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Nokia Lumia 630
Dual SIMSamsung Galaxy S III mini
16 GBGT-I8190
| Global Score | |
| 55.8 | 60.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Samsung |
| Windows Phone 8.1 | Android 4.1.2, 4.1.1 |
| 2014-04-02 | 2012-10-11 |
| 5.10 x 2.63 x 0.36 inches | 4.78 x 2.48 x 0.39 inches |
| 4.73 ounces | 4.23 ounces |
| Black, Green, White and Yellow | Blue and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 160.00 | $ 145.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.5 inches | 4 inches |
| 480 x 854 pixels | 480 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 218 pixels per inch | 233 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset | STE U8420 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor |
| 512 MB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Adreno 305 (450 MHz) GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP1 (320 MHz) GPU |
| 8.28 | 7.83 |
| Storage | |
| 8 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.62 | 5.72 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.25 inches (1/4") sensor | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 7.15 | 6.71 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Micro SIM, Dual SIM | SIM |
| 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1830mAh Battery | 1500mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 648 hours standby time 17.4 hours talk time | 460 hours standby time 14.2 hours talk time |
| 3.68 | 3.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy S III mini is just a bit better than the Lumia 630, getting a global score of 60.9 against 55.8. Samsung Galaxy S III mini counts with Android 4.1.2 operating system, and Lumia 630 counts with Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. Samsung Galaxy S III mini is an older and just a little thicker cellphone than Lumia 630, but Samsung could make it somewhat lighter anyway.
Galaxy S III mini counts with a screen that is just as good as the Nokia Lumia 630 one, because although the Galaxy S III mini has a little bit lower 800 x 480 resolution and a quite smaller display, it also counts with a bit greater pixels amount in each screen inch. The Lumia 630 counts with a bit faster CPU than Galaxy S III mini, because although it has 512 MB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a better GPU and a larger number of cores.
The Lumia 630 shoots a little bit better photographs and videos than Galaxy S III mini. They have a 5 mega pixels resolution back camera, the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same (HD) video quality. The Galaxy S III mini counts with a slightly bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Nokia Lumia 630, because although it has a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 32 GB against 128 GB, it also counts with 16 GB internal memory capacity.
The Nokia Lumia 630 counts with greater battery life than Samsung Galaxy S III mini, because it has 1830mAh of battery capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy S III mini is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also the cheapest one, which makes this phone an easy choice.
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