x 2.4 mm

4.54 x 3.42 mm

Photomatrix pixel size

1.563 μm

1.391 μm

Crop factor

10.82

7.61

Aperture

f/2.8

f/2.6

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Face detector

Smile detector

Panoramic photography

Continuous photography

Touch focus

Exposure compensation

Self-timer

Digital image stabilization

White balance

ISO setting

Scene selection

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

640 x 480 pixels

1920 x 1080 pixels

Movie speed

30 fps

30 fps

Digital video zoom

4 X

Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels

2 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1886 x 1061 pixels

Front camera video

Maximum video resolution

640 x 480 pixels

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

Second microphone

Autodial

Noise reduction during a call

Ability to mute the microphone during a call

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

3.5G

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

• HSPA+
• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS
• HSCSD

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11b
• 802.11g

• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Wi-Fi Direct support

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

Dual band Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

USB OTG support

USB host support

USB Mass Storage support

MHL interface

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

2.1

3.0

A2DP support

AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108 МГц

RDS support

DRM support

Radio recording

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Gyroscope

Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPG
• GIF
• BMP

Installed image editor

Geo tags

DLNA support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MPEG-4
• QuickTime
• H.264

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• MKV
• AVI
• 3GPP
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Video resolution formats

• Full HD
• HD

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AAC
• ALAC
• MP3
• WAV

• AAC
• AAC+
• eAAC+
• AMR-NB
• AMR-WB
• FLAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• OGG
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Streaming audio

DNSe support

Number of polyphony voices

64

64

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Multitouch

Pinch zoom

Cover Flow mode

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF
• ZIP

Email

Handwriting recognition

Convert text to speech

Convert speech to text

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

Synchronization over the mobile network

OTA sync

Synchronization with services

• Gmail
• Facebook
• Google Talk
• YouTube

Software features

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

Security

Remote phone search

Installed VPN

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

0.79 W/kg

0.34 W/kg