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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 78.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Xiaomi |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 10 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2020-11-27 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.39 x 3.04 x 0.38 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 6.98 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Cool blue, Power black and Yellow |
| Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | $ 149.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 306 pixels per inch | 396 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9 | 9.09 |
| 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 | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2100mAh Li-Ion Battery | 6000mAh 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 | -- |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Poco M3 has a general score of 78.2, which is slightly better than the Galaxy S III's 74.8 general score. Both of these devices work with Android OS (Operating System), but Xiaomi Poco M3 has a newer 10 version and Galaxy S III has Android 4.3, so it provides some additional features and performance tweaks. Although Xiaomi Poco M3 is extremely newer than the Galaxy S III, it's a lot heavier and thicker.
Galaxy S III counts with a slightly better looking screen than Xiaomi Poco M3, although it has a lot lower resolution of 1280 x 720px, a way smaller screen and a bit less pixels per display inch. Xiaomi Poco M3 features just a little better processing power than Samsung Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processor, it also counts with 2 GB more RAM and a greater number of cores (and they are faster).
The Xiaomi Poco M3 features a much better camera than Galaxy S III, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Xiaomi Poco M3 also has a much larger aperture to capture better low-light captures and videos, a much larger back camera sensor shooting lot better quality pictures and videos and a lot better 48 megapixels resolution camera.
Xiaomi Poco M3 has a way bigger memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits up to 512 GB and 64 GB internal storage. Xiaomi Poco M3 has a much longer battery performance than Galaxy S III, because it has a 186% more battery size.
Xiaomi Poco M3 is not only the best phones in our current comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other phones, which makes it an easy decision.
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