Phone Comparison - Lenovo K3 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Max vs Lenovo K3 Note

general General Info

Manufacturer Lenovo Samsung Lenovo
Announced December 2014 January 2015 March 2015
Status Available - December 2014 Available - January 2015 Available - March 2015
Price - Rs. 13,999 ($205.87) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,058 ($133.21) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Yellow Black, White Yellow, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 141 x 70.5 x 7.9 mm
(5.55 x 2.78 x 0.31 in)
146 x 74.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.94 x 0.31 in)
152.6 x 76.2 x 8 mm
(6.01 x 3 x 0.31 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network TD-SCDMA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA 1880 / 2010
4G Network TD-LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6752
GPU Adreno 306 Adreno 306 Mali-T760MP2
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB ROM 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.25 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (280 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.20% 69.44% 71.55%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM Radio FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash dual-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G TD-SCDMA, TD-LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, TD-LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2300 mAh 2500 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 580 h Up to 386 h Up to 750 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 31 h - Up to 36 h (3G)