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HTC Desire 500 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
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4.2 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.1Android 4.3Android 4.1
CPU clock speed1.2 GHz1.4 GHz1.0 GHz
CPU coresQuad-coreQuad-coreDual-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8225QSamsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 203ARM Mali-400ARM Mali-400 MP1
RAM memory1 GB
  • 1 GB
  • 2 GB
1 GB

Display

Screen size4.3 in4.8 in4.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution800 x 480 px1280 x 720 px800 x 480 px
TechnologyTN TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density217.0 ppi306.0 ppi233.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
Scratch resistant displaynoyesno
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/3.2"
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.6 f2.6 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyes
N/A
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Smile detectionyesyesyes
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes

Front camera

Primary resolution1.6 Mpx1.9 Mpx0.3 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage4 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage64GB64GB32GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Titanium
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • White
MaterialPlasticPlasticPlastic
Water resistantnonono
Shock resistantnonono

Dimensions

Height5.19 in5.38 in4.78 in
Width2.63 in2.78 in2.48 in
Depth0.39 in0.34 in0.39 in
Weight4.34 oz4.69 oz3.95 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital compass
N/A
N/A
yes

Other features

FM radioyesyesyes
IR
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMicro-SIMMini-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.04.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HSP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
NFCnoyes
  • no
  • yes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputNoMHLNo
Bluetooth codec
N/A
  • AAC
  • aptX
  • SBC
SBC
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSDPA
  • DC-HSDPA
  • HSPA+
HSPA+
Navigation systemA-GPSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
4G LTEno
  • no
  • yes
no
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • Regional
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesyes
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity1800.0 mAh2100.0 mAh2000.0 mAh
Standby time435.0 h830.0 h450.0 h
Talk time12.0 h22.0 h14.0 h
Fast chargingnonono
Wireless charging nonono

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