Phone Comparison - LG Viper 4G LTE vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs LG Optimus F3 LS720

general General Info

Manufacturer LG Samsung LG
Announced January 2012 May 2012 June 2013
Status Available - April 2012 Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - June 2013
Colors Black Blue, White Purple, Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 117 x 62 x 11.7 mm
(4.61 x 2.44 x 0.46 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
116.1 x 62 x 11.2 mm
(4.57 x 2.44 x 0.44 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE 700 LTE (regional) LTE 1900
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) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-400MP -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 4 GB (1.7 GB user available) 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB (1.24 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 4.8 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.91% 65.84% 63.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2560x1920 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps No
Edge No Class 12 No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB (1.7 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB (1.24 GB user available)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1700 mAh 2100 mAh 2460 mAh
Stand by - Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 16 h