Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs LG Optimus G LS970 vs Motorola Droid Turbo 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung LG Motorola
Announced May 2012 October 2012 October 2015
Status Available - May 2012 Available - Q4 2012 Available - October 2015
Price - - Rs. 33,000 ($485.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White Black Black/Soft-Grip, Black/Pebble Leather, Gray/Ballistic Nylon, Win
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
131.9 x 68.9 x 8.5 mm
(5.19 x 2.71 x 0.33 in)
149.9 x 78 x 9.2 mm
(5.9 x 3.07 x 0.36 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 144.9 g (5.08.0.32 oz) 170.1 g (6.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 1900
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE 1900 LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Qualcomm APQ8064, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 320 Adreno 430
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS + LCD capacitive touchscreen P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Shatterproof
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.7 inches 5.4 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (318 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (540 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 69.01% 69.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS - No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4320x3240 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash 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, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP [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 Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSPA HSPA, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 200 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2100 mAh 3760 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 13 h Up to 48 h (3G)