The most awaited and the most powerful iPhone rival is finally here—Samsung Galaxy S3.
Galaxy S3 is the next version of already popular Samsung Galaxy family
of phones. This smartphone is already creating waves with its highly
impressive technical features. It is probably the most powerful
smartphone out there today, with a brilliant 4.8—inch HD Super AMOLED
display, 8MP advanced camera, an Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating
system (version 4.0). In this article, you will find all the details of
this particular smartphone.
Technical Specifications of Galaxy S III: In essence, the images look sharp and crisp. AMOLED technology gives deep black levels unlike LCD TFT displays. Hence, the colors are more real and lifelike than any other display you come across.
Software and Applications: The phone runs on the latest version of Google Android
operating system—Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. It has the TouchWiz user
interface created by Samsung as an overlay to the basic Android
interface. Samsung has introduced many new features to make the phone
even smarter. Do you remember Siri, the intelligent personal assistant
on Apple iPhone 4S? Galaxy S3 has a feature that rivals
Siri. In this smartphone, you have S Voice, which is a voice
recognition system developed to act as a personal assistant. It can pick
up or reject calls, operate the camera, use alarm functions, etc.
Although not as powerful as Siri, this is a first step for Android
smartphones. Another feature called Direct Call will call the person you
are texting as soon as you bring the phone to your ear. It is an
intelligent feature that makes it simple to communicate with your
friends. Imagine you are reading a document or an eBook on your phone.
You may like the phone to be awake and displaying content continuously without switching off the screen. For most of the phones, you do this by continuously tapping the touchscreen or extending the time for which the display stays on. On Galaxy S3, you have a feature called Smart stay. This will keep the display on as long as you are looking at it. The camera at the front looks at your eyes and recognizes it if they are looking at the phone display. This way, you can continue looking at the phone and the display will not turn off.
TouchWiz user interface of Galaxy S3 is similar to the one you can find on Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Note. TouchWiz version 5.0 has a few more features than the previous versions though. This overlay creates an easier to use interface over Android’s plain vanilla interface as seen on phones like the Galaxy Nexus. However, this overlay gets huge competition from HTC’s Sense overlay, which comes on HTC’s Android and Windows phones.
According to many people, HTC Sense interface is much better in terms of ease of use than TouchWiz. Android operating system is more or less a tool for developers than nomial users. It has many advanced features, which you can tweak and customize to make the operating system look and behave the way you want. This is a great advantage as well as a disadvantage. For advanced users, the operating system is very useful; they can play around with it and customize it to make their phone look the way they want it to. For normal users who do not really understand these advanced features, vanilla Android interface is not of much value. For them, a user interface overlay like TouchWiz or Sense is necessary.
Camera
Samsung Galaxy S3 has a camera with eight megapixels of resolution. Galaxy Note, S2, etc., all have 8MP cameras. However, this camera has a few new features on it that makes it stand out. It has a feature known as Best photo that automatically suggests the best shot among a number of similar shots you take. It has other standard features like smile and face detection as well. With this camera, you can shoot stills while you are recording a video.
The S3 camera shoots videos at Full HD quality (1080p). The images shot with S3 have great color reproduction. Although it oversaturates certain color shades, overall quality of the pictures is highly impressive. The videos may seem less natural in terms of color reproduction though. Besides this main camera, there is a 1.9MP camera at the front that is used for video calling, unlocking the phone with facial recognition, and the Smart stay feature.
Connectivity Features
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which has loads of new applications, is available in Samsung Galaxy S3. On either side of the camera are the LED flash and the main speaker. The placement of the speaker is not as optimized as in other phones like HTC One X. This may create a minor problem in audio playback. The weight is only133g, much lighter compared to iPhone 4S with a weight of 140g. In addition, the thickness of the phone is 8.6mm, making it thinner than HTC One X with 8.9mn and iPhone 4S with 9.3mm.
Mostly constructed from plastic, the phone may not look as sturdy as iPhone 4S (with more of metal and glass used). However, this makes Galaxy S3 much thinner and lighter for its impressive features. Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 overlays the display on Galaxy S3. Gorilla Glass 2 is the new version of hugely popular Gorilla Glass technology found on several srnartphones—iPhone 4S, Galaxy S2, etc. The version 2 is 20 percent thinner and extremely scratch-resistant. This means, you do not need a scratch resistant case. Such features do not come cheap, although the smartphone is much cheaper than the iPhone. Hence, Samsung Galaxy S3 is an affordable high-end smartphone tailored toward the future.
Overall rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Technical Specifications of Galaxy S III: In essence, the images look sharp and crisp. AMOLED technology gives deep black levels unlike LCD TFT displays. Hence, the colors are more real and lifelike than any other display you come across.
You may like the phone to be awake and displaying content continuously without switching off the screen. For most of the phones, you do this by continuously tapping the touchscreen or extending the time for which the display stays on. On Galaxy S3, you have a feature called Smart stay. This will keep the display on as long as you are looking at it. The camera at the front looks at your eyes and recognizes it if they are looking at the phone display. This way, you can continue looking at the phone and the display will not turn off.
TouchWiz user interface of Galaxy S3 is similar to the one you can find on Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Note. TouchWiz version 5.0 has a few more features than the previous versions though. This overlay creates an easier to use interface over Android’s plain vanilla interface as seen on phones like the Galaxy Nexus. However, this overlay gets huge competition from HTC’s Sense overlay, which comes on HTC’s Android and Windows phones.
According to many people, HTC Sense interface is much better in terms of ease of use than TouchWiz. Android operating system is more or less a tool for developers than nomial users. It has many advanced features, which you can tweak and customize to make the operating system look and behave the way you want. This is a great advantage as well as a disadvantage. For advanced users, the operating system is very useful; they can play around with it and customize it to make their phone look the way they want it to. For normal users who do not really understand these advanced features, vanilla Android interface is not of much value. For them, a user interface overlay like TouchWiz or Sense is necessary.
Camera
Samsung Galaxy S3 has a camera with eight megapixels of resolution. Galaxy Note, S2, etc., all have 8MP cameras. However, this camera has a few new features on it that makes it stand out. It has a feature known as Best photo that automatically suggests the best shot among a number of similar shots you take. It has other standard features like smile and face detection as well. With this camera, you can shoot stills while you are recording a video.
The S3 camera shoots videos at Full HD quality (1080p). The images shot with S3 have great color reproduction. Although it oversaturates certain color shades, overall quality of the pictures is highly impressive. The videos may seem less natural in terms of color reproduction though. Besides this main camera, there is a 1.9MP camera at the front that is used for video calling, unlocking the phone with facial recognition, and the Smart stay feature.
Connectivity Features
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, which has loads of new applications, is available in Samsung Galaxy S3. On either side of the camera are the LED flash and the main speaker. The placement of the speaker is not as optimized as in other phones like HTC One X. This may create a minor problem in audio playback. The weight is only133g, much lighter compared to iPhone 4S with a weight of 140g. In addition, the thickness of the phone is 8.6mm, making it thinner than HTC One X with 8.9mn and iPhone 4S with 9.3mm.
Mostly constructed from plastic, the phone may not look as sturdy as iPhone 4S (with more of metal and glass used). However, this makes Galaxy S3 much thinner and lighter for its impressive features. Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 overlays the display on Galaxy S3. Gorilla Glass 2 is the new version of hugely popular Gorilla Glass technology found on several srnartphones—iPhone 4S, Galaxy S2, etc. The version 2 is 20 percent thinner and extremely scratch-resistant. This means, you do not need a scratch resistant case. Such features do not come cheap, although the smartphone is much cheaper than the iPhone. Hence, Samsung Galaxy S3 is an affordable high-end smartphone tailored toward the future.
Overall rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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