The Galaxy S III, however, is still slightly heavier and thicker than the iPhone 5.

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It weighs 3.4 pounds and measures 1.2 inches thick, which for comparison's sake means it's slightly heavier than whatever Ultrabook you're carrying around.

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The Northern hairy nosed wombat is the largest of all the three species, weighing up to 40kg and measuring about 1m long (the females are slightly heavier than the males).

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The Aura HD is also slightly heavier.

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The first thing you notice about the phone is that it looks a bit like the iPhone 5 (though slightly taller, wider and heavier with a slightly larger 4.2 inch display), but any similarities to the iPhone start to vanish the moment you turn it on.

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But the plot moves so quickly and smoothly that I read it in a fraction of the time it took to complete his last novel, the slightly shorter (but much heavier) Anathem.

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Cells with slightly better conversion rates are available, but they are heavier.

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The camera is certainly a bit larger and heavier than it looks from a distance, but housed within the slightly oversized shell are some pretty good optics and some snappy performance.

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As you'd expect of a notebook that's slightly larger and also has a DVD burner, though, it's a good deal heavier than the one we have here: 4.3 pounds is the starting weight.

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