Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 vs Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced May 2012 March 2015 November 2015
Status Available - May 2012 Available - April 2015 Available - January 2016
Price - Rs. 12,300 ($181.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 7,990 ($117.50) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, White Gray White, Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
10 mm thickness
(0.39 in thickness)
142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.6 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J320F, J3109
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J320F
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.17 W/kg (head)
1.12 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.48 W/kg (head)
0.42 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830A
GPU Mali-400MP - Mali-400MP2
RAM 1 GB 1.5 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% - 68.09%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes 1080p@30fps (J3109), 720p@30fps (J320P)
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP - J3109
2 MP - J320P [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 HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent)
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)
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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2200 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - Up to 349 h
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - Up to 22 h