Last updated on 2012-09-24, by Tony

Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Nokia Lumia 920 – 5 Things You Must Know

Before September 2012, Samsung Galaxy S3 ruled the mobile market after exceeding iPhone 4S in sales. However, with the release of Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5, the dominance of Samsung Galaxy S3 is actually at stake. Though only iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3 are available in the market, it does no harm to the popularity of the topic over iPhone 5 vs Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy S3.

Currently, iPhone 5, the latest iPhone mobile, seems to be the most possible winner in the battle. With iPhone 5, Apple not only witnessed the pre-ordering of 200 million units of iPhone 5 in 24 hours but also elevated its share price to over 700 dollars. However, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Lumia 920 are still too charming to be ignored. Actually, in the match of Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920, those three mobiles all gain their advantages and disadvantages. With people’s needs vary, the most suitable mobiles for them may differ. Therefore, this post will show you five things to know about those three mobiles.

1. Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: System

Surprisingly, the systems of those three mobiles happen to be the most popular mobile systems at present. Galaxy S3 runs Android 4.0, iPhone 5 gets iOS 6 and Lumia 920 sports Windows 8. After the release of Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich seems to be an old system. However, with Android device, users can get wide range of support from Google Store where various mobile apps can be traced. Moreover, with good compatibility, Android system turns out to be the most popular mobile system in the world.

As the latest iOS system, iOS 6 has made tremendous improvement in both running speed and functions. iOS 6 not only provides users improved Siri, fresh Apple Map but also enhanced iCloud. Moreover, with support from Apple Store, iOS 6 enables users to take full advantages of iPhone 5. As for Windows 8, it is the first system designed for both PC and mobile. To another word, the function of Windows 8 phone will be equally powerful as that of Windows 8 PC. For example, one can even use Microsoft Office on Lumia 920 as freely as on Samsung ATIV S.  

2. Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Camera

Either Galaxy S3 or iPhone 5 gets an 8-megapixel rear camera while Lumia 920 sports an 8.7-megapixel PureView camera. Therefore, the camera of Lumia 920 seems to be more favored by photographing lovers. However, before its release, no one knows whether its camera is really that good or not. The camera of Samsung Galaxy S3 is a smarter one with innovative features attached.

Best Picture will automatically picked out the best picture when users have taken various in a short time; Burst shot enables users to take 20 pictures in one time and Smart stay helps camera to recognize whether users are reading or not. Therefore, the camera of Samsung Galaxy S3 seems to be more funny and innovative. As for iPhone 5, the camera is as good as that of iPhone 4S.

3. Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Video Support

Since video enjoyment places an important role in people’s daily entertainment, one shall take video support into consideration when choosing from those three mobiles. Unlike iPhone 5 who still limits its video support to MP4 and MOV file, Samsung Galaxy S3 has gained DivX, XviD, WMV, RM and RMVB into its supporting list. Lumia 920 can play videos in .mp4/.3gp/.avi/.wmv formats. Of course, users can refer to third-party players to enjoy those unsupported video files. However, most of them fail to help users watch the videos flawlessly. Therefore, for movie fans who happen to be iPhone 5 users, they are more likely to need a video for iPhone 5 converter.

4. Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Map

Samsung Galaxy S3 gains Google Map, the most popular and favored mobile map in the market; iPhone 5 gets Apple Map, the newest mobile map at present and Nokia Lumia 920 owns Nokia Maps, the oldest mobile map of those three. In terms of influence, Apple Map and Google Map do better than Nokia Maps. Both Google Map and Apple Map enable users to view in 3D mode and provide users turn-by-turn navigation. However, Google Map seems to provide more accurate data since some mistakes and defects of Apple Map have been traced.

Comparing to them, Nokia provides offline map which enable users to navigate without data-consuming. Moreover, the Map in Lumia 920 is as equal powerful, if not more powerful, as iPhone 5 map. With City Len, users can know some information about the buildings they are shooting including its name and its address.

5. Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920: Voice Recognition

Though it is Nokia who first came up with the idea of controlling mobiles via voice, Nokia mobile does worst in this field than Samsung mobile and Apple mobile. A new feature of Samsung Galaxy S3 named S Voice is just an app to help users operate the mobile with their voice. S Voice is not just an updated version of Google Voice. With S Voice, users can index information and operating with their voice. Comparing with S Voice, Siri almost does the same tasks only in a better way.

Siri can perfectly understand people’s question and make the most suitable responses. For example, when users say they want to eat Italian food, Siri will provide them sites of restaurants while S Voice only gets an indexing page. Moreover, as a device running iOS 6, iPhone 5 can make full use of Siri. Therefore, iPhone 5 seems to be the real winner in this field.