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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | -- |
| 2012-05-03 | 2019-03-02 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black, Blue and White |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 9.46 |
| 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 | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A30 has a score of 79.6, which is a little bit better than Samsung Galaxy S III's general score of 74.8. The Galaxy A30 body is much newer and thinner than Samsung Galaxy S III's, although it's also heavier. Samsung Galaxy S III has a little more vivid screen than Galaxy A30, although it has a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720, a lot smaller display and a little bit lower quantity of pixels per inch of screen.
The Samsung Galaxy A30 has a superior memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has 64 GB internal storage and a SD extension slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy S III counts with a little bit better performance than Galaxy A30, because although it has an inferior number of slower cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with an additional GPU.
Samsung Galaxy A30 takes much clearer pictures and videos than Galaxy S III, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A30 also has a larger back camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors, a lot larger diafragm aperture to capture better low-light images and a camera in the back with lot more MP.
The Samsung Galaxy A30 has a much longer battery life than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a 4000mAh battery size.
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