Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID Turbo vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Motorola DROID Turbo
motorola droid turbo
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced October 2014 May 2012
Status Coming Soon - October 2014 Available - May 2012
Price Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Metallic Red, Metallic Black Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2 mm
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 169 g (5.96 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Water resistant -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 420 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.83% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video 1080p@30fps, 2160p@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 3900 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by - Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)