Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 vs Apple iPhone XS Max

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Apple
Announced May 2012 March 2013 September 2018
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - September 2018
Price - - Rs. 109,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White White Frost, Black Mist Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
157.5 x 77.4 x 7.7 mm
(6.2 x 3.05 x 0.3 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 208 g (7.34 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM and e-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 12
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 320 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 64/256/512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.99 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1242 x 2688 pixels (456 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 72.15% 84.97%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, Autofocus Dual 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Drama Shot, Eraser, Sound and Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, Full HD 1080p@30fps [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [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, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR 5.0, A2DP, 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported Not 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2600 mAh -
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 350 h -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 17 h Up to 20 h (3G)