Phone Comparison - HTC Amaze 4G vs Samsung Galaxy S III I535 vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2011 June 2012 April 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - July 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors Black, White Pebble blue, Marble white White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130 x 65.6 x 11.8 mm
(5.12 x 2.58 x 0.46 in)
137.2 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm
(5.4 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
Weight 172.9 g (6.07.0.32 oz) 133.2 g (4.69.0.07 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 or HSDPA 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 13 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 APQ8060 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play
GPU Adreno 220 Adreno 225 Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16/32 GB storage 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.8 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.84% 65.09% 60.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No FM radio
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Face Detection, SmartShot, BurstShot, SweepShot, ClearShot Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA HSPA+, Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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 (MHL) 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 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1730 mAh 2100 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 264 h Up to 200 h Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h Up to 15 h Up to 9 h