Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Sony
Announced August 2011 May 2012 April 2018
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - July 2018
Colors Black, White Blue, White Chrome Black, Chrome Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 106 x 56.5 x 14.2 mm
(4.17 x 2.22 x 0.56 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
158 x 80 x 11.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.15 x 0.47 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 236 g (8.32 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 - WT19i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - WT19a
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
GPU Adreno 205 Mali-400MP Adreno 630
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 320 MB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches 4.8 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 3840 x 2160 pixels (760 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 51.07% 65.84% 73.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 19 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Smile And Face Detection, Touch Focus Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization 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, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [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 Up to 80 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot 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, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 320MB storage, 512 MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB 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 not 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 barometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 2100 mAh 3540 mAh
Stand by Up to 428 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 5 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 35 min (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -