Phone Comparison - HTC EVO Design 4G vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2011 May 2012 September 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - September 2013
Colors Black Blue, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 121.9 x 61 x 11.9 mm
(4.8 x 2.4 x 0.47 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
Weight 147.4 g (5.19.0.14 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8655 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 330 (LTE model)
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.8 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 65.84% 74.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model)
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiMAX 802.16 e, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1520 mAh 2100 mAh 3200 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 21 h (3G)