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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Motorola Droid Maxx 2

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Motorola
Announced
May 2012 October 2015
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - October 2015
Colors
Blue, White Deep Sea Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network
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
4G Network
LTE (regional) LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.84% 74.21%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (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 [Similar] Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 [Similar]
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 Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio
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 Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, 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, dual-band, hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Battery
Capacity
2100 mAh 3630 mAh
Stand by
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 48 h (3G)
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