Related Articles
The smartphone race is so much more complex than the one-horse race it was the last time Apple released an “S” version two years ago. This year has been chock-a-block with new smartphones pushing the boundaries of what we can expect our phones to do, and how fast we can expect them to do it.
If you’re planning on shopping for the best and fastest new smartphone your choices will likely come down to the Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Evo 3D. To help you best sort through the pros and cons of each devices, we’ve put together a checklist of the features in each phone you should care most about.
 |
 |
 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Size (mm) Weight |
115x58x9.3 140g |
125x66x8.5 116g |
126x65x12.1 170g |
| Screen size | 3.5-inch | 4.3-inch | 4.3-inch |
| Screen tech | Retina display 960×640 |
Super AMOLED 2 800×480 |
Super LCD/3D 960×540 |
| HSPA+ | 14.4Mbps DL 5.76Mbps UL |
21Mbps DL 5.76Mbps UL |
14.4Mbps DL 5.76Mbps UL |
| Processor | Apple A5 Dual-core 1GHz |
Exynos chipset Dual-core 1.2GHz |
Qualcomm MSM8660 Dual-core 1.2GHz |
| RAM | 512MB | 1GB | 1GB |
| Storage | 16/32/64GB | 16GB | 1GB + 8GB microSD |
| Expandable memory | No | Yes | Yes |
| Camera resolution | 8-megapixel | 8-megapixel | Dual 5-megapixel |
