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Microsoft Lumia 640 XL vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
Microsoft Samsung
Announced
March 2015 May 2012
Status
Available - April 2015 Available - May 2012
Price
Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors
Matte cyan, Orange, Black, Matte white, Glossy white Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
157.9 x 81.5 x 9 mm
(6.22 x 3.21 x 0.35 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight
171 g (6.03 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (regional)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.7 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (259 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
68.88% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Carl Zeiss Optics, 1/3'' Sensor Size Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Yes Class 12
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
3000 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 936 h (2G)
Up to 936 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 31 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 23 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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