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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Motorola DROID Maxx

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Motorola
Announced
May 2012 July 2013
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - August 2013
Colors
Blue, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
137.5 x 71.2 x 8.5 mm
(5.41 x 2.8 x 0.33 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE (regional) LTE 700 MHz Class 13
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.84% 70.26%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 600 h
Talk Time
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 48 h
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