How the iPhone 4S Stacks Up Against the Smartphone Competition [CHART]

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How the iPhone 4S Stacks Up Against the Smartphone Competition [CHART]

The iPhone 4S is officially available for pre-order and will be available to pick up in stores next week. While the fifth generation iPhone is certainly the most anticipated new mobile handset to hit stores this year, it is by no means the only game in town.

In addition to choosing between AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, consumers have more iPhone alternative options today than ever before. Understanding that phone specs only tell part of the story, we decided to see how the iPhone 4S stacks up against the competition, including the iPhone 4, the Droid Bionic, the Samsung Galaxy S II and the BlackBerry Torch 9850.

Just a note to Windows Phone fans -- we didn't forget about you. Look out for future articles focusing on the new Mango release and how the new Windows Phone devices stack up against the Android, iOS and BlackBerry competition.

Phone

Processor

Built in Storage

Expandable

Screen Size

Camera

Video

Other

Price

iPhone 4

1Ghz A4

8GB

No

3.5" 960x640 Retina Display

VGA (front), 5 Megapixel (rear)

720p

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GSM or CDMA

$99

iPhone 4S

1Ghz Dual Core A5

16GB, 32GB or 64GB

No

3.5" 960x640 Retina Display

VGA (front), 8 Megapixel (rear)

1080p

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GSM and CDMA worldphone, Siri

Assistant

$199 (16GB)

$299 (32GB)

$399 (64GB)

BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860

1.2Ghz Qualcomm 8655

4GB

Up to 32GB microSD

3.7" 800x480

Rear 5 Megapixel

720p

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Available in CDMA or GSM

$99 (Sprint)

Droid Bionic

1Ghz Dual Core

16GB plus a 16GB microSD

Expandable to 32GB microSD (48GB total storage)

4.3" 960x540

VGA (front), 8 Megapixel (rear)

1080p

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G LTE

$299.99 (Verizon)

Galaxy S II

Dual Core 1.2Ghz (AT&T and Sprint) Dual Core 1.5Ghz

(T-Mobile)

16GB

Up to 32GB microSD

4.3" 800x480 (AT&T), 4.5" 800x480 (Sprint and T-Mobile)

2 Megapixel (front), 8 Megapixel (rear)

1080p

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, available on multiple carriers,

WiMax 4G (Sprint)

$199 (Sprint and AT&T)

$229.99 (T-Mobile)

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