Which of these smartphones is the ideal purchase for consumers: We pit the Nokia Lumia 920 against the Samsung Galaxy S3 to see which is better.
In terms of design and dipslay, the Nokia Lumia 920 has an IPS LCD display that measures 4.5 inches, which supports a resolution of 768x1280pixels and a pixel density of 322ppi. Users will be satisfied at the accurate and vivid colors provided by this screen. Its dimensions are 130.3×70.8×10.7 mm and weighs185 grams.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a bigger display (4.8inches), which is Super AMOLED and renders a slightly lower resolution of 720x1280pixels with a pixel density of 306ppi. The smartphone is bigger than its competitor measuring 136.6×70.6×8.6 mm, and it’s also lighter weighing 133 grams.
For the hardware and OS, the Nokia Lumia 920 features a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor, which is backed up by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset and it has an Areno 225 GPU. It hosts 1GB of RAM and has an internal storage of 32GB, but it doesn’t support a Micro SD card slot for expansion. It runs on the Windows Phone 8, which is upgradeable to the 8.1 version, so you’ll be able to play many on it some of the latest released games.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 on the other hand has a 1.4GHz quad core Cortex A9 CPU, which is coupled with an Exynos 4412 Quad chipset and a Mali-400MP GPU. It has 16/32/64GB of internal storage (the first two variants are expandable up to 64GB) and it runs on the Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS – upgradeable to the 4.3 (Jelly Bean) version, having 1GB of RAM.
For the battery usage and camera specs, the Nokia Lumia 920 is equipped with a non-removable Li-Ion battery with the capacity of 2000mAh which allows up to 10 hours of talk time on 3G and In standby mode, it lasts 400 hours.
Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has a battery of 2100mAh, which is good enough to support up to 10 hours of talk time. When used excessively, the phone lasts 6 hours and in standby mode, it withstands 790 hours.
The Nokia smartphone has an 8Mp rear camera with good quality pictures, although the device lacks HDR and other modern features. Still, it is capable of recording videos at 1080p and 30fps, and having optical stabilization. The camera on the front is 1.3MP and it supports video conferences at 720p and 30fps.
The Samsung unit has an 8MP rear camera with many useful features, but it lacks HDR, although it supports video recording at 1080p and 30fps. The 1.9MP front camera provides an excellent video conferencing because it can record at 720p and 30fps.
The Nokia Lumia 920 cost $260 dollars on amazon.com, the Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB variant cost around $290 dollars.
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