Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs LG Optimus G E970 vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 S7582

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Samsung
Announced May 2012 September 2012 November 2013
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - November 2013
Colors Blue, White Black White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
130.8 x 71.6 x 8.4 mm
(5.15 x 2.82 x 0.33 in)
121.5 x 63.1 x 10.57 mm
(4.78 x 2.48 x 0.42 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 147.1 g (5.19.0.04 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0.x (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1.1 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9615/APQ8064 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Broadcom BCM21664
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 320 Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 4 GB (1.9 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB, 16 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, PLS
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.7 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 66.97% 59.52%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, S-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB (1.9 GB user available), 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB, 16 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported 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-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 2100 mAh 2100 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 324 h Up to 280 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 10 h Up to 8 h (3G)