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Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
April 2013 December 2015
Status
Available - May 2013 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price
- Rs. 17,300 ($254.41) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
White, Blue Various
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3 mm
(5.3 x 2.57 x 0.29 in)
Weight
124 g (4.37 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.19% 69.65%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] Adreno 306 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video
Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio FM radio
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h -
Talk Time
Up to 9 h -
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