Coming as a successor to Samsung’s previous flagship Galaxy phone, the Galaxy SIII has big shoes to fill. Samsung’s 2012 flagship phone is more than capable than it’s predecessor and the competition, featuring a 1.4 Ghz Exynos 4 quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 4.8-inch Super AMOLED screen with 1280×720 resolution and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The full speclist for the Samsung Galaxy SIII is available below:
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G Network | LTE (regional) | |
| SIM | Micro-SIM | |
| Announced | 2012, May | |
| Status | Available. Released 2012, May |
| Body | Dimensions | 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm (5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 133 g (4.69 oz) | |
| – Touch-sensitive controls |
| Display | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 | |
| – TouchWiz UI |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Memory | Card slot | microSD, up to 64 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
| Data | GPRS | Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Class 12 | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go |
| Camera | Primary | 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality | |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps |
| Features | OS | Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Exynos 4412 Quad | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 | |
| GPU | Mali-400MP | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML, Adobe Flash | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur | |
| – S-Voice natural language commands and dictation- Smart Stay eye tracking- Dropbox (50 GB storage)- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– TV-out (via MHL A/V link) – SNS integration – MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Organizer – Image/video editor – Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration – Voice memo/dial/commands – Predictive text input (Swype) |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G) |
