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Overview:
Samsung Galaxy S3 full Specifications and Price in India: Finally, after so long a wait period, Samsung Galaxy S3 got revealed on 4th of May 2012 at London. This much anticipated phone is really worth all the waiting. Samsung Galaxy S3 is a real worthy successor to the much acclaimed Samsung Galaxy S2 with some superior features.
User Experience: Samsung Galaxy S3 has latest Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor which is surely going to provide a powerful phone experience. The phone is to thrill gaming enthusist with its Mali-400MP GPU and high processing power.
Camera and Video: The Primary Camera in Samsung Galaxy S3 will be a stunningly high resolution 8 MP camera with 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus and LED flash plus remarkable 1080p@30fps video recording capability. The phone is capable of simultaneously recording images and HD video. The camera in Galaxy S3 offers other goodies as well like geo-tagging, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, image stabilization and touch focus. The Secondary 1.9 MP Camera is an additional delight and it also has 720p@30fps video recording capacity. The Video Player can play MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 formats and the Music Player will be able to play MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC formats.
Hard Disk and Talk Time: Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with 1 GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB options for internal memory and an additional External storage via MicroSD Card Up to 64GB. The phone has Standard Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery which should provide decent standby and talk time. Details about talk time and stand by time has not emerged, but we expect that Galaxy S3 will have sufficient talk and standby time to keep the phone running for the whole day.
ConnectivityThe phone offers high speed 3G data transfer via HSDPA 21 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps. Galaxy S3 is 4G compatible too but 4G is available in some regions initially. Another exciting factor is the screen which is 4.8-inches Super AMOLED Plus Capacitive Touchscreen with 16M colors and an amazingly higher 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. In addition Galaxy S3 has connectivity through Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, HS, microUSB v2.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi. The phone also offers decent GPRS and EDGE connectivity.
Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with some intelligent features like Smart Stay, Direct Call, Smart Alert, Social Tag and S Voice.
Smart Stay: The Smart Stay feature in Samsung Galaxy S3 can read the user’s eyes and keeps the screen bright till the time the user is awake and turns the display off as he sleeps.
Direct Call: The Direct Call feature in galaxy S3 makes a call automatically to the person to whom you are typing a message when you lift the phone next to your ear while typing.
Smart Alert: Smart Alert feature in Galaxy S3 informs you about the calls and messages that you have missed while you were away from the phone through the vibrating nudge.
Social Tag: The Social Tag is another intelligent feature which keeps tracks of your best friends and when you glance their photos this application shows their current SNS status.
S Voice: The S Voice is a voice assistant feature in the line of SIRI in iPhone which replies to your words and makes possible for you to make it to answer, wake up and also take a photo.
S Beam: S Beam feature lets you share music, videos, pictures and other stuffs by placing to Samsung Galaxy S3 phones back to back.
Buddy photo share: Buddy photo share feature in Samsung Galaxy S3 recognizes your friend’s faces and lets you share the photos instantly with them.
Pop up play: The Pop up play feature allows you to watch videos while your messaging or emailing.
Best photo: The phone's camera can automatically shoot 8 continuous shots and then lets you help select the best one out of eight.
| Overview | Android OS v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 4.8 inches Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen Display, AMOLED 3D screen, 8 MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G, Data transfer 3g, GPS with A-GPS support, Near Field Communication technology, HDMI port, Document Editor |
| Announced | 2012 |
| Status | Launched 4th, May 2012 |
| System | |
| Operating System | Android OS v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor |
| Chipset | Exynos 4212 Quad |
| GPU | Mali-400MP |
| Network | |
| 2G | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G | LTE (regional) |
| CDMA | No |
| Dual Sim | No |
| Triple Sim | No |
| Dimensions | |
| Form | Bar |
| Dimensions | 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm |
| Weight | 133 g |
| Color | Pebble blue, Marble white |
| Display | |
| Size | 4.8 inches |
| Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels |
| Qwerty | Virtual QWERTY |
| Touch Screen | Yes, Super AMOLED Plus Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
| Multi Touch | Yes, TouchWiz UI v4.0 |
| Music | |
| Music Player | MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC Music Player |
| 3.5mm Jack | Yes |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Ring Tones | Vibration, Polyphonic, MP3, WAV |
| Camera | |
| Primary Camera | 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, image stabilization, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, touch focus, Simultaneous HD video and image recording |
| Secondary Camera | 1.9 MP Camera |
| Video | 1080p@30fps, Video Player : MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 |
| Voice and Recording | Yes |
| Messaging | |
| Yes, Push Email | |
| Messaging | SMS (Threaded View), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Web Browsing | HTML, Adobe Flash |
| Memory | |
| Internal | 1 GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB storage |
| Card Slot | MicroSD Card Up to 64 GB |
| Applications | |
| Games | Yes, 3D games, Downloadable |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
| Power Management | |
| Battery | Standard battery Li-Ion 2100 mAh |
| Talk Time | Up to 21 hours 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 hours 40 min (3G) |
| Standby Time | Up to 590 hours (2G) / Up to 790 hours (3G) |
| Solar | No |
| Connectivity | |
| Blue Tooth | v4.0 with A2DP, EDR |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 |
| Data Transfer | |
| GPRS | Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps |
| EDGE | Class 12 |
| Infrared Port | No |
| WLAN & Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot |
| 3G | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
| 4G | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| GPS and Navigation | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| PIM | |
| Personal Information Management | MicroSIM card support only, 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 editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration, Voice memo/dial/commands, Predictive text input (Swype |
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| Overview | Android OS v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor, 4.8 inches Super AMOLED Plus Touchscreen Display, AMOLED 3D screen, 8 MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4G, Data transfer 3g, GPS with A-GPS support, Near Field Communication technology, HDMI port, Document Editor | |
| Announced | 2012 | |
| Status | Launched 4th, May 2012 | |
| System | ||
| Operating System | Android OS v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 processor | |
| Network | ||
| 2G | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | |
| 3G | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| CDMA | No | |
| Dual Sim | No | |
| Triple Sim | No | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Form | Bar | |
| Dimensions | 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm | |
| Weight | 133 g | |
| Color | Pebble blue, Marble white | |
| Display | ||
| Size | 4.8 inches | |
| Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels | |
| Qwerty | Virtual QWERTY | |
| Touch Screen | Yes, Super AMOLED Plus Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 | |
| Music | ||
| Music Player | MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC Music Player | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Ring Tones | Vibration, Polyphonic, MP3, WAV | |
| Camera | ||
| Primary Camera | 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, image stabilization, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, touch focus, Simultaneous HD video and image recording | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps, Video Player : MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 | |
| Voice and Recording | Yes | |
| Messaging | ||
| Yes, Push Email | ||
| Messaging | SMS (Threaded View), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Web Browsing | HTML, Adobe Flash | |
| Memory | ||
| Internal | 1 GB RAM, 16GB/32GB/64GB storage | |
| Card Slot | MicroSD Card Up to 64 GB | |
| Applications | ||
| Games | Yes, 3D games, Downloadable | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Power Management | ||
| Battery | Standard battery Li-Ion 2100 mAh | |
| Talk Time | Up to 21 hours 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 hours 40 min (3G) | |
| Standby Time | Up to 590 hours (2G) / Up to 790 hours (3G) | |
| Solar | No | |
| Connectivity | ||
| Blue Tooth | v4.0 with A2DP, EDR | |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 | |
| Data Transfer | ||
| GPRS | Class 12, 32 - 48 kbps | |
| EDGE | Class 12 | |
| Infrared Port | No | |
| Wlan & Wifi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| 3G | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| Gps and Navigation | ||
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Personal Information Management | MicroSIM card support only, 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 editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration, Voice memo/dial/commands, Predictive text input (Swype | |