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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy S4 CDMA

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
May 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - May 2013
Colors
Blue, White White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
136.7 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
Weight
133 g (4.69 oz) 130.1 g (4.59.0.04 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network
LTE (regional) LTE 700 MHz Class 13 1700 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.84% 72.30%
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] Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 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, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [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 Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, 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/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion 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 11 h
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