Here's how big the image sensor of the iPhone 4S is compared to those in other smartphones or DSLRs

  Many people praised the terminal room iPhone 4S, being of course compared to that of other smartphones, but even to that of some DSLRs. Of course, the iPhone 4S cannot be compared to a DSLR in terms of picture quality, but it takes more than good pictures for a mobile phone and people use it in almost any kind of situation. To see how the iPhone 4S image sensor compares to that of other smartphones, a website made the graph above where you notice that Nokia 808 Pureview it has an image sensor approximately 6 times larger than the Apple terminal. The rest of the top smartphones have sensors of the same size, but Nokia has included one large enough to place its smartphone in first place in at least one category.

  Regarding the comparison with Canon EOS 5D Mark III si Canon PowerShot S100, the iPhone 4S has a tiny sensor, but it does its job with dignity. Of course, the iPhone 4S is not even in the same league as these DSLRs, but this way you can get an idea about the real difference between the image sensors of these cameras. Even if a DSLR will always take better pictures, the best camera is the one you always have with you, and the iPhone wins in 90% of cases.