Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Samsung Galaxy S III I747 vs LG Motion 4G MS770

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung LG
Announced June 2008 June 2012 August 2012
Status Discontinued Available - July 2012 Available - August 2012
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Pebble blue, Marble white Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
111 x 61 x 11.7 mm
(4.37 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 134 g (4.73 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 LTE 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960L Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR MBX Adreno 225 Adreno 225
RAM 128 MB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 16 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.8 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 65.84% 53.76%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No TBD No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
Flash No 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, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps No
Edge Yes Class 12 No
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL EV-DO Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - 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
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 300 h (3G) Up to 290 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 8 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 5 h 25 min