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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 86.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 11, 10 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2020-03-05 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black, Blue and Red |
| 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 | 6 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 9 | 9.36 |
| 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 | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 | 12.1 |
| 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 | 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 M31 has an overall score of 86.5, which is much better than the Galaxy S III's score of 74.8. Galaxy M31 is a a lot newer phone than the Galaxy S III, but it is a bit thicker and way heavier. Both devices in this comparison review come with Android OS, but Galaxy M31 has 11 version and Galaxy S III has Android 4.3 version, giving a couple nice extra features and performance improvements.
The Galaxy M31 has a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with 4 more cpu cores and 4 GB more RAM memory. The Galaxy S III counts with just a bit better display than Galaxy M31, although it has a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720px, much worse brightness, a really smaller display and a bit lower count of pixels per inch in the screen.
Galaxy M31 features a way better camera than Galaxy S III, because it has a lot larger sensor, a much better (4K) video quality, a lot larger aperture to capture better low light captures and video and a camera with a much better 64 mega-pixels resolution. The Galaxy M31 has a very superior storage capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 32 GB more internal memory.
The Galaxy M31 has a very superior battery life than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity against 2100mAh.
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