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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 85 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2012-05-03 | 2019-06-18 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.11 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Midnight blue and Seawater blue |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 306 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SM6150 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 612 GPU |
| 9 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 32.00 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 | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.78 |
| 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 |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| 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 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M40 has a general score of 85, which is much better than Samsung Galaxy S III's general score of 74.8. These phones have Android OS, but Galaxy M40 has 10 version and Samsung Galaxy S III has Android 4.3 version, providing some nice extra features and optimized performance. The Galaxy M40 is a much newer and a bit thinner device than Samsung Galaxy S III, although it's notably heavier.
The Galaxy S III counts with a slightly better looking screen than Galaxy M40, although it has a lot lower resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, a lot lower quantity of pixels per display inch and a really smaller screen. The Samsung Galaxy M40 counts with a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy S III, because it has 128 GB internal memory and an external SD slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy M40 has a little faster processor than Samsung Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have a graphics co-processor, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores and a higher amount of RAM. Galaxy M40 features a very superior battery duration than Galaxy S III, because it has 3500mAh of battery capacity.
Galaxy M40 counts with a lot better camera than Galaxy S III, because it has a way bigger aperture to capture better photos and video in low light environments, a back camera with a much higher 32 mega pixels resolution, a way higher 3840x2160 video quality and a larger back-facing camera sensor which offers a better image and video quality.
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