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Galaxy S III vs. Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II: what's changed?

We're here live at Samsung's unveiling of the Galaxy S III and while it was going on, we furiously built this chart to see how the biggest phone of the year stacks up against its two progenitors. Here's some trivia: that 4.8-inch display is 22 percent bigger than the Galaxy S II's, but its overall dimensions only grew by 16 percent. If you're interested in those sort of details, then after the break is where you need to be.

Galaxy S II

Galaxy Nexus

Galaxy S III

OS

Android 2.3.4 (Now 4.0)

Android 4.0

Android 4.0

Skin

Touchwiz 4.0

Stock

Touchwiz

Display

4.3 / 4.5-inch

4.65-inch

4.8-inch

Resolution

800 x 480

1280 x 720

720 x 1280

Glass

Gorilla Glass

Fortified Glass

Gorilla Glass 2

CPU

1.2GHz / 1.5GHz Dual-Core

1.2GHz Dual-Core

1.4GHz Quad-Core

Graphics

Super AMOLED Plus

HD Super AMOLED

HD Super AMOLED

Memory

1GB RAM

1GB RAM

1GB RAM

Storage

16 / 32GB + microSD

16 / 32GB

16/32/64GB + microSD

Front Camera

2-megapixel

1.3-megapixel

1.9-megapixel

Rear Camera

8-megapixel

5-megapixel AF

8-megapixel AF + HDR

Cellular

HSPA+21/42, EV-DO Rev. A / WiMax

LTE or HSPA+

HSPA+21 / LTE (Regions)

WiFi

802.11 a/b/g/n

802.11 a/b/g/n

802.11 b/g/n with Channel Bonding, WiFi HT40

Bluetooth

3.0+HS

3.0 A2DP

4.0 Low-energy

Orientation

Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass

GPS, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass, Barometer

GPS, GLONASS, Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor, Gyroscope, Barometer

Dimensions

125.3 x 66.1 x 8.4mm or

129.8 x 69.6 x 9.65mm

135.5 x 67.9 x 8.94mm

136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6mm

Weight

116 grams

135 gram

133 gram

NFC?

Optional

Yes

Yes

Multimedia

MHL

MHL

MHL / DLNA

Battery

1,560mAh

1,750mAh

2,100mAh