Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S III I535 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Sony
Announced June 2012 February 2016 April 2018
Status Available - July 2012 Available - March 2016 Available - July 2018
Price - Rs. 43,400 ($638.24) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pebble blue, Marble white Black, Gold, Silver Chrome Black, Chrome Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.2 x 71.1 x 7.6 mm
(5.4 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
158 x 80 x 11.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.15 x 0.47 in)
Weight 133.2 g (4.69.0.07 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) 236 g (8.32 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface - TouchWiz UI -
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 Adreno 630
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Always-on display IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 5.1 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 3840 x 2160 pixels (760 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.09% 72.33% 73.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No - No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels Dual Pixel 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 19 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size,Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 19 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3", 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
12 MP B/W, f/1.6, 1/2.3", 1.55µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3", 1.12µm
1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB Host 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 3000 mAh 3540 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h - -
Talk Time Up to 15 h - -