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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 10, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-05-03 | 2018-06-28 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.27 x 2.98 x 0.32 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 6.24 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black, Blue, Gold and Pink |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | 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 | Adreno 506 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 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm 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 and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3500mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 5.44 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy J8 is slightly better than the Samsung Galaxy S III, with a 76.7 score against 74.8. Both of these devices come with Android operating system, but the Galaxy J8 has the newer 10 version while Samsung Galaxy S III has Android 4.3, providing some extra features and performance tweaks. The Galaxy J8 is a incredibly newer and a little thinner phone than the Samsung Galaxy S III, although it's notably heavier.
Samsung Galaxy S III counts with a sharper screen than Galaxy J8, because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1280 x 720px and a lot smaller display, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch in the screen. The Galaxy S III has a bit better CPU than Galaxy J8, because although it has a lower amount of RAM memory and an inferior number of cores and they are also slower, it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit.
Galaxy J8 features a superior camera than Samsung Galaxy S III, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video definition, the Galaxy J8 also has a lot larger camera aperture for better images in poorly lited situations, a back camera with a much higher resolution and a bigger sensor taking better quality videos and photographs.
The Samsung Galaxy J8 counts with a much better storage to install applications and games than Galaxy S III, because it has more internal storage capacity and an external SD slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB. Galaxy J8 counts with a really longer battery life than Galaxy S III, because it has 3500mAh of battery capacity.
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