Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs HTC Desire HD vs OnePlus One

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC OnePlus
Announced May 2012 September 2010 April 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - October 2010 Available - June 2014
Colors Blue, White Black, Brown Silk White, Sandstone Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
123 x 68 x 11.8 mm
(4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 in)
152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 mm
(6.02 x 2.99 x 0.35 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) - LTE 700 / 1700 / 2600 /2300/2100/1800
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), not upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 205 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 768 MB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 1.5 GB; 16/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.3 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 62.90% 71.69%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 32 Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 32 Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent) HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 1.5 GB; 768 MB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included No
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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1230 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 490 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 9 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
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