| Design | Device Type | Smart Phone | Smart Phone | |
| OS | iOS 11 | Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) | |
| Dimension | 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm (6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 in) | 143.8 x 69.5 x 8.5 mm (5.66 x 2.74 x 0.33 in) | |
| Weight | 202 g (7.13 oz) | 143 g (5.04 oz) | |
| Technology | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G Network | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM - IP68 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes - Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) | Nano-SIM - Splash and dust resistant | |
| Announced | September 12, 2017 | October, 2016 | |
| Status | September 12, 2017 | October, 2016 | |
| Display | Type | LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | |
| Size | 5.5 inches (~67.4% screen-to-body ratio) | 5.0 inches (~69.0% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Multi-touch | Yes | Yes | |
| Protection | Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating - Wide color gamut display - 3D Touch display & home button - True-tone display | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 | |
| Photography | Rear Camera | Dual 12 MP, (28mm, f/1.8, OIS & 56mm, f/2.8), phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, quad-LED (dual tone) flash | 12.3 MP, f/2.0, EIS (gyro), phase detection & laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash | |
| Features | 1/3 sensor size @ 28mm, 1/3.6 sensor size @ 56mm, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama) | 1/2.3 sensor size, 1.55µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps | |
| Front Camera | 7 MP, f/1.8, 32mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama | 8 MP, f/2.4, 1/3.2 | |
| Memory | Card slot | No | No | |
| Internal | 64/256GB, 3GB RAM | 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM | |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration, proprietary ringtones | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | No - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter | Yes - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | |
| Connectivity | GPRS | Yes | Yes | |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes | |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps or LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE | 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX | |
| NFC | Yes (Apple Pay only) | Yes | |
| USB | 3.0, reversible connector | 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector | |
| Battery | Capacity | Non-removable Li-Ion 2390mAh battery | Non-removable Li-Ion 2770 mAh battery | |
| Talk time | Up to 21 hours | Up to 26 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 60 hours | Up to 110 h | |
| Battery Life | Same as iPhone 7 Plus | | |
| Features | Chipset | Apple A11 Bionic | Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 | |
| CPU | Hexa-core | Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) | |
| GPU | Apple GPU (three-core graphics) | Adreno 530 | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | |
| Messaging | iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML 5 | HTML5 | |
| Radio | No | No | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | |
| Java | No | No | |
| Colors | Gold, Space Gray, Silver | Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue | |
| Others | - Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Wireless charging
- 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 | - Fast battery charging
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor | |
