Phone Comparison - Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2010 March 2013 April 2013
Status Available - July 2010 Available - April 2013 Available - May 2013
Colors Black, White White Frost, Black Mist White, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 113.5 x 55 x 12.9 mm
(4.47 x 2.17 x 0.51 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
Weight 109 g (3.84 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 124 g (4.37 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 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (Dependent on Country) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Samsung S5P6422 667 MHz Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play
GPU - PowerVR SGX 544MP3 Adreno 203
RAM 256 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 5.0 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.55% 72.15% 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 + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, 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 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included 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 not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2600 mAh 1800 mAh
Stand by Up to 620 h (2G)
Up to 510 h (3G)
Up to 350 h Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)
Up to 17 h Up to 9 h