Samsung Galaxy S III Officially Announced

[dgstorm]

The Samsung Press Event in London has just commenced and the super-hyped official smartphone of the London Olympics, the Samsung Galaxy S III GSM has been officially announced. Here's the full breakdown of what we know that is no longer rumor and innuendo:

• Quad-Core Exynos 1.4GHz Processor
• 1GB Ram
• 4G (Dependent on market)
• 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED (1280x720) display
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 8 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BIS - Burst shot & Best photo, Recording snapshot, HDR
• 1.9 Mega pixel camera, HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BIS
• Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p)
• NFC
• Bluetooth® 4.0(LE)
• 16/ 32GB User memory (64GB available soon) ＋ microSD slot (up to 64GB)
• 2,100 mAh
• S Voice - Voice Command Software - Can Respond to You talking to it on your desk
• Voice Activated Photo Capture
• Direct Call - Hold it up to your ear while displaying a contact and it will autocall
• Social Tag - Automatic Facebook tagging using facial recongnition
• S Beam Sharing - merges NFC and WiFi for instant video sharing
• Buddy photo - take a photo of your existing friends SGS3 recognizes the faces and can send a copy of it to everyone it recognized -- sent through MMS or email
• Available in Two Colors - Blue-Grey or White
• Corning Gorilla Glass 2
• Six sensors - Accelerometer, RGB light, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer

What do you guys think? Are the specs and aesthetics everything you hoped?

Updated: We are adding more features as they filter in from the live event. It will be coming to Europe on May 29th, and will come to the United States in June!

We also have a dedicated sister-site for the Samsung Galaxy SIII! You can check it out over @ S3Forums.com!

Source: Samsung

 

[hxdrummerxc]

Its so........ beautiful. I love the brushed metal.
O man, I love Samsung designs.

If this comes to Verizon, it may be replacing my Galaxy Nexus that I love so much.

 

[johnomaz]

For me, its dependant on whether or not the US will get the Exynos processor. If not, I may just get the Journal. Hopefully that will be said when it coming to Verizon today too.

 

[xeene]

Battery too small, otherwise specs are good.

 

[???]

watching now. Very nice...


i think the lte might get a bigger battery thou. like the nexus.

 

[tjk629]

Why did they stick the GB notification bar on the press shots? Does it look awful!

Besides that, I really like that direct call feature.

 

[neoj2]

the memory space is crazy wish my Gnex had an sd slot, very tempting.
if it gets 4g and keeps the processor size i just might pick it up.

 

[Xtra Big Kahuna]

Meh.

Screen is too big.

 

[armeddroid]

Me likey mucho..plus the memory is expandable to 64gb and also DropBox giving 50gb of space upon purchase.
Euro version will be available end of May. So....maybe June or July for it to arrive in US.

 

[???]

I like the screen size. The nexus wasn't quite as big as I hoped in real life from the specs.

4.8 might be good. I just hope it's curved still

 

[jory121]

Im honestly not really impressed...Awesome specs dont get me wrong....but the hardware looks terrible!!!

 

[armeddroid]

Hardware looks terrible?
In comparison to what?

 

[???]

Hardware looks terrible?
In comparison to what?

in before he says something made my moto


I like the blue

 

[Mouthpuncher]

I'm on Verizon as well and was hoping the Journal would be announced alongside this bad boy. I'm still on my OG droid so the S3 would be a massive upgrade for me but my soul yearns for the Journal... keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[jory121]

Compared to all other devices...looks like they went two steps back....definitely not even on the same level as the one x