Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy On8 (2018)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced May 2012 April 2016 August 2018
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2016 Available - August 2018
Price - Rs. 32,490 ($477.79) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 16,990 ($247.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold, Pink Black, Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.9 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
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Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 210 g (7.41 oz) -
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor -
Notification LED - No No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 510 Adreno 506
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED Infinity Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 6.0 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 720 x 1440 pixels (268 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 75.93% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 16 MP Dual 16 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Yes
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, OIS, f/1.9, 1/2.8" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR AutoFocus, face beauty, group selfie, bokeh mode, live focus, watermark, touch capture, voice capture, palm capture, timer, geotagging, face-detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 16 MP, f/1.9 [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 Cat7 350/50 Mbps HSPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, TD-LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Supported - Yes

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-Ion battery Li-ion Non-removable Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 5000 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - -