Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia P vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Huawei Ascend P8

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Huawei
Announced February 2012 May 2012 Expected Announcement - April 2015
Status Released - May 2012 Available - May 2012 Rumored - Q2 2015
Colors Silver, Black, Red Blue, White Black, white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122 x 59.5 x 10.5 mm
(4.8 x 2.34 x 0.41 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
6 mm thickness
(0.24 in thickness)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 133 g (4.69 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 - LT22i HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, STE U8500 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core, HiSilicon Kirin 930
GPU DB8500 Mali-400MP -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB (13 GB user-available) 16/32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.8 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.92% 65.84% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 100 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, 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 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (13 GB user-available), 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG Supported 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1305 mAh 2100 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 475 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -