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Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 64GB

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Rs. 21,549
(Discontinued)

 

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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S3

1 GB RAM

Samsung

1 GB RAM

Display

4.6" (11.68 cm)

720x1280 px (HD)

4.8" (12.19 cm)

720x1280 px (HD)

Rear Camera

12.1 MP

Single Camera

8 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

1.9 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1900 mAh

4 talktime (3G)

2100 mAh

Storage

16 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

64 GB

64 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.1/5 based on 245 ratings

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★★★★★

3/5 based on 1 ratings

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Sony Xperia Ion LTE is permanently discontinued.
Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 64GB is permanently discontinued.
General
Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Custom UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

Samsung

CPU

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Quad core, 1.4 GHz, Cortex A9

Graphics

Adreno 220

Mali-400 MP4

RAM

1 GB

1 GB

Display
Display Type

LCD

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

4.6 " (11.68 cm)

4.8 " (12.19 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

720x1280 px (HD)

Pixel Density

319 ppi

306 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

64.46 %

65.71 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v2

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Design
Size Compare
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Dimensions

Height: 133 mm
Width: 68 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm

Height: 136.6 mm
Width: 70.6 mm
Thickness: 8.60 mm

Weight

144 grams

133 grams

Colours

Black

Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Red, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

12.1 MP, Primary Camera

8 MP, Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization

Digital Zoom
Face detection
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Smile detection

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
1280x720 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

0.3 MP, Primary Camera

1.9 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Battery
Capacity

1900 mAh

2100 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4(3G) / Up to 10(2G)

Standby time

Up to 350(3G) / Up to 400(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

16 GB

64 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 64 GB

USB OTG

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 4G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

4G Bands:
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓
3G Speed:
HSPA , EV-DO category Rev.A
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 800 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 21 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE:
Class 12

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v4

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

HDMI

Mobile High-Definition Link(MHL)

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

, RDS

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Applications

ANT+ support, Document Viewer

Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Adobe Flash support