Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Huawei P8 Lite vs Honor Note 8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei Honor
Announced May 2012 April 2015 August 2016
Status Available - May 2012 Available - May 2015 Coming Soon - August 2016
Price - Rs. 13,630 ($199.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,100 ($346.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White Various White, Gold, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
143 x 70.6 x 7.7 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.3 in)
178.8 x 90.9 x 7.2 mm
(7.04 x 3.58 x 0.28 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 131 g (4.62 oz) 219 g (7.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core 1.2 GHz, HiSilicon Kirin 620 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 955
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-450 MP Mali-T880 MP4
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 Slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 5.0 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (445 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 68.14% 73.90%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 13 MP
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash Dual-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, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p [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 HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps or LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 Slot)
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2200 mAh 4500 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - -