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Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
April 2013 August 2013
Status
Available - May 2013 Available - September 2013
Colors
White, Blue Black and Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm
(4.65 x 2.34 x 0.62 in)
Weight
124 g (4.37 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- 3.5 inches (480 x 800 pixels) External Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.19% 55.56%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 203 [Similar] Adreno 305 [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 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 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 And Smile Detection
Video
Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
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 HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
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 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1800 mAh 1820 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h -
Talk Time
Up to 9 h -
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