Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S III
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 123.80 x 58.60 x 7.60 mm | 136.60 x 70.60 x 8.60 mm |
| Weight | 112.00 g | 133.00 g |
| Display size | 4.00" | 4.80" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 640 x 1136 px (4.00") 326 ppi | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 x 1280 px (4.80") 306 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 3G: 480 min. (8.0 h) | 2G: 1300 min. (21.7 h) 3G: 650 min. (10.8 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 3G: 225 h. (9.4 days) | 2G: 900 h. (37.5 days) 3G: 750 h. (31.3 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 1400 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 2100 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 32 GB | 16 GB, 32 GB |
| RAM memory | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory cards | |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | iOS 6 | Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich |
| Processor | Apple A6 | Samsung Exynos 4412 |
| Processor clock | - | 1400 MHz |
| GPU | - | ARM Mali-400 MP4 @440 MHz |
| Touchscreen | | |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(nanoSIM) | SingleSIM(microSIM) |
| Announced | 3Q 2012 | 2Q 2012 |
| Other names | A1428; A1429 | GT-i9300; GT-i9308; Galaxy S3 |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | 850 1900 | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo sensor model | Sony IMX145 | Samsung S5K3H2 |
| Photo matrix | 8 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | 3264x2448 px | 3264x2448 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 1920x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.264 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | AF | AF |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 1.2 Mpx | 1.9 Mpx |
| Resolution | 1280x960 px |  |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | H.264 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | FF | FF |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 21.00 Mbit/s | 21.00 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | class 12 |
| EDGE | | class 12 |
| Bluetooth | v4.0 | v4.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n | v802.11 a/b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | OTHER | XT9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | z RDS |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AIFF, WAV, eAAC | AAC, AAC+, AMR, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | 64 voices |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | | Dalvik |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |