Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE: Battle of Android Giants

The new Samsung Galaxy S3 packs a number of special features, like Smart Stay, Direct Call, Smart Alert, Social Tag and S Voice. The Smart Stay feature allows the phone to stay awake when it senses a user is looking at it. The Direct Call feature seems to be quite interesting - if the user is reading a message and would like to talk to the sender, he/she need only lift the phone to his/her ear and the Galaxy S3 will dial the number automatically. Finally, the phone also features Near Field Communication technology (NFC), which can be used to share the content by just tapping the devices together.

On the other hand, the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE is Verizon's latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich ICS)) smartphone and the third member of HTC Droid Incredible family comes with built-in Beats Audio.

Check out how the smartphones stack up:

Display: The Galaxy S3 flaunts a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The 4.8in screen incorporates Corning Gorilla Glass 2 which is 20 percent thinner and provides better touch responsiveness. Also, it includes the TouchWiz 4.0 User Interface (UI), which offers visual improvements and gesture-based functionality. In comparison, the Droid Incredible 4G LTE comes with an S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. The 4.0in screen includes Corning Gorilla Glass and HTC Sense UI 4.0.

Processor: The Galaxy S3 is powered by a 1.4GHz Cortex-A9 quad-core CPU and Exynos 4212 quad chipset. It includes Mali 400MP GPU which offers complete graphics acceleration, minimises heat dissipation and maximises battery life. In contrast, the Droid Incredible 4G LTE is powered by a 1.2GHz Krait dual-core CPU and Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. Both devices have 1GB of RAM.

Camera: Both the Galaxy S3 and the Droid Incredible 4G LTE boast an eight megapixel rear-facing camera featuring auto-focus, LED flash, geo-tagging and face and smile detection and both devices offer video recording of 1080p. The Galaxy S3 contains a front-facing camera of 1.9 megapixels while the Droid Incredible 4G LTE comes with a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera.

Operating System: The Galaxy S3 runs on Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)). The Droid Incredible 4G LTE runs on Android 4.0.

Storage: The new Samsung smartphone has three internal storage options - 16/32/64GB - although the latter is not yet available. In comparison, the HTC smartphone has 8GB of internal storage. Both devices support microSD cards.

Connectivity: Both the Samsung and HTC smartphones features Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot. The smartphones support Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology.

Battery: The Samsung Galaxy S3 packs a Li-Ion 2100mAh standard battery. The HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE comes with a Li-Ion 1700mAh standard battery.