Phone Comparison - HTC Amaze 4G vs Samsung Galaxy Light vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2011 October 2013 December 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Coming Soon - October 2013 Available - December 2013
Colors Black, White Dark brown Dive Blue, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130 x 65.6 x 11.8 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.46 in)
121.4 x 63 x 10.4 mm
(4.78 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
139.7 x 71.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.5 x 2.81 x 0.36 in)
Weight 172.9 g (6.07.0.32 oz) 122.8 g (4.3.0.28 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 13 / 1700 / 2100 LTE-A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 APQ8060 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 220 - Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.84% 59.67% 69.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Face Detection, SmartShot, BurstShot, SweepShot, ClearShot Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Aqua Mode
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 33
Edge Yes Yes Class 33
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE-A, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1730 mAh 1800 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 264 h - -
Talk Time Up to 6 h - -