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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April 2012, May. Released 2012, May
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 2), plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 4.8 inches, 63.5 cm2 (~65.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~306 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 2
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3 (Jelly Bean), TouchWiz UI
Chipset Hummingbird Exynos 4412 Quad (32 nm)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Mali-400MP4
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 390MB 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM, 64GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.0", AF
Features LED flash LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes 1.9 MP, f/2.6
Video 720p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), OTG
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
 TV-Out
MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player
Organizer
Picsel document viewer
Photo editor
Voice memo
Predictive text input (T9 Trace)
S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur
SAR 0.55 W/kg (head)     1.49 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (head)    
Models GT-I9300, GT-I9300I, SHV-E210S, SHW-M440S
Price About 160 EUR About 190 EUR
Tests
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.419:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 75dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB Noise -90.3dB / Crosstalk -92.6dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 50h

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