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Huawei Honor 3C Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor 3C
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S3
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S5
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The Honor 3C by Huawei may be cheap at £110, but it lacks 4G and comes with the ancient Android Jelly Bean, making it a poor choice even at that price.Read more
5 inches of HD, quad-core Android phone for just £110Read more
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4.7 out of 5
11 user ratings
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4 stars
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4.1 out of 5
13 user ratings
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40
4.1 out of 5
40 user ratings
5 stars
42 %
4 stars
30 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
2 %
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4.3 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
38 user ratings
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.2Android 4.3Android 4.4
CPU clock speed1.3 GHz1.4 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU coresQuad-coreQuad-coreQuad-core
CPU modelMediaTek MT6582Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3
GPU modelARM Mali-400ARM Mali-400Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory2 GB
  • 1 GB
  • 2 GB
2 GB

Display

Screen size5.0 in4.8 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS LCD
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density294.0 ppi306.0 ppi432.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonoyes
Scratch resistant displaynoyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.6 f2.2 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps60.0 fps
Burst Mode
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx1.9 Mpx2.1 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage8 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage32GB64GB128GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Titanium
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Silver
  • Turquoise
  • White
  • Yellow
MaterialPlasticPlasticPlastic
Water resistantnonoyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.49 in5.38 in5.59 in
Width2.81 in2.78 in2.85 in
Depth0.36 in0.34 in0.32 in
Weight4.94 oz4.69 oz5.11 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyes
N/A
yes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
N/A
yes
Pedometer
N/A
N/A
yes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.04.0
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HSP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • AAC
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
NFCnoyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
3.0/3.1
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBMicro-USB
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputNoMHLMHL

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
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSDPA
  • DC-HSDPA
  • HSPA+
HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
4G LTEno
  • no
  • yes
yes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • Regional
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
CDMA frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2000 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • Regional
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesyes
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity2300.0 mAh2100.0 mAh2800.0 mAh
Fast chargingnonoyes
Wireless charging nonoyes
Standby time
N/A
830.0 h390.0 h
Talk time
N/A
22.0 h21.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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