Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy A40 vs Huawei P60

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Huawei
Announced May 2012 March 2019 March 2023
Status Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - April 2019 Coming Soon - March 2023
Colors Blue, White Black, White, Blue, Coral Black, Emerald Green, Purple, 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)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
161 x 74.5 x 8.3 mm
(6.34 x 2.93 x 0.33 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) - 197 g (6.95 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA2000 1x
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 9.0 (Pie) EMUI (Europe), no Google Play Services
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) Octa-core (1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510), Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G (4 nm)
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-G71 Adreno 730
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 64 GB 512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ LTPO OLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 1B colors
Size 4.8 inches 5.9 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi) 1220 x 2700 pixels (444 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 86.97% 89.88%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 16 MP + 5 MP 48 MP + 12 MP + 13 MP
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 16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
48 MP, f/1.4-f/4.0, 25mm (wide), PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
12 MP, f/3.4, 125mm (periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom
13 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@960fps; gyro-EIS
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.4, (ultrawide), Panorama, HDR, 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.2, A2DP, 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 3.1, OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (B1I+B1c+B2a), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Not 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
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 66W
50W wireless Fast Charging
Capacity 2100 mAh 3100 mAh 4815 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - -