Samsung has finally launched the next-generation flagship smartphone Galaxy S III in London as scheduled, compared to the previous generation models, although the handset’s hardware has been strengthened again, this is not the important, because Samsung has put their major focus on the software of Galaxy S III, the most direct manifestation of its its built-in S Voice and enhanced audio and video shooting sharing capabilities.
In appearance,the Galaxy S III body is very mellow, it looks very similar to the Galaxy Nexus, the thickness of 8.6mm, while the front of the handset and the back of the galaxy s 3 is plasticed with a pattern, so the whole weight of 133g , it is lighter.
Galaxy S III is equipped with a 4.8-inch 720p (16:9) Super AMOLED HD touch screen as rumored, due to lack of Plus , this display sub-pixel arrangement is PenTile, rather than the previously long rumored of RGB matrix, which was a bit disappointed.
As the new flagship of Samsung’s smartphone family, the galaxy S III is equipped with the the Exynos 4 quad-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz, running the Android 4.0.4 OS and TouchWiz interface, also it has 1GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB/64GB storage, providing a capacity of 2100mAh battery.
In addition, the Galaxy S III is only equipped with a 800-megapixel main camera and a 1.9 million pixels front camera, and supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, DLNA MHL’s micro-USB headset jack, NFC and other features, meanwhile the device has a built-in micro-SIM slot, users can also enjoy a 50GB Dropbox free storage.
Samsung Galaxy S III will be firstly available on sale in Europe starting May 29, there will be blue and white two colors to choose, the specific price is still unclear, the Galaxy S III only supports the HSPA+ network at first, but there will be a LTE 4G Version coming out in the future.
According to the latest information, it is reported the Orange, O2, T-Mobile and 3UK operators will carry the galaxy S III, In addition to Carphone Warehouse and Vodafone. Vodafone will not only provide the choice of a 16GB version, but also has the exclusive sale of the 32GB version for one month. As for the bare prices of Samsung Galaxy S III that people are concerned, the answer given by Carphone Warehouse is £ 499.95.
However, we didn’t hear whether the galaxy S3 will land in US via AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile or not, and what’s the specific release date. Previously it was reported Verizon would release the Galaxy S III, if so , I think AT&T ,Sprint and T-Mobile will miss this device.
Samsung’s U.S. signup page hits that the Galaxy S III will come to US via AT&T, C Spire Wireless, Metro PCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon, the Cricket was missing, which is bigger than C Spire. Sadly, Samsung website didn’t disclose when the Galaxy S III will hit each carrier stores, personally Verizon should release the Galaxy S III for the first time about May 29th.
We learn that now the Galaxy S III is on pre sale in UK via O2, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, and Three, in addition, we are told the hand set will come to in Europe on May 29th, available on sale in North America, Japan, South Korea, the expected price is about $808 without contact. The US version of Galaxy S III will support 4G LTE network, it will have some change in hardware.
Source : From several sources
Source : From several sources
