HTC Desire 526 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Comparison and Differences

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HTC Desire 526

HTC Desire 526

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HTC Desire 526 or Samsung Galaxy S3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC Desire 526 Samsung Galaxy S3
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Release date 2015, July 2012, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 140 x 70 x 9.9 mm | 5.51 x 5.51 x 2.76 in 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.78 in
Weight 156 g | 5.5 oz 133 g | 4.69 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur
Battery 2000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.7" in 4.8" in
Screen area 60.9 cm2 63.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 62.1% 65.9%
Screen resolution 540 x 960 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 234 PPI 306 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.2 -8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3'', AF
Functions LED flash LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 1.9 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 1.9 MP, f/2.6
Video 720p 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop); Sense 7 UI Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3 (Jelly Bean); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (28 nm) - Exynos 4412 Quad (32 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 304 Mali-400MP4
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 60
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 117
GeekBench 4 Single Core 505
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1253
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 726
GeekBench 4 Battery 787

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 - USA
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 13(700) - USA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.55 W/kg (head)     1.49 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.21 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

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