HTC Desire 530 vs Samsung Galaxy J3 Comparison and Differences

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HTC Desire 530

HTC Desire 530

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HTC Desire 530 or Samsung Galaxy J3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model HTC Desire 530 Samsung Galaxy J3
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Release date 2016, February 2015, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.9 x 70.9 x 8.3 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.79 in 142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm | 5.6 x 5.6 x 2.8 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 138 g | 4.87 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, White White, Black, Gold
Battery 2200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 349 h
Talking time - Up to 22 h
Music play - Up to 77 h
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Screen

Technology Super LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.2% 68.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 294 PPI
Screen protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.4 -8 MP, f/2.2, AF
-5 MP, f/2.2, AF - USA
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.8 2 MP (USA)
5 MP, f/2.2 (all other regions)
Video 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) or Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 (28 nm) - Spreadtrum SC9830
- Exynos 3475 Quad (28 nm) - USA
CPU - Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7
-Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - USA
GPU Adreno 304 Mali-400
Mali-T720 - USA
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5/2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 261
GeekBench 4 Single Core 388 441
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 978 1159
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 658 740

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)Nano-SIM (USA models only)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700) 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700) - USA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspotWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct, hotspot - USA version Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (market dependant) Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.0/4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.12 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
Versions
- Versions: J320FN (Europe); J320F (EMEA); J320F/DD (India); J320A (AT&T); J320P (Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Boost); Galaxy Amp Prime (Cricket); Galaxy J3 V (Verizon); J320M (LATAM); J320G (Asia). Also know

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