Samsung Galaxy S3 review

Samsung Galaxy S3 is simply awesome with a large, dazzling screen, super-fast, quad-core processor, high quality 8MP camera and expandable storage. After months of waiting and too much rumors the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been announced. The device brings a number of hardware improvements like a new Exynos system-on-a-chip(SoC), backlit camera sensor, and a slick chassis design.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Design

Samsung Galaxy S3 design is inspired by nature; the Samsung Galaxy S3′s minimal and organic design is reflected in its smooth and non-linear lines of the device. Its human-centric nature provides an ergonomic and comfortable experience with enhanced usability.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Features

Smart Stay

It waits till you’re asleep: so long as you look at the phone, it maintains a bright display.

Direct Call

It knows when you want to talk: If you’re messaging and want to call instead, simply lift your phone to ear and it will dial your friend automatically.

Smart Alert

It knows when you’ve been away from your phone – vibrating nudge lets you know missed calls or messages.

Social tag

It keeps track of your loved ones: a glance at your friend’s photos will show you their current SNS status.

S Voice

It responds to your words: you can tell it to wake up, answer, even take a photo.

S Beam

It shares what’s in your heart: place two Galaxy S IIIs back-to-back and you can transfer pictures, music, videos, and more.

AllShare Cast

It lets you play together: beam your photos, videos – even the game you’re playing – onto big screen, with your phone doubling as a controller.

Buddy Photo Share

It shares with everyone instantly: as the phone recognizes your friend’s faces, it can share photos with them instantly.

AllShare Play

It lets you share with everyone: access to documents and multimedia files when you work somewhere else.

Pop up play

It lets you do two things at once: watch HD videos as you email or text.

Best Photo

It sees your best side: automatically takes a burst of 8 to make a continuous scene and chooses the best.

4.8 HD Super AMOLED

Seeing for real; 4.8 inches of hi-definition display true, perfect color with ultrafast response time.

LTE (depends on country)

Faster download time than current 3G networks. And it’s only going to get faster and faster.

Accessories

• Desktop Dock
• Flip Cover
• AllShare Cast Dongle
• S Pebble

Samsung Galaxy S3 release date

The Samsung Galaxy S3 will launch on 29 May 2012 in Europe, and in 10 other cities worldwide including Tokyo and Dubai.

Samsung Galaxy S3 specs

Samsung Galaxy S3 specifications and Hardware details

General

2G Network – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network – HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network – LTE (regional)

Announced – 2012, May

Body

Dimensions 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm

Weight 133 g

- Touch-sensitive controls

Display

Type – Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size – 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch – Yes

Protection – Corning Gorilla Glass 2

- TouchWiz UI v4.0

Sound

Alert types – Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker – Yes

3.5mm jack – Yes

Memory

Card slot – microSD, up to 64 GB

Internal – 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Data

GPRS – Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps

EDGE – Class 12

Speed – HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN – Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth – Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR

NFC – Yes

USB – Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go

Camera

Primary – 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features – Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization

Video – Yes, 1080p@30fps

Secondary – Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps

Features

OS – Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Chipset – Exynos 4212 Quad

CPU – Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9

GPU – Mali-400MP

Sensors – Accelerometer, gyro, RGB sensor, proximity, compass, barometer

Messaging – SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser – HTML, Adobe Flash

Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS – Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java – Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors – Blue, White

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh

Others

- MicroSIM card support only
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart Stay eye tracking
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)

Samsung Galaxy S3 price

The Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB variant is now available for pre-order from Clove UK for 458.33 GBP(~US $741) (549.99 GBP including VAT). The first stock is expected on 30^th May 2012. No details about the prices of 32GB and 64GB variants yet.

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