Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Asha 210 vs Samsung Galaxy Core Advance

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia Samsung
Announced June 2009 April 2013 December 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - May 2013 Available - February 2014
Colors Black, White Yellow, Black, White, Cyan, Magenta Deep Blue, Pearl White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
111.5 x 60 x 11.8 mm
(4.39 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
133.3 x 70.5 x 9.7 mm
(5.25 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 97.3 g (3.42.0.11 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 1900 or 900 / 1800 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 - Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 - Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX535 - -
RAM 256 MB 32 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 64 MB 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.4 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (167 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (199 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 26.56% 66.57%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, QCIF@10fps Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 32 Yes
Edge Yes Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps N/A HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) WAP 2.0/xHTML HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 1000 entries Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 64 MB, 32 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 1104 h -
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 12 h -