Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Nokia Lumia 530

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Nokia
Announced February 2011 May 2012 July 2014
Status Available - May 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - August 2014
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Blue, White White, Orange, Gray, Green, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
(4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 200 Mali-400MP Adreno 302
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.8 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 65.84% 59.08%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
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 1/4'' sensor size
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 560 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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 v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 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 not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery (BL-5J)
Capacity 1230 mAh 2100 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 13 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)