Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs HTC Incredible S vs HTC Desire 816

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC HTC
Announced May 2012 February 2011 February 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - February 2011 Available - March 2014
Colors Blue, White Black, Red Red, Grey, Green, Cyan, White, 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)
120 x 64 x 11.7 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.46 in)
156.6 x 78.7 x 8 mm
(6.17 x 3.1 x 0.31 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 135.5 g (4.76.0.18 oz) 165 g (5.82 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 or HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - EMEA
LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - Asia
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), 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 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 205 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 768 MB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 1.1 GB ROM 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 59.42% 67.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS -
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, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash 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, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 114 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Up to 560 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 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, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 1.1 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included microSD, up to 64 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1450 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 9 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 20 min (3G)
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