Phone Comparison - HTC Hero vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

HTC Hero
htc hero
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung
Announced June 2009 May 2012
Status Available - July 2009 Available - May 2012
Colors Brown, White (teflon coating), Graphite, Black, Pink Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
(4.41 x 2.21 x 0.57 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 528 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7200A [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 130 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 288 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory N/A 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.59% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus (via Software Update) Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, CIF@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, miniUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1350 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 440 h (2G)
Up to 750 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)