Phone Comparison - HTC ThunderBolt 4G vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Apple iPhone SE

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Apple
Announced January 2011 May 2012 March 2016
Status Available - March 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - March 2016
Price - - Rs. 21,499 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Blue, White Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122 x 66 x 13 mm
(4.8 x 2.6 x 0.51 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
Weight 164 g (5.78 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) -
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iOS 9.3
Processor 1GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister, Apple A9
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400MP PowerVR GT7600
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 16/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 32GB included microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.8 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.34% 65.84% 60.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.2, 29mm, 1/3" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge No Class 12 Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 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 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go v2.0, Reversible Connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 32GB included microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 2100 mAh 1642 mAh
Stand by Up to 330 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -