Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Pocket vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Sony
Announced February 2012 May 2012 April 2018
Status Available - April 2012 Available - May 2012 Available - July 2018
Colors Black Blue, White Chrome Black, Chrome Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 103.7 x 57.5 x 12 mm
(4.08 x 2.26 x 0.47 in)
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
158 x 80 x 11.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.15 x 0.47 in)
Weight 97 g (3.42 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 236 g (8.32 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor 832 MHz Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 630
RAM N/A 1 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 3 GB 16/32/64 GB storage 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type TFT touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors TFT touchscreen 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.8 inches 4.8 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 3840 x 2160 pixels (760 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 40.64% 65.84% 73.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 19 MP + 12 MP
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization 19 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3", 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
12 MP B/W, f/1.6, 1/2.3", 1.55µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3", 1.12µm
1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 3 GB 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 2100 mAh 3540 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) -