Phone Comparison - Huawei U8650 Sonic vs Samsung Galaxy S III I747 vs HTC Desire Z

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung HTC
Announced July 2011 June 2012 September 2010
Status Available Available - July 2012 Available - November 2010
Colors Various Pebble blue, Marble white Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.3 x 60.5 x 11.9 mm
(4.58 x 2.38 x 0.47 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
119 x 60.4 x 14.2 mm
(4.69 x 2.38 x 0.56 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon 800 MHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM7230
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 205
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 160 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 16 GB storage 1.5 GB;
External Memory microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.8 inches 3.7 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 51.73% 65.84% 54.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, VGA Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 32
Edge Yes Class 12 Class 32
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 160 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 1.5 GB; 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 2100 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h Up to 300 h (3G) Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 430 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h 20 min Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 9 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)