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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 83.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Sony |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 14 |
| 2012-05-03 | -- |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | -- |
| 4.69 ounces | -- |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.9 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 3840 x 1644 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 605 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 9 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 18.62 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 48.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.71 inches (1/1.4") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (120 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 12.43 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xperia 1 VI has a general score of 83.2, which is better than Galaxy S III's 74.8 score. The Xperia 1 VI is a thinner and a lot lighter cellphone than Galaxy S III. These phones come with Android OS, but the Xperia 1 VI has 14 version and Galaxy S III has Android 4.3. The Galaxy S III has a bit sharper screen than Xperia 1 VI, although it has a lot worse screen pixel density, a much lower resolution of 1280 x 720 and a lot smaller screen.
Samsung Galaxy S III features a very superior processing unit than Xperia 1 VI, because although it has lesser cpu cores (although they are faster) and 10 GB lesser RAM, it also counts with a graphics co-processor. The Xperia 1 VI shoots greater pictures and videos than Galaxy S III, because it has a way larger aperture to take better low light captures and video, a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels, a way higher (4K) video resolution and a much larger camera sensor taking way better quality videos and photos.
The Xperia 1 VI counts with a lot bigger memory to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has an external memory card slot that supports up to 1 TB and 256 GB internal memory capacity. Sony Xperia 1 VI features a much longer battery duration than Galaxy S III, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 2100mAh.
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