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Apple iPhone 3G S versus Nokia N96 comparison chart
Edit this comparison chartApple iPhone 3G SNokia N96
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Weight 4.76 oz (135 g) 4.41 oz (125 g)
Games Yes Yes
Music Player Supported Formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible 2-4, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV Supported Formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA album art / playlist editing and sharing / equalizer / visualization
Calculator Yes Yes
Bluetooth Supported Profiles: HSP, HFP 1.5, PBA, A2DP version 2.1 + EDR Supported Profiles: HSP, HFP, DUN, OPP, FTP, SAP, A2DP, AVRC, BIP version 2.0 + EDR
Operating System (proprietary) iPhone OS S60 (Symbian) 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (Symbian 9.3)
Hard Drive No No
Live TV No Some versions. Technology: DVB-H for Europe only
Headphone Jack (3.5mm) Yes Nokia AV connector
Memory card slot No microSD (TransFlash) up to 8 GB / hot-swappable
Java support No Version: CLDC 1.1 / MIDP 2.1 supported JSRs: 75, 82, 135, 172, 177, 179, 180, 184, 185, 205, 226, 234, 248
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. supports Flash Lite 3.0 and Flash video / plus RSS reader
Picture messaging Yes No
Screen Colors 16.7 million (24-bit) 16.7 million (24-bit)
Video Capture VGA resolution, 30 fps Max. Length: available memory 30 fps at VGA resolution / MPEG-4 format / stabilization / scene modes / video editor
Push-To-Talk No Some versions. Type: PoC
GPS A-GPS; photo, video geo-tagging Standalone GPS plus A-GPS / Nokia Maps included / photo geo-tagging
MMS requires network support Yes
Stereo Speakers No Yes
Estimated Battery Life (Talk time) 5 hours max. (300 minutes) 3.7 hours max. (220 minutes)
Picture ID Yes Yes
Ruggedized No No
Auto-complete suggestions for text Yes Technology: T9
SyncML No Yes
Estimated Battery Life (Standby) 300 hours max. (12.5 days) 220 hours max. (9.2 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: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP supports attachments: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PDF, ZIP
Wi-Fi support Version(s): 802.11 b/g Version(s): 802.11 b/g supports UPnP / supports WEP, WPA, WPA2
Wireless Carrier AT&T, Verizon, Sprint T-Mobile
Polyphonic Ringtones No Chords: 64
Side buttons volume keys, ringer switch on left / sleep key on top volume, camera on right
BREW No No
Ringer Profiles No Yes
Speakerphone Yes Yes
Camera Resolution: 3+ megapixel auto-focus, with tap-to-focus control Resolution: 5+ megapixel auto-focus / Carl Zeiss Tessar lens / 2x LED flash / geo-tagging / scene modes, self-timer, exposure, white balance controls / red-eye reduction
PictBridge No Yes
Vibrate mode Yes Yes
External Display No No
Screen size 3.5" diagonal 2.8" diagonal
Touch Screen Primary input method: Finger capacitive, multi-touch No
Alarm Yes Yes
Voice dialing Speaker-independent (automatic) Speaker-independent (automatic)
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 Only US version supports US 3G networks / other versions support overseas 3G networks only
To-Do List No (free apps are available, however) No
Screen Resolution 320 x 480 pixels 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
FM Radio No Stereo: Yes with RDS
Voice recorder Yes Yes
Dimensions 4.55" x 2.44" x 0.48" (116 x 62 x 12.3 mm) 4.06" x 2.17" x 0.71" (103 x 55 x 18 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 No
Supports enlarging text Yes No
Flashlight No No
Calendar Yes Yes
CPU 600 MHz 264 MHz ARM 9
Built-in memory 32 GB (internal memory available to user for storage) or 16 GB 16 GB (internal memory available to user for storage)

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