Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Huawei Ascend G510 vs HTC Desire Z

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei HTC
Announced May 2012 January 2013 September 2010
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013 Available - November 2010
Colors Blue, White Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
134 x 64.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.28 x 2.55 x 0.39 in)
119 x 60.4 x 14.2 mm
(4.69 x 2.38 x 0.56 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
4G Network LTE (regional) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon 800 MHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM7230
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 203 Adreno 205
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB 1.5 GB;
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.5 inches 3.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 64.19% 54.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1940 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Class 32
Edge Class 12 Yes Class 32
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP, EDR Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 1.5 GB; 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1700 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 340 h Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 430 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 6 h Up to 9 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)