Phone Comparison - Microsoft Kin One vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Microsoft Kin One
microsoft kin one
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Samsung
Announced April 2010 May 2012
Status Cancelled Available - May 2012
Colors Black Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 82.6 x 63.5 x 19.1 mm
(3.25 x 2.5 x 0.75 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 110.6 (3.88.0.21) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 600MHz ARM 11, Nvidia Tegra [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (154 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.83% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 256MB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1240 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)