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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 79.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Asus |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 14 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2024-01-08 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.45 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 7.94 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Phantom Black and Rebel Grey |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | 2500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (3 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 9 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.56 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 12.54 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5500mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 7.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Asus ROG Phone 8 is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy S III, with a 79.5 score against 74.8. Both of these devices come with Android OS, but the Asus ROG Phone 8 has newer 14 version and Samsung Galaxy S III has Android 4.3 version, so it provides you a couple nice extra features. The Asus ROG Phone 8 body is extremely newer, but heavier and just a bit thicker than the Samsung Galaxy S III.
The Asus ROG Phone 8 has a much better screen than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a lot larger screen, a way brighter display, a way better resolution of 1080 x 2400px and a better screen pixel density. The Galaxy S III counts with a much better hardware performance than Asus ROG Phone 8, because although it has lesser cores (although they are faster) and less RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processor.
Asus ROG Phone 8 features a much better storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy S III, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with more internal memory. Asus ROG Phone 8 takes much clearer pictures and videos than Galaxy S III, because it has a camera in the back with way more mega-pixels, a way larger back-facing camera sensor taking much better quality videos and pictures, a way larger aperture to capture better captures and videos in low-light environments and a lot better 7680x4320 video definition.
The Asus ROG Phone 8 counts with a very superior battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has 5500mAh of battery capacity.
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