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Sony Xperia S vs Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 64GB

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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S3

1 GB RAM

Samsung

1 GB RAM

Display

4.3" (10.92 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

1.3 MP

Single Camera

1.9 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1750 mAh

8.5 h talktime (3G)

2100 mAh

Storage

32 GB

Non Expandable

64 GB

64 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.5/5 based on 682 ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3/5 based on 1 ratings

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

Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Android v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Custom UI

Timescape UI

TouchWiz UI

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

Samsung

CPU

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Scorpion

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

4.3 " (10.92 cm)

4.8 " (12.19 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

720x1280 px (HD)

Pixel Density

342 ppi

306 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

62.08 %

65.71 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v2

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Design
Size Compare
Size Compare
Dimensions

Height: 128 mm
Width: 64 mm
Thickness: 10.60 mm

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

Weight

144 grams

133 grams

Colours

Black, Silver, White

Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Red, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

12.1 MP, Primary Camera

8 MP, Primary Camera

Sensor

CMOS image sensor, Exmor-R CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

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

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

1.9 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Battery
Capacity

1750 mAh

2100 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

Removable

No

TalkTime

Up to 8.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 7.5 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 420 Hours(3G) / Up to 450 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

32 GB

64 GB

Expandable Memory

No

, Up to 64 GB

USB OTG

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Micro

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

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

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

SIM 1

3G Bands:
UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.8 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
86 kbps
EDGE:
236.8 kbps

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

SAR Value

Head: 1.3 W/kg, Body: 1.07 W/kg

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, Glonass

with A-GPS, Glonass

NFC

USB Connectivity

USB 2.0, Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB, microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

HDMI

Mobile High-Definition Link(MHL)

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS, Stereo FM

, RDS

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Applications

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