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Apple iPhone 3G S versus Motorola Karma QA1 comparison chart
Edit this comparison chartApple iPhone 3G SMotorola Karma QA1
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Weight 4.76 oz (135 g) 4.97 oz (141 g)
Games Yes Yes
Music Player Supported Formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible 2-4, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV Supported Formats: AAC, AAC+ eAAC+, WMA, MP3 playlists
Calculator Yes plus currency converter
Bluetooth Supported Profiles: HSP, HFP 1.5, PBA, A2DP version 2.1 + EDR Supported Profiles: HSP 1.1, HFP 1.5, DUN, OPP, FTP, A2DP, AVRC, BPP, BIP version 2.0
Operating System (proprietary) iPhone OS Proprietary
Hard Drive No No
Live TV No No
Headphone Jack (3.5mm) Yes Yes
Memory card slot No microSD (TransFlash) up to at least 16 GB
Java support No Yes
Physical design Bar Internal Antenna Slide Internal Antenna
Screen Type LCD (Color TFT/TFD) LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
Browser Safari supports landscape mode, multi-touch zoom and pan, and multiple windows. Yes
Picture messaging Yes No
Screen Colors 16.7 million (24-bit) 262,144 (18-bit)
Video Capture VGA resolution, 30 fps Yes
Push-To-Talk No No
GPS A-GPS; photo, video geo-tagging A-GPS supports LBS (navigation)
MMS requires network support Yes
Stereo Speakers No No
Estimated Battery Life (Talk time) 5 hours max. (300 minutes) 3.6 hours max. (217 minutes)
Picture ID Yes Yes
Ruggedized No No
Auto-complete suggestions for text Yes No
SyncML No No
Estimated Battery Life (Standby) 300 hours max. (12.5 days) 366 hours max. (15.3 days)
Headset Jack (2.5 mm) No No
Ringer ID Yes Yes
Infrared No No
Languages supported English, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukranian, Arabic and more Multiple
E-mail client Protocols Supported: POP, IMAP, Exchange built-in attachment viewer (Microsoft Office, PDF) Protocols Supported: POP3, IMAP4, SMTP
Wi-Fi support Version(s): 802.11 b/g No
Wireless Carrier AT&T, Verizon, Sprint AT&T
Polyphonic Ringtones No Yes
Side buttons volume keys, ringer switch on left / sleep key on top shortcut key on left / volume on right
BREW No No
Ringer Profiles No No
Speakerphone Yes Yes
Camera Resolution: 3+ megapixel auto-focus, with tap-to-focus control Resolution: 2+ megapixel
PictBridge No No
Vibrate mode Yes Yes
External Display No No
Screen size 3.5" diagonal 2.5" diagonal
Touch Screen Primary input method: Finger capacitive, multi-touch No
Alarm Yes Yes
Voice dialing Speaker-independent (automatic) Yes
Networks GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 WCDMA 850 / WCDMA 1900 / WCDMA 2100 GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 WCDMA 850 / WCDMA 1900
To-Do List No (free apps are available, however) No
Screen Resolution 320 x 480 pixels 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
FM Radio No No
Voice recorder Yes Yes
Dimensions 4.55" x 2.44" x 0.48" (116 x 62 x 12.3 mm) 3.46" x 2.52" x 0.7" (88 x 64 x 17.8 mm)
Streaming Video Protocol: H.264 / MPEG-4 (MOV, MP4, M4V, 3GPP) via Safari web browser / plus dedicated YouTube client Yes
Digital TTY/TDD Yes Yes
Supports enlarging text Yes No
Flashlight No No
Calendar Yes Yes
Built-in memory 32 GB (internal memory available to user for storage) or 16 GB 100 MB (internal memory available to user for storage)

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