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Samsung Gear S3 classic LTE

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Samsung Gear S3 classic LTE vs Sony Xperia XA

Samsung Gear S3 classic LTE

Samsung Gear S3 classic LTE

Sony Xperia XA

Samsung Gear S3 classic LTE

Sony Xperia XA

Network
2G network

GSM 900, 1800; GSM 850, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 900, 2100; HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900 - USA

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850) - USA

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
HSPA speed

HSPA

-
LTE speed

LTE

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Status

2017-4
Oficially announced

2017-3

2016-2

Design
Build

Stainless Steel 316L

-
SIM

Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)

Nano-SIM
Height

49 mm

143.6 mm
Width

46 mm

66.8 mm
Thickness

12.9 mm

7.9 mm
Weight

57 g

137.4 g
Payment

Samsung Pay

-
Waterproof

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

-
Dust proof

IP68

-
Colors

Silver

Graphite Black, Lime Gold, Rose Gold, White

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.3 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

360 x 360 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

392 ppi

294 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass SR+

Scratch-resistant glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes, max 4 fingers

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core 1.0 GHz

Octa-core 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

Exynos 7270

Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10
GPU

-

Mali-T860MP2
Memory RAM

768 MB

2 GB
Internal storage

4 GB

16 GB
Memory card

-

microSD
Memory card max

-

200 GB

OS
OS

Tizen-based wearable platform 2.3.2

Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

No

-
Radio FM

-

FM radio with RDS

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v4.1
Bluetooth A2DP

-

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, barometer, gyro, heart rate

Accelerometer, compass, proximity

Browser
HTML

-

HTML5
Browser

No

-

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

380 mAh

2300 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Wireless charging

WPC

-
Talk time

72 h

-
Talk time 2G

-

11 h 20 min
Talk time 3G

-

10 h
Standby time 2G

-

560 h
Standby time 3G

72 h

603 h

Main camera
Main camera

13 MP
Primary camera video

-

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Camera features

-

1/3" sensor size, HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

8 MP, 1/4"
Secondary camera autofocus

-

autofocus
Secondary camera HDR

-

HDR
Selfie camera video

-

1080p

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