Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Star 2 vs Huawei Ascend Y221

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Huawei
Announced February 2012 June 2014 December 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Coming soon Available - December 2014
Price - - Rs. 10,800 ($158.82) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Iris Charcoal, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
109.8 x 59.9 x 11.8 mm
(4.32 x 2.36 x 0.46 in)
116.5 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.59 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
Weight 122 g (4.3 oz) 107.6 g (3.77.0.21 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (single or dual SIM)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 No HSDPA 900 / 2100 (single or dual SIM)
HSDPA 850 / 2100 (dual SIM)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 1 GHz, SC6815A Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572M
GPU Mali-400MP - Mali-400
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors - 256K colors
Size 3.8 inches 3.5 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.64% 55.34% 51.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection - Yes
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, VGA@24fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps No HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No No
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1300 mAh 1350 mAh
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
- Up to 225 h
Talk Time Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
- Up to 4 h