Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Apple Samsung
          Announced
          June 2009 May 2012
          Status
          Available - June 2009 Available - May 2012
          Colors
          Black, White Blue, White
          Form Factor
          Candybar Candybar
          Dimension
          115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
          (4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
          136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
          (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
          Weight
          135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          3G Network
          HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
          4G Network
          - LTE (regional)
          Messaging
          SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          iPhone OS 3, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
          Processor
          600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
          GPU
          PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
          RAM
          256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          8/16/32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
          External Memory
          No microSD, up to 64 GB

          Display

          Type
          TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          3.5 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          50.75% 65.84%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          No LED flash
          Features
          Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
          Video
          Yes, VGA@30fps, video geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps
          Front Camera
          No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          No Stereo FM radio with RDS
          Games
          Yes Yes + Downloadable
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
          Edge
          Yes Class 12
          3G
          HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash

          User Memory

          Internal
          8/16/32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          No microSD, up to 64 GB
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          Sensors

          Fingerprint
          fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
          Proximity Sensor
          proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
          Accelerometer Sensor
          accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
          NFC
          NFC not supported NFC supported

          Battery

          Type
          Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
          Capacity
          2100 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 300 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
          Talk Time
          Up to 12 h (2G)
          Up to 5 h (3G)
          Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)

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