Which smartphone is the ideal purchase for consumers? We pit the Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo against the HTC Desire 700 to see which is better.

For the design and display, the HTC Desire 700 has a 5 inches model display that has 16 M colors, and a pixel density of 220ppi, which brings out a nice visual image. It comes with the HTC Sense 5.0 user interface which is paired up with the Android Jelly Bean operating system.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo has a Super AMOLED display model measuring 4.8 inches, which renders a screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, and a pixel density of 306ppi.

In terms of hardware, camera, and battery specs, the HTC Desire 700 is equipped with a quad core processor working at 1.2 GHz (Cortex A7) that is paired up with a Spreadtrum Shark chipset. It supports 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage capacity (if users choose to use a microSD card, they can expand this memory by up to 64 GB). The smartphone has an 8 MP camera that holds features like: geo tagging, autofocus and LED flash and 2.1 MP front-facing.

Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo is a quad core paired up with the Snapdragon 400 chipset from Qualcomm. The smartphone supports 1.5 GB of RAM and the internal memory can be expandable by up to 64 GB with the help of a microSD card. The primary camera has 8 MP, while the secondary camera has 1.9 MP. The battery unit is a Li-Ion model with a capacity of 2100 mAh.

The HTC’s Desire 700 cost $245.99, while the Samsung’s Galaxy S3 Neo is around $293.39.

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