Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 47.5 | 51.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Apple |
| -- | iOS 6.1, 6, 5.1, 5, 4.x, 3.x |
| 2019-09-05 | 2009-06-08 |
| 4.13 x 2.15 x 0.74 inches | 4.50 x 2.40 x 0.48 inches |
| 4.16 ounces | 4.76 ounces |
| Black and Grey | Black and White |
| Plastic | -- |
| $ 180.00 | $ 95.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 2.8 inches | 3.5 inches |
| 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) | 320 x 480 pixels |
| -- | LCD |
| 143 pixels per inch | 165 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 5.8 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform chipset | -- |
| 32-bit, 28 nm (Dual-Core 1100 MHz) processor | Single-Core 600 MHz processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 256 MB RAM |
| Yes GPU | PowerVR SGX 535 GPU GPU |
| 7.65 | 7.02 |
| Storage | |
| 4 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 3.82 | 3.3 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP | 3.00 MP |
| -- | 640 x 480 (30 fps) (VGA) video resolution |
| 4.73 | 5.61 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
| Nano SIM | SIM |
| 5.5 | 3.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1500mAh Battery | 1219mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 300 hours standby time 12 hours talk time |
| 3.28 | 2.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone 3GS is slightly better than the Nokia 2720 Flip, having a global score of 51.3 against 47.5. The iPhone 3GS construction is thinner than Nokia 2720 Flip, although it's somewhat heavier and was released 10 years before. Nokia 2720 Flip features a bit superior processor than iPhone 3GS, because it has a higher amount of RAM memory and 1 more cores.
IPhone 3GS has a much better display than Nokia 2720 Flip, because it has a much higher resolution of 480 x 320 pixels, a bigger screen and a little better number of pixels in each inch of display. The iPhone 3GS takes much better photographs and videos than Nokia 2720 Flip, because it has a back facing camera with a way better resolution.
The Nokia 2720 Flip features a quite bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than iPhone 3GS, because although it has 0 less internal storage, it also counts with a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 32 GB. The Nokia 2720 Flip features greater battery performance than Apple iPhone 3GS, because it has a 23% greater battery capacity.
Even being the best phone of the ones we compare here, the iPhone 3GS is also by far the cheapest one, which makes it an obvious call.
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