Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Nokia Lumia 920 vs Nokia XL

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Nokia
Announced May 2012 September 2012 February 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - May 2014
Colors Blue, White Black, Gray, Red, Yellow White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
130.3 x 10.7 x 10.7 mm
(5.13 x 0.42 x 0.42 in)
141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm
(5.57 x 3.06 x 0.43 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 900 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Nokia X Software Platform 1.0 Based on Android v4.1.2 (JellyBean)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 225 Adreno 203
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 768 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB storage 4 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 401.28% 64.48%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, Carl Zeiss optics, 3264 x 2448 pix 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 33 Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 12 Class 33 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
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, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB ROM, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 720 h
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)