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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A300F, A300FU, A300G, A300HQ, A300M, A300YZ
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - A300F, A300FU
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 40 - A300G
  1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 17 - A300M
  3, 7, 8, 28 - A300YZ
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2012, May. Released 2012, May 2014, October. Released 2014, December
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in) 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm (5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 110.3 g (3.88 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 2), plastic back, plastic frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame
SIM Micro-SIM Nano-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 4.8 inches, 63.5 cm2 (~65.9% screen-to-body ratio) 4.5 inches, 55.8 cm2 (~65.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~306 ppi density) 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~245 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform
OS Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3 (Jelly Bean), TouchWiz UI Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Exynos 4412 Quad (32 nm) Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-400MP4 Adreno 306
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM, 64GB 1GB RAM 16GB 1GB RAM, 16GB 1.5GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.0", AF 8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard), AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 1.9 MP, f/2.6 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Video 720p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (LTE model only)
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS FM radio, recording
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), OTG microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 S-Voice natural language commands and dictation ANT+
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery Li-Ion 1900 mAh, non-removable
Stand-by Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G) Up to 12 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h
Misc
Colors Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
SAR 0.55 W/kg (head)     1.49 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.21 W/kg (head)     0.24 W/kg (head)     0.30 W/kg (body)    
Models GT-I9300, GT-I9300I, SHV-E210S, SHW-M440S SM-A300F, SM-A300FU, SM-A300G, SM-A300HQ, SM-A300M, SM-A300XU, SM-A300XZ, SM-A300Y, SM-A300YZ, SM-A300H
Price About 190 EUR About 190 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark X: 1895
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.419:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 75dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 65dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 76dB
Audio quality Noise -90.3dB / Crosstalk -92.6dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 50h Endurance rating 65h

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