When you hear about the successor of 2011’s best smartphone, you expect something special. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is perhaps the most anticipated smartphone this year and is set to give the iPhone a tough run for its money. The Samsung Galaxy S3 can be viewed as the Ferrari of all Android smartphones, with a beautiful 4.8-inch, 720p resolution display, quad core engine, and slim casting. The S3 has invested much on innovation, with lots of new features that other smartphones had only dreamed of. Here is a quick review on the smartphone industry’s newest player.
Samsung now launches the 32GB variant on its online store and while it is currently out of stock, the mobile may soon be available in the Indian market.All the other specification are same expect of course the additional in-built memory. This 32GB variant of Galaxy S III is priced at Rs. 41,500 as revealed bySamsung’s eStore. This is a high-end Android 4.0 ICS based smartphone which will go up against the likes of HTC One X and the recently launched LG Optimus 4X HD.
In terms of specs the device sports a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display and it is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core processor. It also includes an 8 megapixel rear camera, front facing camera for video calling, NFC, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity.
Features
- 12.19cm (4.8″) HD Super AMOLED
- 1.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
- 8MP Camera Resolution (Rear)
- S Beam,All Share Play, All share Cast
- Pop up Play, Best Photo
- DLNA and Wi-Fi Direct
- S Voice, Social Tag & Direct Call
Samsung Galaxy S III Might get a new colour Option
All of us use variety of colours in our gadget, Samsung Galaxy SIII had three colours now it seems consumers will soon have a third colour option, while opting for a Samsung Galaxy S III. According to a few images posted by the Korean manufacturer this colour is going to be black .Samsung only sells white and pebble blue Galaxy S III units around the globe now it has shared images with black colour.
It features a 4.8-inch HD display, a quad-core processor, an 8MP rear camera, front camera and 16/32GB internal memory.Samsung has also promised to release the 64GB variant of the smartphone sometime later this year.
There is no word on the exact release date of the black colour option for the Galaxy S III, however it is expected to bear the same priced tag.Originally launched in May, the smartphone has already been sold more than 10 million times. The Korean firm has seen a heavy demand for the smartphone, which has received great reviews across the board. So let’s wait for the updates of this mode,l in stunning black colour after its release…
Build and Design
The Samsung Galaxy S3 looks more like its predecessor, the S2. The phone is a bit more rounded with smooth flowing lines and curved edges and corners. It looks more stylish and sleeker than the S2. This smartphone weighs 133 grams and is 8.6 millimeters thick, which makes it thinner than the iPhone 4s and HTC One. The S3 also features this luxurious feel with a pebble design which makes it easier to hold and maneuver. Despite the phone’s huge screen, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is still manageable, thanks to its rounded, tactile form.
Performance
The Samsung Galaxy S3 runs on quad core Exynos 4212 processor that is surprisingly quick. With so much power in a smartphone, gaming is simply amazing. Sporting Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the S3 definitely means business. The handset also comes with a new version of TouchWizz, and S Voice, Siri’s rival.
Display
The Samsung Galaxy S3 features an amazing 4.8 inch display with 720 p pool of brilliance that ripples at a single touch. The phone’s AMOLED technology gives it vibrant colors and displays multimedia files in rich hues. Experts often dubbed it as crystal clear. The phone offers four color settings to choose from namely standard, natural, movie, and dynamic. With S3’s 306ppi pixel density, HD video and photos look stunning and vividly clear.
Camera
Just like any praise-worthy smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with front and back cameras. The 8 megapixel rear camera comes with an LED flash. The 1.9 Mp-front camera can record HD videos at 30 fps, which isn’t too shabby for many. The phone also boasts nifty features like the HDR, Best Shot which captures eight pictures and chooses the best one, and a burst mode which can shoot up to 20 pictures. Its social tag capabilities also let users link it to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The images generated from the S3 prints well with [ all in one printers ] in the market today.
Which One Would You Prefer : Samsung Galaxy S3 or Apple iPhone 4S ?
The Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S goes head to head with theeach other. Both smartphones have similar suggested retail prices at £499 for the 16GB models, which also makes them the most expensive mainstream handsets on the market.
Here we have quick comparision which will give you an idea on who outclasses whom and help you purchase the better one.
Storage & Memory
The base 16GB models will probably do the most business, but the S3 can scale up to 128GB . The maximum internal storage is 64GB, but the microSDXC slot means that the storage complement in Samsung’s flagship handset can be augmented by a further 64GB. The Galaxy S3 also comes with 50GB worth of Dropbox storage, free for two years!
The iPhone 4S , by comparison, also tops out at 64GB of internal storage, but thanks to Apple’s need to keep its devices locked down, you won’t be able to increase that. You do also get Apple’s iCloud service thrown in, which allows you to keep your iPhone backed up to the cloud, making it easy to recover your data if you ever lose the phone.
As far as system memory goes, the iPhone 4S has 512MB while the Galaxy S3 doubles-down to 1GB.
Processors
On paper, the iPhone 4S is no match for the raw processing power of the Galaxy S3. Both phones’ chips are based on ARM’s Cortex A9 but Samsung’s Exynos 4412 has twice the number of cores, which run nearly twice as fast - four 1.4GHz cores vs. two 800MHz cores in the Apple A5.
The Galaxy S3 is powered-by the Samsung 1.4 GHz Quad-core Exynos 4212 processor
iPhone 4S is powered-by 1 GHz dual-core processor and has 1GB RAM onboard.
Operating Software
Samsung Galaxy S3′s latestAndroid4.0 version is affectionately called as the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Ever since the release of ICS, it has become the preference of most of the mobile phone users, given the numerous features- S3 enables easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, deep interactivity and adds powerful new ways of communicating and sharing. The tech experts, meanwhile, perceive that Android is the mobile platform of the future.
iPhone 4S runs on Apple’s iOS 5 software and can be updated to latest iOS 6 once it is released for users. iOS 6 has been packed with over 200 new features, including Apple-developed navigation maps as it has dumped Google’s maps. The new Apple Maps promises turn-by-turn guidance to the users.
Display
Both displays are protected by Corning’s Gorilla glass but use different technology. The iPhone 4S uses an IPS LCD while the S3 incorporates a PenTile HD Super AMOLED.
the iPhone 4S is packed with a 3.5-inch TFT Retina multi-touch display, with 960 x 640 resolutions at 330 ppi pixel density
In contrast,Galaxy S3 has a huge screen, that sports Super AMOLED capacitive full touchscreen, 16M colors, 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (306 ppi pixel density), multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, TouchWiz UI v4.
Camera
Both can record full HD footage, both have eight megapixel sensors and both have front facing cameras (VGA for the iPhone 4S and two megapixel for the S3). In theory, both handsets have similar photographic capabilities, but we’ll be testing them side-by-side soon to evaluate which makes the better pocket camera.
The iPhone 4S features a primary 8-megapixel camera with 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and has a VGA front facing camera for video calling.
Galaxy S3 boasts 8-megapixel camera with 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization features to mix. The handset also packs 1.9-megapixel front facing camera for video calling.
Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S, however, both offers to shoot HD videos of up to 1080p.
Battery
The iPhone 4S sports a 1432mAh battery with an estimated talk time of 480 minutes on 3G. The S3 has a far larger battery capacity at 2100mAh, which translates to a slightly higher talk time of 620 minutes. Samsung needed to equip the S3 with as large a battery as possible, with the large screen and quad-core processor likely to put a real strain on battery life.
Connectivity
Both phones have Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI out (both via adaptors), GPS and Wi-Fi. However, the S3 comes with NFC, GLONASS, Wi-Fi Direct, HDMI out and a microUSB port. An easy win for the S3, assuming, of course, that you actually need or want the extra features.
Software
The S3 runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich while the iPhone 4S runs iOS 5.1.1 , two distinct and different mobile platforms altogether.
While Ice Cream Sandwich is the best Android outing yet, the Galaxy S3 runs a customised version of the OS, just like every Android phone without a Nexus moniker. The problem with customised versions of Android is that updates can take an age to appear - the Galaxy S2 has only recently seen an upgrade to ICS, for example.