Phone Comparison - LG Intuition VS950 vs Samsung Galaxy Note III vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2012 Expected Announcement - September 2013 May 2014
Status Released - September 2012 Rumored - Q4 2013 Available - May 2014
Colors Black, White Black, White Camo Green, Titanium Gray, Ruby Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.7 x 90.4 x 8.4 mm
(5.5 x 3.56 x 0.33 in)
- 144.78 x 73.41 x 8.9 mm
(5.7 x 2.89 x 0.35 in)
Weight 168.1 g (5.93.0.04 oz) - 170 g (6 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 / Exynos 5420 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
GPU - Adreno 330 Adreno 330
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 32/64 GB storage 16 GB (11.2 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.7 inches 5 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (256 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.30% - 64.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Aqua Mode
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Class 33
Edge No Yes Class 33
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16 GB (11.2 GB user available), 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
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 supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2080 mAh - 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 130 h - Up to 480 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h - Up to 29 h