Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Apple iPhone vs Micromax Canvas 4 A210

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Micromax
Announced May 2012 January 2007 July 2013
Status Available - May 2012 Discontinued Available - July 2013
Colors Blue, White Black Grey, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
144.5 x 73 x 8.9 mm
(5.69 x 2.87 x 0.35 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 - SIM 1 only
4G Network LTE (regional) - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 3.1.3 Android OS, v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MediaTek MT6589
GPU Mali-400MP PowerVR MBX PowerVR SGX 544MP
RAM 1 GB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4/8/16 GB 16 GB (2.4 GB for Apps, 10 GB Internal Storage)
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 3.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 51.89% 65.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization - Auto focus, 6+ face detection, Scene mode, 99 Continuous (Burst) mode, Smile detection, Photosolid, High Dynamic Range Synthesis, 4 direction Panorama, Effects Library, Geo-tagging, Touch focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps No Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps - HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 11 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.0, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 4/8/16 GB 16 GB , 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh - 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 250 h Up to 220 h
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 8 h Up to 8 h