Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 3G vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Nokia Lumia 1020

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Nokia
Announced June 2008 May 2012 July 2013
Status Discontinued Available - May 2012 Available - July 2013
Colors Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Blue, White Black, White, Yellow
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)
130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
(5.13 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
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, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
GPU PowerVR MBX Mali-400MP Adreno 225
RAM 128 MB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack Display, Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.8 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 768 x 1280 pixels (332 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.75% 65.84% 61.80%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels)
Flash No LED flash Xenon Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Carl Zeiss optics, Auto Focus, 1/1.2' Sensor Size, ND Filter, Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Optical Zoom, Panorama
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Class 12 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 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, UPnP technology
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
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 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG - Supported 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery, Wireless Charging Supported via Cover
Capacity 2100 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 384 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 19 h 6 min (2G)
Up to 13 h 18 min (3G)