Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Nokia Asha 306 vs Nokia Asha 309

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Nokia
Announced May 2012 June 2012 September 2012
Status Available - May 2012 Available - July 2012 Available - December 2012
Colors Blue, White Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
110.3 x 53.8 x 12.8 mm
(4.34 x 2.12 x 0.5 in)
109.9 x 54 x 13.2 mm, 67 cc
(4.33 x 2.13 x 0.52 in, 2.64 cc)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 96 g (3.39 oz) 102 g (3.6 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A -
4G Network LTE (regional) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) S40 Asha -
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad - -
GPU Mali-400MP - -
RAM 1 GB 32 MB 64 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 10 MB, 64 MB ROM 20 MB, 128 MB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors 56K colors
Size 4.8 inches 3.0 inches 3.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (155 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 43.44% 43.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization - -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 176x144@10fps Yes, 176x144@10fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 12 Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps N/A -
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall 2000 entries, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Yes
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 10 MB, 64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM 20 MB, 128 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 2100 mAh 1110 mAh (BL-4U) 1110 mAh (BL-4U)
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 600 h Up to 650 h
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 14 h Up to 6 h