Phone Comparison - Samsung S5250 Wave525 vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

Samsung S5250 Wave525
samsung s5250 wave525
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)
samsung i9300 galaxy s iii (s3)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2010 May 2012
Status Available - October 2010 Available - May 2012
Colors Various; La Fleur edition Blue, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109.5 x 55 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.17 x 0.47 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS bada OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU - Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 100 MB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 16 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 48.25% 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 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [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 N/A HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 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 100 MB 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1200 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by Up to 1200 h Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)