Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 vs Samsung Galaxy 551

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced May 2012 January 2013 October 2010
Status Available - May 2012 Available - March 2013 Available - Q4 2010
Colors Blue, White Gray 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)
130.5 x 67.7 x 12 mm
(5.14 x 2.67 x 0.47 in)
111 x 55 x 15.2 mm
(4.37 x 2.17 x 0.6 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 148.5 g (5.22.0.18 oz) 117 g (4.13 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1 GHz 600 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227
GPU Mali-400MP - Adreno 200
RAM 1 GB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB storage 160 MB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.0 inches 3.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 51.65% 47.59%
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 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus,
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p Yes, QVGA@15fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 12 Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, 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, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 160 MB
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 1 GB included
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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1700 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 570 h Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - Up to 9 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)