The latest entrant to Smartphone war came to the battle field from the current market leader Samsung. It came with the name Samsung Galaxy S III as a continuation of the existing well branded series. This is one of the most anticipated Smartphone launch in year 2012.
Some people expected that Samsung will introduce the new Galaxy in Mobile World Congress but they didn’t. Instead they had their own event promoting Samsung brand as well as famous Galaxy series. I see this as a wise move and one of the biggest promotion and branding campaign I have ever seen in Android world.
Samsung Galaxy S III came with lots of unique features starting from the design to bottom level hardware. Today under the Notes Of Genius spot light is it’s uniqueness.
Special Features
Processor and Storage
Samsung Galaxy S III comes with 1.4 GHz Quad Core Cortex A9 processor running on Exynos 4212 chipset. Graphic performance is accelerated by Mali-400MP GPU. These configurations make this device one of the fastest Smartphone in the market.
It’s having 1 GB of RAM, no much improvement from the previous version and 16/32/64 GB internal storage. In addition there is a microSD card slot where you can expand storage up to 64 GB.
Operating System
The device is powered with the latest version of Android which is 4.0.4 and it inherits all the strengths of ICS core. In order to make the user experience unique Samsung has themed Android ICS with their TouchWiz UI.
Display
The display is 4.8 inch super AMOLED with resolution 1280 x 720 with pixel density 306 ppi. To protect the screen of scratches they have included the next version of denser glass by the name Gorilla Glass 2.
Connectivity
Connectivity is the key to success in any Smartphone. Understanding that, Samsung has included a wide array of connectivity options in Galaxy S III. It supports basic 2G, 3G and latest LTE technology as well. To connect to data service you can use HSDPA up to 21 Mbps and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps.
As usual the Wi-fi adapter in Galaxy S III is capable of connecting to almost all of the common Wi-fi networks as well as use Wi-fi direct and act as a Wi-fi hot spot. DLNA support is there to stream multimedia to supported devices. As standard options Bluetooth and USB interface is also there.
One of the unique things in Samsung Galaxy S III is NFC chip. It’s letting you to transfer files between supported devices just by putting them back to back. This will be a brand new experience to most of the Smartphone users.
Satellite connectivity is there to use GPS service and this also comes with A-GPS support.
Camera
Camera is a killer and its 8 MP with Auto focus and LED flash is capable of capturing images with resolution 3264 x 2448. Other than that it inherits the entire standard features in ICS such as Geo tagging, tap to focus and face detection. In addition there is a 1.9 MP front facing camera for video calling.
If you take a look at video recording it’s 1080p at 30 fps which is pretty much standard out there. Font facing camera also can record 720p video at 30fps.
Battery Life
No matter how fast the processor is and how big the storage is, battery life is the most critical success factor in any Smartphone. Samsung Galaxy S III comes with 2100 mAh Li-ion battery which is powerful than the previous batteries which were there in Galaxy S II and Nexus. Well, because of this there is hope for better battery life in Galaxy S III.
Market Competition
Samsung Galaxy S III has come up with lots of promising features and showing a great potential to be the best Smartphone in the year 2012. The beautiful display and super power hardware will add extra strength to Galaxy S III to reach there.
However the market competition is also tight. HTC previously came up with HTC One X with 1.5 GHz Quad core processor running on one of the greatest mobile chipset ever which is Nvidia Tegra 3. This will be the main market competitor for Samsung Galaxy S III in near future.
In addition there are rumors spreading around about Apples iPhone 5. Apple always does magical stuff and dominates the market. However with Samsung Galaxy S III it won’t be an easy task.
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