Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)

Apple iPhone 3GS

Apple iPhone 3GS

Announced On:June, 2009

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Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)

Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)

Announced On:December, 2015

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Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)

Apple iPhone 3GS	Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016)

Price
EUR: €110	EUR: €200
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Touchscreen	Candybar, Touchscreen
Dimensions
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm (4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)	161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm (6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz)	200 g (7.05 oz)
Build
	Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), glass back (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Colors
Black, White	Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold, Pink
Models
A1325, A1303, iPhone2,1	SM-A900F, SM-A9000

Type
Display
TFT	Super AMOLED
Size
3.5 inches, 36.5 cm² (~50.9% screen-to-body ratio)	6.0 inches, 99.2 cm² (~75.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~165 ppi density)	1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~367 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes	Yes
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating	Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Technology
Network
GSM / HSPA	GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G Bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Bands
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 38, 39, 40, 41

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, proprietary ringtones	Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
8GB ROM, 256MB RAM 16GB ROM, 256MB RAM 32GB ROM, 256MB RAM	32GB ROM, 3GB RAM
Storage Type
	eMMC 5.1
Card Slot
No	microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
100 received, dialed and missed calls

GPRS
Connectivity
Yes	Yes
EDGE
Yes	Yes
Speed
HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth
2.1, A2DP (headset support only)	4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
USB
2.0	microUSB 2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC
	Yes

Main Camera
Camera
3.15 MP, f/2.8, AF	13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm, AF, OIS
Camera Features
Geo-tagging, touch focus	LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video
480p@30fps	1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
	8 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide) Video: 1080p@30fps

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV	MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC
Video Format Support
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats	MP4/WMV/H.264
Radio
No	FM radio, RDS, recording

Operating System (OS)
Software
iOS 3	Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Upgradable
Upgradable to iOS 6.1.6	Upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Browser
HTML (Safari)	HTML5
Messaging
iMessage, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Games
Downloadable, incl. motion-based

Chipset
Hardware
	Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 (28 nm)
CPU
600 MHz Cortex-A8	Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU
PowerVR SGX535	Adreno 510
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity, compass	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
SIM
Mini-SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Speakers
Yes	Yes
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	3.5 mm
TV Out
Yes

Performance
Benchmarks
	Basemark OS II 2.0: 1529 Basemark X: 15290

Battery Type
Battery
Li-Ion 1400 mAh, non-removable	Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable
Standby
Up to 300 h
Charging
	18W wired
Talk Time
Up to 5 h (3G)
Music Play
Up to 30 h

Features
Additional Features
iCloud cloud service Maps Audio/video player/editor Photo viewer/editor Voice command/dial Predictive text input	ANT+

SAR US
Misc
0.26 W/kg (head) 0.79 W/kg (body)	1.19 W/kg (head) 1.33 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
0.45 W/kg (head) 0.40 W/kg (body)	0.18 W/kg (head) 0.55 W/kg (body)

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