For readers who are considering buying the HTC Desire 300 or the Samsung Galaxy S3, here is a specs and price comparison in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The HTC Desire 300 comes with a 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution.

The HTC Desire 300 comes with 131.8 x 66.2 x 10.1 mm dimensions and weighs 120 grams. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm dimensions and weighs 133 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The HTC Desire 300 is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core cortex A5 processor and Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play chipset. It comes with 4 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 32 GB.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is equipped with a 1.4 GHz quad core cortex A9 processor and Exynos 4412 Quad chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The HTC Desire 300 runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system and has 512 MB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy S3 runs on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which can be upgraded to the Jelly Bean version. The device has 1 GB of RAM.

Camera

The HTC Desire 300 sports a 5 MP primary camera with autofocus and the secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera. The Samsung Galaxy S3 sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.9 MP.

Battery

The HTC Desire 300 comes with a Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 11 hours on 3G. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 11 hours and 40 minutes on 3G.

Price in Australia

The HTC Desire 300 is priced at around AU $199.95. The Samsung Galaxy S3 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $359.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $419.95 in Australia.

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