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Samsung Galaxy S III
LTE 2 GB RAMGT-I9305
| Global Score | |
| 74.8 | 91.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Xiaomi |
| Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 | Android 12 |
| 2012-05-03 | 2022-11-01 |
| 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches | 6.41 x 2.99 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.69 ounces | 7.32 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White | Black |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 306 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| 300 cd/m2 brightness | 900 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MT6877V (6 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | Octa-Core 2600 MHz processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Mali-G68 MC4 GPU |
| 9 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.56 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.90 MP | 200.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.60 aperture | f/1.70 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 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 13.97 |
| 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 | 4300mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 580 hours standby time 16 hours talk time | -- |
| 4 | 6.16 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer is a lot better than Samsung Galaxy S III, getting a 91.5 score against 74.8. Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer is a much newer phone than Samsung Galaxy S III, although it is a lot heavier and just a little thicker. Both devices we are comparing here use Android operating system, but the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer has the newer 12 version and Samsung Galaxy S III has Android 4.3, providing you a lot of extra features and a performance increase.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer has just a bit better performance than Galaxy S III, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a higher number of cores and a greater amount of RAM memory. Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer features a little sharper display than Galaxy S III, because it has a lot better 1080 x 2400 resolution, much more brightness, a much larger display and a greater quantity of pixels per inch in the display.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer has a very superior camera than Galaxy S III, because it has a way larger camera aperture, a back camera with way more mega pixels, a way better video definition and a much larger back camera sensor. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer features a superior memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy S III, because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 224 GB more internal storage.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Explorer features a way better battery life than Samsung Galaxy S III, because it has 4300mAh of battery capacity instead of 2100mAh.
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