Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3GS vs Nokia Asha 305 vs Nokia Asha 210

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nokia Nokia
Announced June 2009 June 2012 April 2013
Status Available - June 2009 Available - July 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors Black, White Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey Yellow, Black, White, Cyan, Magenta
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm
(4.34 x 2.12 x 0.5 in)
111.5 x 60 x 11.8 mm
(4.39 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 98 g (3.46 oz) 97.3 g (3.42.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 1900 or 900 / 1800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 N/A N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 S40 Asha -
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 - -
GPU PowerVR SGX535 - -
RAM 256 MB 32 MB 32 MB
Internal Memory 8/16/32 GB storage 10 MB, 64 MB ROM 64 MB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 56K colors 65K colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.0 inches 2.4 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (167 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 43.44% 26.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS 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 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging - -
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 176x144@10fps Yes, QCIF@10fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Yes
Internal 8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM 64 MB, 32 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-4U)
Capacity 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 528 h Up to 1104 h
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 14 h Up to 12 h