Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Comparison and Differences

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Nokia Lumia 920

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Nokia Lumia 920 or Samsung Galaxy S3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Nokia Lumia 920 Samsung Galaxy S3
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Release date 2012, September 2012, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm | 5.13 x 5.13 x 2.79 in 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.78 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 133 g | 4.69 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur
Battery 2000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
Stand by time - Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)
Approximate price 210 EUR 190 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.5" in 4.8" in
Screen area 57.6 cm2 63.5 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 62.5% 65.9%
Screen resolution 768 x 1280 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 332 PPI 306 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Other specs - PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3'', OIS, AF -8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3'', AF
Functions Carl Zeiss optics, dual-LED flash LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 1.3 MP, Single 1.9 MP, Single
Specifications 1.3 MP 1.9 MP, f/2.6
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradable to 8.1 Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), 4.3 (Jelly Bean); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus - Exynos 4412 Quad (32 nm)
CPU - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Adreno 225 Mali-400MP4
External memory No microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 60
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 117
GeekBench 4 Single Core 505
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1253
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 726
GeekBench 4 Battery 787

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - RM-821, RM-820
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-821, RM-820
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - RM-821 
LTE band 4(1700/2100), 17(700) - RM-820 (AT&T)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Class 12 Class 12
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.08 W/kg (head)     0.91 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.70 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 0.55 W/kg (head)     1.49 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.21 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Dolby Headphone
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Qi wireless charging

- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

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