Phone Comparison - HTC Desire 500 vs Asus Zenfone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)

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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Asus Samsung
Announced July 2013 January 2014 November 2015
Status Available - September 2013 Available - June 2014 Available - January 2016
Price - - Rs. 7,990 ($117.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White, Red, Blue, Gold White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
148.2 x 72.8 x 5.5-10.3
(5.83 x 2.87 x 0.22-0.41)
142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J320F, J3109
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J320F
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.17 W/kg (head)
1.12 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.48 W/kg (head)
0.42 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Dual-core 2.0 GHz / Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Intel Atom Z2580/Z2560 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830A
GPU Adreno 203 PowerVR SGX544MP2 Mali-400MP2
RAM 1 GB 1/2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8/16 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.67% 63.76% 68.09%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM Radio FM radio, RDS, recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes 1080p@30fps (J3109), 720p@30fps (J320P)
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP - J3109
2 MP - J320P [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent)
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1/2 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 2110 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 353 h (3G) Up to 349 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 18 h 30 min (3G) Up to 22 h