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HTC Explorer vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Slim

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Samsung
Announced
September 2011 March 2014
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - March 2014
Colors
Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
133 x 66 x 9.7 mm
(5.24 x 2.6 x 0.38 in)
Weight
108 g (3.81 oz) 139 g (4.9 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
256K colors 16M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 4.52 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (244 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
52.01% 64.00%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar] Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] -
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 8 GB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 480p Yes
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS -
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 80 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1230 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 8 h
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