Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Nokia Lumia 635 vs HTC Desire 626 (USA)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia HTC
Announced May 2012 April 2014 July 2015
Status Available - May 2012 Available - May 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - - Rs. 8,516 ($124.95) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White Orange, Yellow, White, Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
129.5 x 66.7 x 9.2 mm
(5.1 x 2.63 x 0.36 in)
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Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 134 g (4.73 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 305 Adreno 304
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 64.43% -
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 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 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 Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [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 HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, 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 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 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 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
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 not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1830 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 648 h -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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