Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 was “inspired” by Galaxy S4 Mini, but it’s thicker, wider, although it’s hard to notice the differences between them. On the other hand, the Galaxy S4 Mini received many favorable reviews from the users, who are very satisfied with the battery’s life time. In this article, we’ll compare both smartphones, to see which one is better.
Displays and designs
Galaxy Ace 3 has a small display, a 4 inch TFT capacitive smart screen with the resolution of 480×800 pixels, and the Galaxy S4 Mini has a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, and, obviously, has a bigger resolution, 540×960 pixels.
The Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 weights 115 grams, having these dimensions: 121.2×62.7×9.8 mm, while the Galaxy S4 Mini is weighting a lot less, only 107 grams, although it measures 124.6×61.3×8.9 mm.
Operating Systems and Hardware
So, the Galaxy Ace 3 features a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor + Broadcom BCM21664 chipset, having an internal memory of 4 GB, but you can expand it by p to 64 GB. On the other hand, the Galaxy S4 Mini has an internal memory of 8GB, which also is expanded, but the device has a 1.7 GHz dual core krait processor + Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 chipset.
Both smartphones are Androids, running on the Jelly Bean o.s., but the Galaxy Ace 3 is equipped with 1 GB of RAM, while on the Galaxy S4, 0.5 GB of RAM was in plus.
Camera
Most of the buyers were satisfied with the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3’s primary camera, of 5 MP (autofocus + LED flash). But, Galaxy S4 Mini’s primary camera is better, 8 MP (autofocus and LED flash). Both phones have secondary cameras, VGA – Galaxy Ace 3 and 1.9 MP – Galaxy S4 Mini.
Batteries
You’ll talk 8 hours on 3G with your friends on the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3, which has a Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery, or you’ll become more talkative and spend 12 hours on the Galaxy S4 Mini, without a break.
Prices
On amazon.com, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 costs 180 dollars, while the 4G LTE option is sold at the price of 200 dollars. The Galaxy S4 Mini costs 300 dollars and the 4G LTE variant costs 350 dollars.
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