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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Class 12 Class 12
EDGE Class 12 Class 12
Launch
Announced 2012, May. Released 2012, May 2009, March. Released 2009, May
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in) 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm (4.09 x 2.09 x 0.47 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 93.5 g (3.28 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 2), plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Micro-SIM Mini-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 4.8 inches, 63.5 cm2 (~65.9% screen-to-body ratio) 3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~46.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~306 ppi density) 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2
  Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3 (Jelly Bean), TouchWiz UI
Chipset Exynos 4412 Quad (32 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP4
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocal Yes, Photo Contact
Call records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM, 64GB 1GB RAM 50MB
Main Camera
Modules 8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.0", AF 3.15 MP
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 320p@15fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 1.9 MP, f/2.6 No
Video 720p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes No
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot No
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX 2.1, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS No
NFC Yes
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), OTG 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Accelerometer
 S-Voice natural language commands and dictation MP3/WMA/AAC player
H.264/MP4 player
Organizer
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Shazam Find Music service
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G) Up to 800 h
Talk time Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G) Up to 10 h
Misc
Colors Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur Black, White, Pink
SAR 0.55 W/kg (head)     1.49 W/kg (body)     0.91 W/kg (head)     0.72 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.21 W/kg (head)     0.53 W/kg (head)    
Models GT-I9300, GT-I9300I, SHV-E210S, SHW-M440S
Price About 190 EUR About 70 EUR
Tests
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.419:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 75dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 77dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 82dB
Audio quality Noise -90.3dB / Crosstalk -92.6dB Noise -88.0dB / Crosstalk -82.3dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 50h

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