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Network	Technology	GSM / HSPA	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
	2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
			CDMA 800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1662, A1723
			CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1662, A1723
			TD‑SCDMA - A1723
	4G Network		LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700) - A1662
			LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1723
	Speed	HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps	HSPA, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
	GPRS	Class 10	Yes
	EDGE	Class 10	Yes

Launch	Announced	2010, June. Released 2010, June	2016, March
	Status	Discontinued	Available. Released 2016, March

Body	Dimensions	115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm (4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)	123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm (4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 in)
	Weight	137 g (4.83 oz)	113 g (3.99 oz)
	Build	Front/back glass & aluminum frame	Front glass, aluminum body
	SIM	Micro-SIM	Nano-SIM
		- Scratch-resistant glass back panel	- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Display	Type	LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors	LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	3.5 inches, 36.5 cm2 (~54.0% screen-to-body ratio)	4.0 inches, 44.1 cm2 (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	640 x 960 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~330 ppi density)	640 x 1136 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating

Platform	OS	iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 7.1.2	iOS 9.3.2, upgradable to iOS 11.4.1
	Chipset	Apple A4	Apple A9
	CPU	1.0 GHz Cortex-A8	Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister
	GPU	PowerVR SGX535	PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)

Memory	Card slot	No	No
	Internal	8/16/32 GB, 512 MB RAM	16/32/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM

Camera	Primary	5 MP (f/2.8, 1/3.2", 1.75µm), AF, LED flash, check quality	12 MP (f/2.2, 29mm, 1/3", 1.22µm), PDAF, dual-LED dual-tone flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus photo, HDR	Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection (photo/panorama), HDR
	Video	720p@30fps, check quality	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps, check quality
	Secondary	VGA, 480p@30fps, videocalling over Wi-Fi only	1.2 MP (f/2.4, 31mm), 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular

Sound	Alert types	Vibration, proprietary ringtones	Vibration, proprietary ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes	Yes
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic	- 16-bit/44.1kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Comms	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot
	Bluetooth	2.1, A2DP	4.2, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	NFC		Yes (Apple Pay only)
	Infrared port	No	No
	Radio	No	No
	USB	2.0	2.0, proprietary reversible connector

Features	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass	Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
	Messaging	iMessage, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email	iMessage, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5 (Safari)	HTML5 (Safari)
	Java	No	No
		- iCloud cloud service - MP3/WAV player - MP4/H.264 player - Document viewer	- Siri natural language commands and dictation - iCloud cloud service - MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player - MP4/H.264 player - Audio/video/photo editor - Document editor

Battery		Non-removable Li-Po 1420 mAh battery	Non-removable Li-Po 1624 mAh battery (6.21 Wh)
	Stand-by	Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)	Up to 240 h (2G) / Up to 240 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)	Up to 14 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 40 h	Up to 50 h

Misc
	Colors	Black, White	Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
	SAR	1.17 W/kg (head)     1.11 W/kg (body)	1.17 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.93 W/kg (head)     0.74 W/kg (body)	0.72 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)
	Price	About 200 EUR	About 300 EUR

Tests	Display	Contrast ratio: 1242:1 (nominal) / 2.016:1 (sunlight)	Contrast ratio: 804:1 (nominal), 3.681 (sunlight)
	Camera	Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
	Loudspeaker	Voice 65dB, noise 60dB, ring 66dB	Voice 66dB, noise 65dB, ring 69dB
	Audio quality	Noise -90.1dB / Crosstalk -89.6dB	Noise -93.0dB / Crosstalk -72.9dB
	Battery life		73h endurance rating