Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S III T999 vs Asus Google Nexus 7 vs BLU Vivo 4.8 HD

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Asus BLU
Announced June 2012 June 2012 January 2014
Status Available - June 2012 Available - July 2012 Available - January 2014
Colors Pebble blue, Marble white Black White, Black, Pink, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
198.5 x 120 x 10.5 mm
(7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 in)
137 x 70 x 6.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.76 x 0.27 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 1900 - D940a
HSDPA 850 / 2100 - D940i
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.1.2 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6589T
GPU Adreno 225 ULP GeForce PowerVR SGX544
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32 GB storage 16 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 7.0 inches 4.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 59.45% 66.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio TBD No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 1.2 MP 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Video-calling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Face And Smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps No Yes
Edge Class 12 No Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Yes, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 1GB RAM 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No No
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 4325 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) 300 h Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 590 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 10 h Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 12 h (3G)