Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500 vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Star S5280

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2012 February 2012 April 2013
Status Available - March 2012 Available - May 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors Black/Orange Black Black, White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109.4 x 58.6 x 11.6 mm
(4.31 x 2.31 x 0.46 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
105 x 58 x 11.9 mm
(4.13 x 2.28 x 0.47 in)
Weight 105.3 g (3.7.0.11 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 100.5 g (3.53.0.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 800 MHz Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-300
RAM N/A 768 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 3 GB 4 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 3.3 inches 3.8 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (175 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (133 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.47% 55.64% 45.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No
Browser HTML HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 3 GB 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Up to 320 h
Talk Time Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h