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Apple iPhone 3GS
32 GBHTC Desire 510
Cricket| Global Score | |
| 53.5 | 58.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | HTC |
| iOS 6.1, 6, 5.1, 5, 4.x, 3.x | Android 4.4 |
| 2009-06-08 | 2014-08-26 |
| 4.50 x 2.40 x 0.48 inches | 5.51 x 2.75 x 0.39 inches |
| 4.76 ounces | 5.57 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Blue, Gray and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 170.00 | $ 150.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 3.5 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 320 x 480 pixels | 480 x 854 pixels |
| LCD | -- |
| 165 pixels per inch | 208 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.9 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 chipset |
| Single-Core 600 MHz processor | 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 256 MB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX 535 GPU GPU | Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU |
| 7.02 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 5.62 |
| Camera | |
| 3.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP |
| 640 x 480 (30 fps) (VGA) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 5.61 | 5.83 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM | HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, GSM and CDMA |
| SIM | Micro SIM |
| 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1219mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2100mAh Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 300 hours standby time 12 hours talk time | 17.2 hours talk time |
| 2.88 | 4 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The HTC Desire 510 is a bit better than the iPhone 3GS, with a general score of 58.8 against 53.5. The HTC Desire 510 comes with Android 4.4 OS, and iPhone 3GS works with iOS 6.1 OS. The HTC Desire 510 construction is newer and somewhat thinner than iPhone 3GS's, but it's heavier. HTC Desire 510 has a bit more vivid screen than Apple iPhone 3GS, because it has a lot larger display, a greater display pixels density and a much higher resolution of 854 x 480px.
HTC Desire 510 counts with an extremely better processing unit than iPhone 3GS, because it has an extra GPU, more RAM, more CPU cores and a 64-bit processor. Apple iPhone 3GS counts with a little bit more storage to store more games and applications than HTC Desire 510, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 32 GB internal memory capacity.
The HTC Desire 510 has a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 3GS, because it has 2100mAh of battery capacity instead of 1219mAh. HTC Desire 510 takes slightly better videos and photos than iPhone 3GS, because it has a camera in the back with lot more mega pixels and a way higher video quality.
Despite of being the best phone between the ones we are comparing, HTC Desire 510 is also cheaper.
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