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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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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 4.1Android 4.0
CPU clock speed1.7 GHz1.0 GHz1.0 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreDual-core
CPU modelMediaTek MT6572ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A
GPU modelARM Mali-400ARM Mali-400 MP1Qualcomm Adreno 200
RAM memory3 GB1 GB512 MB

Display

Screen size5.5 in4.0 in4.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px854 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
N/A
Pixel density400.0 ppi233.0 ppi245.0 ppi
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Number of colors
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Dual screen support
N/A
nono
Scratch resistant display
N/A
noyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.6 f
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Video recording
N/A
yesyes
Highest video resolution
N/A
1280 x 720 px640 x 480 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx0.3 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage16 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
4 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage64GB32GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
microSD

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Pink
  • White
Material
N/A
PlasticPlastic
Water resistant
N/A
nono
Shock resistant
N/A
nono

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
Gyroscope
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMMini-SIMMini-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.02.1 EDR
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USB
N/A
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBCSBC
NFC
N/A
  • no
  • yes
no
Charging connection
N/A
USBUSB
USB version
N/A
2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyes
Video output
N/A
NoNo

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSDPAHSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSGLONASSA-GPS
2G GSMyesyesyes
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
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesnoyes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
3G UMTS
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesyes
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2000.0 mAh1750.0 mAh
Fast chargingnonono
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
450.0 h618.0 h
Talk time
N/A
14.0 h7.0 h
Wireless charging
N/A
nono

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