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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 96.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Sony |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 11 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2021-12-10 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.54 x 2.83 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 7.80 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Frosted Black |
| Plastic | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 3840 x 1644 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 643 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 9.2 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Kryo 680 Prime, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 9 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 22.92 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (120 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 10.23 |
| 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 | 4500mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| 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 Sony Xperia PRO-I has a global score of 96.3, which is much better than the Galaxy S III's 74.8 score. Both of these phones include Android OS (Operating System), but the Sony Xperia PRO-I has the newer 11 version and Galaxy S III has Android 4.3, so it provides a lot of extra features. The Sony Xperia PRO-I design is newer, but a little bit thicker and a lot heavier than the Galaxy S III.
Xperia PRO-I has a little sharper display than Galaxy S III, because it has a way better screen pixel density, a much better 1644 x 3840 resolution and a way bigger display. Sony Xperia PRO-I has much more memory capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy S III, because it has an external memory slot that admits a maximum of 1 TB and 480 GB more internal storage.
The Sony Xperia PRO-I has a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processor, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores and 10 GB more RAM memory. Sony Xperia PRO-I captures much clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy S III, because it has a bigger sensor taking better quality videos and photos, a back facing camera with lot more mega-pixels, a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a much larger aperture.
Xperia PRO-I counts with a much longer battery duration than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity.
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