Samsung Galaxy S III is an incredible Android phone launched back in the year 2012, equipped with a good size 4.8-inches display, an extremely powerful Quad-Core processor speeding at 1.5 gigahertz, and 2 cameras, an 8 MP back facing camera and a 1.9 megapixels front-facing camera.
This device ships with an exceptional Quad-Core processing unit clocking at 1500 MHz, bundled in a Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) chip with a great 2 GB RAM memory. Graphic rendering often consume lots of processing time, so it uses an additional ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU ticking at 266 megahertz to take care of them, leaving the CPU free for other tasks. A good point of the Samsung Galaxy S III is its 32 GB huge internal storage memory and a slot for SD memory cards, which allows the user to store hundreds of applications without even thinking about filling the phone.
Samsung did a very nice job making this device as lightweight as 4.71 oz. The S III is available in a nice range of colors: black, gray, brown, pink, blue, red and white. About its materials, this phone is made with Plastic. This cellphone is only 5.38 inches long, but it still manages to hold a 4.8 inches screen. Being just 0.34 inches thick,the S III is extremely thin and comfortable.
The S III is equipped with two cameras, an 8 megapixels back-facing camera and a 1.9 megapixels front-facing camera. It also captures videos in Full HD 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second. Additionally, this cellphone's camera also has lots of great features: auto-focus, flash, digital image stabilization, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, geo tagging and HDR mode.
This cellphone includes a incredible 1280 x 720 (HD) 4.8" display, which makes it impossible to even see the pixels taking part of the display. Its display uses Super AMOLED capacitive technology, with a 300 cd/m2 brightness and can detect multi touch gestures.
This phone offers WiFi connectivity (which can be provided to other devices acting as a router), HSPA+ (4G) connection type, which is not as fast as LTE-A or LTE 4G networks and 3G fast data connection, using HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The S III uses a Micro SIM card for GSM services.
This cellphone also features a wide range of cool characteristics as Wireless charging capability, NFC, Bluetooth (provides communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.
This phone counts with an incredible 2100 mAh Li-Ion battery that provides this cellphone a good battery life. Samsung informs a talk time of 22.5 hours and a stand by time of 830 hs for this cellphone.
Samsung is offering this phone for 220 dollars, which is a rather high price for comparing with other similar cellphones. No matter if you want this cellphone to take plenty of photographs, are looking for a work phone, will use it as a gaming phone or are looking for a social device, you will probably love this phone.
Device Type: | Phone |
Brand: | Samsung |
Operating System (OS): | Android 4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4 |
Variant: | See other variants reviews |
Also Known As: | Samsung Galaxy S3 |
Product code: | R530X |
Dimensions: | 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inchesMetric13.67 x 7.06 x 0.86 cmImperial |
Weight: | 4.71 ouncesMetric133.53 gImperial |
Colors: | Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Pink, Red and White |
Materials: | Plastic |
Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
Release date: | 2012-05-03 |
Price: | $ 220.00 |
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 |
Brightness: | 300 cd/m2 |
Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
Chipset: | Samsung Exynos 4 (4412) |
Processor: | ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1500 MHz) |
RAM Memory: | 2 GB |
Graphics Processor: | ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) |
Internal Memory: | 32 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: | 830 hours |
Talk Time: | 22.5 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: | 800 (band 18), 1800 (band 3), 2600 (band 7) |
UMTS Bands: | 850, 900, 1900, 2100 |
GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
Technologies: | 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 |
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