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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs HTC Salsa

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung HTC
Announced
May 2012 February 2011
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - June 2011
Colors
Blue, White Black, Silver, Lilac
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3 mm
(4.3 x 2.32 x 0.48 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
4G Network
LTE (regional) -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 3.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.84% 53.36%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar] 800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 512 MB ROM
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
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, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, D1@24fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 114 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Up to 560 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 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, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 1520 mAh
Stand by
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 445 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)
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