Samsung Galaxy Ace Vs HTC Wildfire S Comparison
Are you interested to buy an Android Phone below $270 (14,000 INR) then here is an option, go with any two of these diminutive handsets such as Samsung’s Galaxy Ace and HTC’s Wildfire S. Both these phone were released 8 to 9 months ago and got appreciation all over the world. Choose any one by knowing all the details and the decision is yours.
Samsung Galaxy Ace Vs HTC Wildfire S
Design and Display
Samsung’s Galaxy models are best and it has been proved and Ace is one in that list. It has ruled the market and it’s time to pick by you because the phone is perfect sleek enough and has 3.5 inches display for great viewing where as HTC Wildfire S is not bad as it has 3.2 inches screen. If we compare HTC with Ace then its bit light weight measuring up to 105gm and ace is 113 gm. The body of Ace measures 112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5 mm in dimensions and 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4mm measured by Wildfire S. Sharing the same Gorilla Glass display with TFT screen resolution of 320x480pixels with multi-touch input methods. Both the phones have their own UI, HTC sense 2.1 UI and TouchWiz v3.0UI with same touch sensitive controls. If you are talking about sensors such as accelerometer (auto-rotate), proximity (auto-turnoff) and digital compass than all these are luckily present in both the Smartphones.
Champion- HTC Wildfire S
Operating System
HTC
runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well as Samsung Galaxy Ace, both can be upgraded to Android 2.3.4 anytime. Before Ace was sold as Froyo 2.2 but now you can get it with upgraded version. There is nothing much to say as both are being running on same platform and both will be benefited from the enhanced multi-tasking and soft keyboard.
Champion- Both
Storage and Battery
HTC Wildfire S holds 512MB RAM and supports 32 GB micro SD card where as Samsung Galaxy Ace has only 158 MB of RAM and supports 32GB micro SD card (2GB Card free). Samsung Galaxy Ace is a 3G phone and gets powers by 1350 mAh battery with a back-up for 11 h on 2G and 6.5 h on 3G networks where as HTC uses 1230 mAh Li-Ion battery with a back up for 7 h on 2G and 6 h on 3G.
Champion- Samsung Galaxy Ace
Processor
Samsung Ace is one step ahead by faster 800 MHz ARM 11 processor on the Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset where as HTC Wildfire S is an upgraded from the original Smartphone, set on 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset. Ace is more powerful, snappier and more responsive, exactly 30 % faster than HTC Wildfire S.
Champion- Samsung Galaxy Ace
Camera
Samsung Galaxy Ace is spotted with 5MP camera with LED flash and it also includes smile and panorama shots. The screen resolution has 2592x1944pixiels and Geo-tagging. In addition, it is equipped with QVG at 15 fps but no secondary camera for video calling.
HTC Wildfire S is equipped with 5MP camera with 2592 x 1944 pixels screen resolution. It also includes LED flash and supports geo-tagging and only face detection, no other shots are available. Yes you can record video through Wildfire S featuring VGA at 24 fps only.
Samsung Ace offers more camera features and recording has better quality.
Champion- Samsung Galaxy Ace
Multimedia
HTC Wildfire S has built-in Windows Media Audio 9 that can play music formats like MP3, AAC, AMR, OGG, M4A, MID, WAV and WMA.
The AMR recording through 3.5 mm stereo audio jack and has Windows Media Video 9 for video watching. Samsung Galaxy Ace has its own music player that plays MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ formatted files and supports multi format Music player with DNSe sound enhancement, 3.5 mm jack and multi-format video player.
Both support Stereo FM Radio with RDS.
Champion- HTC Wildfire S
Connectivity
The Samsung Ace supports at 7.2 mbps connectivity through 3G HSPA and has Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, USB and Kies PC Sync data transfer options where as Users can access internet at a speed of 7.2 Mbps on the Wildfire S through 3G, GPRS at a pace of 114 kbps, Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (wifi hotspot) and EDGE at 560 kbps.
The Bluetooth connectivity of Ace is version 2.1 with A2DP where as HTC’s Bluetooth connectivity hang around version 3.0 with A2DP, EDR which seems to be better. And both supports micro USB 2.0 but Ace is bit faster.
Champion- HTC Wildfire S
Price
Both phones can be bought from online flipkart or buy from the near-by retailer by paying $260 (negotiable) for Samsung Galaxy Ace and negotiable price for HTC Wildfire S is $256.
Why to have HTC Wildfire S?
Better memory than Ace – 512MB
Better resolution movie watching – 480p @ 24fps
Higher pixel density around 10% crisp display – 180 PPI
Weigh 10% lighter – 105 gm
Why to have Samsung Galaxy Ace?
Much faster around 30% powerful processor – 800 MHz
10% thinner – 12mm
Around 80% more standby time – 267 days
50% more talk time per battery charge – 11 hrs
Large screen size – 3.5 inch
Conclusion
According to all the above features, my vote goes to Samsung Galaxy Ace because it is a smart and thin phone with awesome features including pinch gestures, 100000 Android apps from Android Market, 7.2 mbps fast data transfer, 11 hours talktime and the black color looks so sophisticated. It is business phone which allows to use word/excel/ppt documents from mobile and when you will go out with it you will feel top of the world.
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