Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy Express I437 vs LG Optimus F3 LS720

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung LG
Announced May 2012 October 2012 June 2013
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - June 2013
Colors Blue, White Black Purple, Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
132.6 x 69.3 x 9.1 mm
(5.22 x 2.73 x 0.36 in)
116.1 x 62 x 11.2 mm
(4.57 x 2.44 x 0.44 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 1900
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.x (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 225 -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB N/A
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available) storage 4 GB (1.24 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 4.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 62.92% 63.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS - -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2560x1920 pixels
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, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes No
Edge Class 12 Yes No
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available) storage, 1 GB RAM 4 GB (1.24 GB user available)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 2000 mAh 2460 mAh
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 312 h -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 14 h Up to 16 h