Phone Comparison - Huawei U8500 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Huawei U8500
huawei u8500
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung
Announced June 2010 May 2012
Status Available - 3Q 2010 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 58 x 12.8 mm
(4.41 x 2.28 x 0.5 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 47.08% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 352x288@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android v2.2) 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 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1150 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)