Phone Comparison - Nokia N900 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Nokia N900
nokia n900
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Samsung
Announced August 2009 May 2012
Status Available - November 2009 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Blue, White
Form Factor Side-Slider Candybar
Dimension 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Maemo 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.40% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio (via third par Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 32 Class 12
3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)