Phone Comparison - Samsung I8200 Galaxy S III mini VE vs Nokia Lumia 930 vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Nokia Samsung
Announced March 2014 April 2014 August 2014
Status Available - March 2014 Available - June 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors White, Blue, Gray, Black Black, White Black, white, gold, silver, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 121.6 x 63 x 9.9 mm
(4.79 x 2.48 x 0.39 in)
137 x 71 x 9.8 mm
(5.39 x 2.8 x 0.39 in)
132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm
(5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5430
GPU - Adreno 330 Mali-T628 MP6
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8/16 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (320 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.57% 70.72% 66.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 12 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama 1/2.5' Sensor Size, 1.12 µm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, video light, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA; LTE-A, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No No

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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2420 mAh 1860 mAh
Stand by (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 432 h -
Talk Time (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 30 m (2G)
Up to 15 h 30 m (3G)
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