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Samsung Galaxy S III AT&T Review

(SGH-I747) Score: 72.2 / 100

Samsung Galaxy S III AT&T is a breath-taking Android phone launched back in the year 2012, which features a good size 4.8-inches display, a 1500 MHz Dual-Core processor, and 2 cameras, an 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 1.9 megapixels front camera.

Talking about its construction, this cellphone is created with Polycarbonate. The S III AT&T is very slim and stilized, being just 0.34 inches thick. The S III AT&T is just 5.38" long, but it still manages to hold a 4.8 inches display. The S III AT&T is available in 3 color options, blue, red and white. Samsung did a very nice job making the Samsung Galaxy S III AT&T as lightweight as 4.73 ounces.

Samsung decided to sell this device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip, holding a very powerful 1500 megahertz Dual-Core processor and a huge 2 GB of RAM. To handle graphic rendering, this phone also has a 400 MHz Adreno 225 graphics processing unit. An interesting aspect of this cellphone is its 16 GB quite big internal storage memory and a slot for an external memory card, which allows the user to store hundreds of games and apps without worrying about space.

This cellphone is equipped with an amazing 1280 x 720 (HD) 4.8-inches display, giving this cellphone a very detailed graphical experience. This display uses Super AMOLED capacitive technology, and can detect multiple fingers at the same time.

This phone is equipped with two cameras, an 8 MP back-facing camera and a 1.9 megapixels front camera. It is also able to film Full HD 1920x1080 videos at 30 frames per second. Additionally, this cellphone's camera also includes many interesting characteristics: flash, auto-focus, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, digital image stabilization, geo tagging and HDR mode.

This phone has a 2100 mAh incredible Li-Ion battery that can keep it running for many hours, although you may find yourself looking for a place to charge it if you use it too much. Samsung afirms this cellphone has a talk time of 8 hours and a stand by time of 199 hours.

This cellphone includes wi-fi connectivity (which it can provide to other devices as a mobile hotspot), LTE (4G) great performance connection type and also HSPA+ connectivity, which is a slower 4G variation and the fastest 3G connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The S III AT&T works with a Micro SIM card for GSM carriers.

This phone also features a great numbre of great characteristics as Wireless charger compatibility, Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth (enables communication with other devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS Localization, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

Samsung sells the S III AT&T for $ 585, which is not cheap for comparing with similar cellphones. This cellphone is definitely the correct choice for you no matter if you want a cellphone for gaming, need a phone for work, want it mostly for social networks or are an amateur photographer.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Samsung
Operating System (OS):Android 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, 4.0.4
Also Known As:Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T
Product code:SGH-I747
Dimensions:5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inchesMetric13.67 x 7.06 x 0.86 cmImperial
Weight:4.73 ouncesMetric134.09 gImperial
Colors:Blue, Red and White
Materials:Polycarbonate
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2012-06-04
Price:$ 585.00

Display

Screen Type:Super AMOLED (16M colors)
Size:4.8 inchesMetric12.2 cmImperial
Resolution:720 x 1280 pixels (HD)
Pixel density:306 pixels per inchMetric120.47 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
Processor:Krait (Dual-Core 1500 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (500 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 225 (400 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:2100 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:199 hours
Talk Time:8 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.60
    Sensor size:0.33 inches (1/3")
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:1.9 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Fast Burst Mode, Geo Tagging and HDR Mode

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Micro SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 17), 1700/2100 (band 4)
UMTS Bands:850, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor