Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 vs HTC Desire 530

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung HTC
Announced May 2012 April 2013 February 2016
Status Available - May 2012 Available - May 2013 Coming soon
Price - - Rs. 12,990 ($191.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White White, Blue Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
129.3 x 67.6 x 8.95 mm
(5.09 x 2.66 x 0.35 in)
146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3 mm
(5.78 x 2.79 x 0.33 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625 Snapdragon S4 Play Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 203 Adreno 304
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available) 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.3 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 60.19% 66.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 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, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, f/2.4, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.8 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 v4.1, 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, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4.45 GB User Available), 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)
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 Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1800 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 300 h -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 9 h -