Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID Ultra vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Motorola DROID Ultra
motorola droid ultra
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung
Announced July 2013 May 2012
Status Available - August 2013 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, Red, White Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.5 x 71.2 x 7.2 mm
(5.41 x 2.8 x 0.28 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 13 LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU Adreno 320 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.26% 65.84%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Class 12 Class 12
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA 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 and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 2130 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 312 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 28 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)