Phone Comparison - Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Samsung Galaxy S9 vs Apple iPhone XS

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Apple
Announced May 2012 February 2018 September 2018
Status Available - May 2012 Coming Soon, March 2018 Coming Soon - September 2018
Price - Rs. 52,999 ($750.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Blue, White Various Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in)
147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm
(5.81 x 2.7 x 0.33 in)
143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm
(5.65 x 2.79 x 0.3 in)
Weight 133 g (4.69 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and e-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE (regional) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 8.0 (Oreo) iOS 12
User Interface - Samsung Experience -
Processor Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Mali-400MP Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China
Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 64 GB 64/256/512 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 5.8 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1125 x 2436 pixels (463 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.84% 84.00% 81.01%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 12 MP Dual 12 MP + 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.5 - f/2.4 variable aperture lens, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording
Front Camera Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [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-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 3000 mAh -
Stand by Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) - Up to 20 h (3G)