Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 vs HTC One S vs LG L40

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC LG
Announced February 2012 February 2012 February 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2012 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black Black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
109.4 x 59 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
Weight 122 g (4.3 oz) 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 oz) 114 g (4.02 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 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 225 -
RAM 768 MB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No -

display Display

Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors -
Size 3.8 inches 4.3 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.64% 59.98% 56.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support -
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion
Capacity 1500 mAh 1650 mAh 1700/1540 mAh
Stand by Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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