New Delhi: After a long wait, Samsung's much-awaited Galaxy S III has finally hit Indian shores. The company has today launched its flagship smartphone - the Galaxy S III in India at a price of Rs 43,180 for the 16GB version.
We had earlier reported that Samsung Galaxy S III will hit Indian markets at a price of Rs 42,500, and the Samsung India estore is selling it at the precise price.
The phone features a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. It has an 8 megapixel rear camera with flash and zero shutter lag and a 1.9 megapixel front camera, which are believed to offer users a wide variety of camera features and face recognition related options.
Weighing 133g, the phone is only 8.6 mm thick. The Samsung Galaxy S III runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system. The new Galaxy comes powered by Samsung's quad-core microprocessor.
The Exynos 4 Quad, based on British chip designer ARM Holdings Cortex A9 technology, enables more tasks in a shorter period of time - for example streaming video can run on one core while the other cores update applications, connect to the web and scan virus-check, simultaneously.
Available in two colours - Pebble Blue and Marble White, its connectivity options include connectivity options icnlude WiFi a/b/g/n, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0(LE).
The memory of the Galaxy S III is expandable up to 64GB, using a microSD card. The phone is engineered with a 2100 mAh battery.
The Galaxy S III features 'S Voice,' the advanced natural language user interface, to listen and respond to your words. In addition, this feature is claimed to present powerful functions in regards to device control and commands. For instance, when your phone alarm goes off but you need a little extra rest, just tell the Galaxy S III "snooze." Also, you can use this feature to play your favourite songs, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and emails, organise your schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture a photo.
Besides your voice, the phone understands your motions also. It has a "Direct call" feature, which means if you are messaging someone but decide to call them instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and "Direct call" will dial their number.
Moreover, the phone has another interesting feature - Smart alert. The phone is claimed to save you from trouble by catching any missed messages or calls; the phone will vibrate to notify missed statuses when picked up after being idle.
With the new "S Beam," the Galaxy S III expands upon Android Beam, thereby allows a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another Galaxy S III phone, even without a Wi-Fi or cellular signal. Its "Buddy photo share" also allows photos to simultaneously shared with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery.
It has much more to offer. With 'AllShare Cast,' users can wirelessly connect their Galaxy S III to their television to immediately transfer smartphone content onto a larger display.
With a view to ensure faster content sharing and connectivity, the smartphone offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the Wi-Fi bandwidth.
Samsung has also introduced 'Pop up play,' feature that allows users to play a video anywhere on the screen while simultaneously running other tasks. It eliminates the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the Web.####
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