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JiaYu probably isn't a brand you've heard of, but if a 5.5" 1080p display, 3 GB RAM and a large 3050 mAh battery interests you, then you'll find this to be the best bang-for-buck smartphone available.Read more
After a week of testing the highly anticipated JiaYu S3 we have got everything together to let you know how we feel about this flagship Mediatek phone. Keep reading for the full JiaYu S3 review.Read more
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4.2 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Windows Phone 7.8Windows Phone 7.8Android 4.1
CPU clock speed1.7 GHz1.4 GHz1.4 GHz1.2 GHz
CPU cores8-coreSingle-coreSingle-coreDual-core
CPU modelMediaTek MT6572Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 APQ8055
N/A
GPU modelARM Mali-400Qualcomm Adreno 205Qualcomm Adreno 205ARM Mali-400
RAM memory3 GB512 MB512 MB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in3.7 in4.3 in4.3 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px800 x 480 px800 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS TFTAMOLEDAMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Pixel density400.0 ppi252.0 ppi217.0 ppi217.0 ppi
HDRnonono
N/A
Multi touchyesyesyesyes
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M16.7M
Dual screen support
N/A
nono
N/A
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla GlassCorning Gorilla Glass

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f
N/A
2.2 f2.6 f
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Highest video resolution
N/A
1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyesyes
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage16 GB16 GB16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
Memory card readeryesnonoyes
Maximum card storage64GB
N/A
N/A
32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDNo memory slotNo memory slotmicroSD

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • White
Black
Material
N/A
PlasticPlasticPlastic
Water resistant
N/A
nono
N/A
Shock resistant
N/A
nono
N/A

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesnono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIMMini-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.02.1 EDR2.1 EDR3.0 HS
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USB
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyesyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
NFC
N/A
nono
N/A
Charging connection
N/A
USBUSB
N/A
USB version
N/A
2.02.0
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Video output
N/A
NoNo
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Data transmissionHSDPA
N/A
HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSA-GPSGLONASSGPS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesnoyesyes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyes
N/A
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesnono
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh1450.0 mAh1830.0 mAh1650.0 mAh
Fast chargingnonono
N/A
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
335.0 h300.0 h710.0 h
Talk time
N/A
13.0 h7.0 h18.0 h
Wireless charging
N/A
nono
N/A

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