Nokia Lumia 900 Vs Samsung Galaxy SIII

Here we are comparing the Nokia Lumia 900 with Samsung Galaxy SIII

	Nokia 900	Samsung SIII
Outlook
	Nokia's Lumia 900 follows on from the Lumia 800, which in turn is styled after Nokia's older Symbian model, the N9. This means an extremely angular slab-like device with a unibody design made from polycarbonate with a very ‘premium' look and feel. The Lumia 900 is easily the best in terms of build quality and design	The Samsung Galaxy S3 is a move away from its predecessor as it abandons the angular and sharper form factor in favour of more smoothed-out surfaces and curved shapes like HTC's One S and Samsung's earlier model, the Galaxy Nexus. Samsung has opted for some of the cheapest feeling plastic we've yet seen from the manufacturer. This is a major problem with the phone as it does not live up to expectations of a premium handset.
Memory
	With the Lumia 900 you get a fairly typical Windows Phone storage and memory setup which includes 16GB of internal space and 512MB of RAM for processing tasks but no micro SD capability to offer memory expansion.	Samsung, as usual, has been much more generous here with a spread of onboard storage options. This includes 16GB at the lower end, a 32GB middle option and 64GB for those with cash to splash. All of these have 1GB of RAM propping up the processor along with a micro SD slot for cards up to 32GB
Processor
	Nokia's Lumia 900 has the same processor as the Lumia 800 and, indeed, many other Windows Phone models. Qualcomm is the order of the day here, it's a single core setup on the APQ8055 Snapdragon Scorpion chip clocked at 1.4GHz with an Adreno 205 GPU in tow.	The Galaxy S3 is the first quad core smartphone from Samsung and uses the company's fourth generation Exynos chip, the Exynos 4212. The processor setup is ARM Cortex-A9 based and clocked at 1.4GHz with a Mali-400MP graphics processing unit (GPU)
O/S
	The Lumia 900 is, as we mentioned, a Windows Phone and runs on version 7.5 ‘Mango', Windows Phone is based on Microsoft's ‘Metro' user interface (UI) which uses its distinctive Live Tiles, effectively small widgets and app shortcuts rolled into one. These tiles not only let you access an app by tapping on them, but while on the homescreen they will push out information, visually or via text, relevant to that app. This means you can get snippets of information fast from the homescreen without needing to enter an app	Samsung's Galaxy S3 uses the latest version of Android, dubbed 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). These platforms are pretty far removed from each other, but we find ourselves liking both for different reasons, As we mentioned briefly in the processor section, Windows Phone doesn't have true multi-tasking like Android, instead it uses a hibernation system where inactive apps are temporarily deactivated.
Camera
	Being an enlarged Lumia 800, the Lumia 900 uses the same camera configuration, which is an 8-megapixel primary with a Carl Zeiss lens and a 3264x2448 pixel resolution. Video capture is 720p.	Samsung's Galaxy S3 is a much better offering. It's an 8-megapixel back-illuminated sensor (BSI) with a 3264x2448 pixel resolution. The megapixel rating and resolution might be the same as its Lumia rival but we've seen the pictures it takes and that back-illuminated sensor must make all the difference as they're much sharper.