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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 84.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2020-03-23 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Midnight blue and Raven black |
| Plastic | Plastic and 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 | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 11.55 |
| 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 | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M21 is much better than the Samsung Galaxy S III, having a overall score of 84.1 against 74.8. Both phones in this review come with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy M21 has 11 version and Samsung Galaxy S III has Android 4.3 version, counting with some nice extra features and increased performance. The Galaxy M21 body is much newer than the Samsung Galaxy S III's, but it's a little bit thicker and much heavier.
The Samsung Galaxy M21 features a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and a higher number of cores. The Galaxy S III counts with a bit more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy M21, although it has a lot worse resolution of 1280 x 720px, way less brightness, a bit worse count of pixels per display inch and a much smaller display.
Galaxy M21 counts with a lot bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Galaxy S III, because it has 64 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy M21 captures much better photos and videos than Galaxy S III, because it has a way larger diafragm aperture to capture better low light captures, a much higher 48 mega pixels resolution camera, a way larger back-facing camera sensor providing a way higher image quality and a lot better video definition.
The Galaxy M21 features a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a 6000mAh battery size.
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