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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 78.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Sony |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2012-05-03 | 2018-08-24 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.18 x 2.95 x 0.38 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 7.23 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | 16 777 216 |
| Plastic | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 306 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 SDM630 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 508 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 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 23.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 10.34 |
| 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 | 3580mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 5.52 |
| 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, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Sony Xperia XA2 Plus has a score of 78.6, which is a bit better than Galaxy S III's 74.8 overall score. Sony Xperia XA2 Plus's design is notably newer than Galaxy S III's, although it's somewhat thicker and notably heavier. Both devices in our current comparison include Android OS (operating system), but Sony Xperia XA2 Plus has a more recent 8.0 Oreo version while Galaxy S III has Android 4.3 version.
Galaxy S III counts with a bit more vivid screen than Sony Xperia XA2 Plus, although it has a much smaller display, way less brightness, a quite worse screen pixel density and a way lower 1280 x 720px resolution. The Sony Xperia XA2 Plus counts with just a bit better performance than Samsung Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a larger number of cores (and also faster) and more RAM.
Sony Xperia XA2 Plus features a way better camera than Galaxy S III, because it has a camera in the back with much more megapixels, a way bigger back camera sensor which provides a lot better image and video quality, a much larger aperture to capture better low-light photos and videos and a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
The Sony Xperia XA2 Plus has a much better memory capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy S III, because it has 64 GB internal storage and a SD card slot that allows a maximum of 400 GB. The Xperia XA2 Plus counts with a very superior battery performance than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a 3580mAh battery capacity against 2100mAh.
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