Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) vs Honor 400

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Honor
Announced May 2012 December 2015 May 2025
Status Available - May 2012 Available - February 2016 Available - May 2025
Price - Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Blue, White Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold Midnight Black, Meteor Silver, Desert Gold, Tidal Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
156.5 x 74.6 x 7.3 mm
(6.16 x 2.94 x 0.29 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
5G Network - - SA/NSA
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP65 dust tight and water resistant (low pressure water jets)
IP66 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets)
* market/region dependent availability

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 15, up to 6 major Android upgrades
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa
Octa-core (1x2.63 GHz Cortex-A715 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A715 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510), Qualcomm SM7550-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4 nm)
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
Adreno 720
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 12 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB 512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen FHD+ AMOLED Screen
120Hz, HDR, 5000 Nits (peak)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 1B colors
Size 4.8 inches 5.5 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1264 x 2736 pixels (460 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 74.11% 90.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 200 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 200 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.4", PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), AF
HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS, OIS
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 50 MP, f/2.0, (wide)
HDR
4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.4, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB OTG USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, QZSS, BDS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 512 GB, 12 GB RAM or 512 GB, 8 GB RAM or 256 GB, 12 GB RAM or 256 GB, 8 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Non-removable Si/C Li-Ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 66W wired (for 5300 mAh), 44% in 15 min, 100% in 46 min
80W wired (for 6000 mAh), 40% in 15 min
5W reverse wired
Capacity 2100 mAh 3300 mAh 5300/6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 78 h -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 17 h (3G) -