As Samsung flaunts, “designed for humans, inspired by nature”, Samsung Galaxy S III comes loaded with a large amount on interesting features that takes the successor of the most successful range of smartphones, Samsung Galaxy, to all new heights. Although the phone is very costly, but it offers some amazing features that justify the cost.
Specifications
| Software | Android v4.0.4 |
| Processor | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 |
| Screen Size | 4.8″, 720x1280pixels, 306ppi |
| Screen Type | Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen with Corning Gorilla glass 2 |
| Touch Type | Multitouch support with TouchWiz UI v4.0 |
| Display | 16M colors |
| Ports | MicroUSB v2.0, USB On-the-Go, 3.5mm headphones |
| Camera (Rear) | 8 megapixel with LED Flash, Autofocus, face/smile detection, geo tagging, image stabilization, simultaneous HD video and image capture |
| Camera (Front) | 1.9 megapixel |
| Battery | Li-ion 2100 mAh |
| Storage | Available with 16/32/64GB internal memory, with microSD support for upto 64GB more |
| Size | 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm |
| Weight | 133 gm |
Price
| Country | Approx. Price, may vary vendor to vendor | Status |
| United States | $799.99 | TBR |
| Canada | $799.00 | TBR |
| United Kingdom | £499 | Released |
| Australia | $790.00 | Released |
| India | ₹43180 | Released |
| Singapore | S$920 | Released |
| UAE | AED2800 | Released |
Apart from these specifications, Galaxy S3 has some very interesting features that gives it all to be the best smartphone yet.
‘S’ Voice
Considered as an answer to rival iPhone 4S’s Siri, S voice allows you to control your phone via voice, and answers your questions, Smart Alert alerts you for notifications once you have picked up the phone in your hand.
Smart Stay
It detects user’s movement with the help of front camera, and automatically turns display ON when user is looking at the screen and OFF when users looks away from the screen.
Direct Call
It allows user to directly call a contact just by simply lift the phone towards the ear, the call will automatically be made to the contact who was on screen, or whose message user was reading.
Social tag
Quickly take a look at your friends status, or make a call or message directly from their photos.
‘S’ Beam
Transfer pictures, music, videos etc to your friends Galaxy S3 just by tapping it with others phone.
Pop up play
It lets you watch your favorite pictures or videos while you are sending emails or text messages.
Best photo
When you click a photo, it takes 8 burst shot of the scene, and automatically determines the best shot among them, so you don’t loose the perfect shot. You can also operate both the cameras together, simultaneously capturing images while recording videos.
There is also a news that a separate charger will soon be available that will allow user to charge their device’s battery WIRELESS. It also supports 4G LTE network support to allow users to go beyond 3G connection speed. With combination of features that are offered by world’s best smartphone like Nokia Lumia 900, iPhone 4S, and very innovative thinking from the team behind, Samsung Galaxy S3 will surely going to be the best buy if you can spend such amount of money.
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