Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

Motorola DROID 3
motorola droid 3
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced July 2011 February 2012
Status Available - July 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3
Processor Dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 4 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.73% 55.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
3G Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1540 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 9 h 16 min Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)