Samsung’s Galaxy Series are a popular hit in the global market. They are sold in huge numbers today, and they won great praise from smart phone users. Continuing the success path, Samsung recently launched Galaxy S 3 smart phone into the UK markets. It’s a brand new upgraded handset from the smart phone giant. One major difference you will notice in this handset is its huge-size packed with tons features.
This latest Samsung Galaxy handset comes with innovative features like Smart Stay, S-Beam, Social Tag, Pop Up Play, Direct Call, Smart Alert, S-Voice and Buddy Photo-Share. The handset operates on Android 4.0 (ICS – Ice Cream Sandwich) which makes it a perfect competitor to the iPhone models. This handset continued the popularity of Galaxy S series. It doesn’t need much time to use this new handset for someone who did not use any Galaxy device before.
Design:
The handset feels lightweight and responds quickly to the user inputs. The handset feels comfortable in the hands, thanks for its hyperbolic design. It has 4.8 inch Super HD Amoled Screen, which is quite impressive for watching high-resolution videos. However, its plastic (polycarbonate) body won’t appeal to some of the audiences. Those using Galaxy S2 feels comfortable while using this device. The handset comes with a solid Gorilla Glass on its front side and on the back side it has a robust battery cover.
Buttons:
Galaxy S 3 buttons are well-planned and placed perfectly considering its huge size. The lock-button is placed on the right-hand side and volume buttons are placed parallel on the left-hand side. The home buttons are elongated in S III and the device looks like the popular Galaxy Nexus smartphone. MicroUSB slot is located at the bottom of the device.
Features and Performance:
Galaxy S III comes with latest voice recognition application S Voice, auto turn-off screen with Smart Stay service and WiFi direct video transfer between Galaxy S III handsets with S Beam. This Galaxy device is equipped with an efficient 8 MP camera with decent sensors that can capture videos at full 1080p HD resolution up to 30fps. On the frontside, it has a 1.9MP camera capable of recording videos at 720p resolution.
S III comes with 2,100mAh powerful battery and weighs 133g and has a secondary microphone for strong signal strength and good call quality. Galaxy S III comes with 16, 32 and 64GB storage capacity and has an option for microSD card slot. The device performs exceptionally well with its 1.4GHz Exynos quad-core processor using 1 GB of RAM. So, switching and opening various applications is smooth and lag free.
Good:
Operates on latest Android OS, 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
Powered by latest quad-core processor.
Neatly placed microSD card slot.
Has lightweight sleek-looking design.
Comes with a huge 720p resolution 4.8-inch screen.
Bad:
Comes at a premier price.
The TouchWiz interface provided is a bit confusing.
C-Voice need to be optimized properly.
Continued the same design.
Comes only in Marble White or Pebble Blue colours.
Verdict:
This latest smart phone from Samsung that is worthy of a try for Android lovers. Galaxy S III is a superb choice for those looking to have HD video recording, 3D gaming and high-speed internet browsing on their smartphones. Modest mobile users can ignore this handset as they need to spend more to acquire this device. Galaxy S III is going to give a very high competition to HTC One X.
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phone is good… but price is too high