Phone Comparison - Motorola Moto X Play vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Motorola Moto X Play
motorola moto x play
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced July 2015 May 2012
Status Available - August 2015 Available - May 2012
Price Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562 LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 405 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.21% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio - Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 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 HSPA, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, 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 Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 3630 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by - Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 48 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)