Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note III vs Nokia XL

Samsung Galaxy Note III
samsung galaxy note iii
Nokia XL
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia
Announced Expected Announcement - September 2013 February 2014
Status Rumored - Q4 2013 Available - May 2014
Colors Black, White White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm
(5.57 x 3.06 x 0.43 in)
Weight - 190 g (6.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Nokia X Software Platform 1.0 Based on Android v4.1.2 (JellyBean)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 / Exynos 5420 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Adreno 330 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB storage 4 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 64.48%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 4 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported -

Apps 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 2000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h
Talk Time - Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)