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

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung HTC
Announced September 2011 May 2012 September 2010
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - October 2010
Colors Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum Blue, White Black, Brown
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
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)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 164 g (5.78 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
4G Network - LTE (regional) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), v2.3 (Gingerbread), not upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400MP Adreno 205
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 1.5 GB;
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.8 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 65.84% 62.90%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS 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 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, 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, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [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, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 7.2/14.4 Mbps; HSUPA 2/5.76 Mbps (carrier dependent)
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 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, DLNA 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, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 1.5 GB; 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included
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 not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1600 mAh 2100 mAh 1230 mAh
Stand by Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 490 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 9 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)