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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 82 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | -- |
| 2012-05-03 | 2018-10-26 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 6.84 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black, Blue, Red, Rose gold, White and Yellow |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 749.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 1792 x 828 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 306 pixels per inch | 324 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.56 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2942mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone XR is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy S III, with a overall score of 82 against 74.8. IPhone XR is a newer and a little bit thinner cellphone than Samsung Galaxy S III, although it's also much heavier. Galaxy S III features a bit more vivid display than iPhone XR, although it has much worse brightness, a way smaller display, a bit lower pixels quantity in each inch of display and a lot lower 1280 x 720px resolution.
IPhone XR has a more powerful processing unit than Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor, it also counts with a 64-bit processor, a greater amount of RAM memory and a higher number of cores. The iPhone XR features a much better camera than Galaxy S III, because it has a way better video resolution, a much bigger camera aperture to take better low light photography and video, a much more mega-pixels camera and a bigger sensor capturing better quality photographs.
IPhone XR features a little bit better memory to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S III, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 64 GB internal memory. The iPhone XR has a much better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a 40 percent greater battery size.
Although iPhone XR is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Galaxy S III, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as Galaxy S III. So if you need that extra features, you can buy iPhone XR, but if you don't you can save some money and get the Galaxy S III, resigning a couple features and specifications.
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