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Nokia N9 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia Samsung
Announced
June 2011 May 2012
Status
Available - September 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Glossy white Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 2.99 cc )
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (regional)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.9 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (251 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.88% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/64 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Touch-focus Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galax Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 33 Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 33 Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Call Records
Yes Practically unlimited
Internal
16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 380 h (2G)
Up to 450 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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