The Samsung Galaxy S III
"We think the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated product in the 20-year history of Samsung Mobile," Blythe Makenzie, Samsung Mobile's representative, told TechNewsWorld. "We will continue to share information as it becomes available."
Samsung launched the Galaxy S III smartphone in London on Thursday. The tool will run Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), version four.0 of the mobile OS. The Galaxy S III's features include facial & voice recognition, voice command capability & eye tracking.
The Galaxy S III's Specs
The Galaxy S III has an four.8-inch Tremendous AMOLED one,280 by 720 pixel screen, an 8 MP autofocus rear camera with flash & zero shutter lag, a front-facing one.9 MP camera that records HD videos at 30 fps with zero shutter lag, & WiFi & Bluetooth four.0 capability.
The S III also has an accelerometer, an RBG light, a digital compass, a barometer, a gyroscope as well as a propinquity sensor.
It also offers NFC, or near-field communications, which allows mobile payments & lets devices exchange information when they touch.
Other features are Smart Stay, S Beam, Buddy Photograph Share, Share Shot, AllShare Play, AllShare Cast, social & group tags, S Voice, & links to the usual Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) mobile services.
The S III was designed to maximize its usability to its owner, Samsung said.
Samsung Struts Its Program Stuff
S Voice lets the S III listen to what the user says & reply appropriately. It allows information search, lets the user communicate with the S III, & has tool control features. S Voice can be used to control volume, send text messages & emails, automatically launch the camera & take a photograph, organize schedules, or play songs.
For example, Smart Stay makes use of eye tracking through the S III's front camera to recognize what the user's doing with the phone & modify accordingly. If the user's reading an ebook, for example, the S III will adjust the brightness of the display accordingly.
AllShare Cast lets users wirelessly transfer content from the S III to their tv set. AllShare Play lets users share files between the S III & the user's tablet, PC or tv set irrespective of the distance between the devices.
The S Beam feature lets users share information quickly -- a one GB film file within minutes, or a ten MB music file within seconds -- when they touch their devices together, whether or not there is a WiFi or cellular signal. It expands the capabilities of the Android Beam, which leverages NFC to enable peer-to-peer information exchange between devices.
"If anything, Samsung's flexing its program muscle," Ramon Llamas, a senior analyst at IDC, told TechNewsWorld. "I think they were trying to impress all the individuals who are paying close attention to design, like Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) & Nokia (NYSE: NOK), than to the average consumer."
Keeping the ICS Flag Flying
The S III "is an evolution over earlier devices, but not a immense leap forward," Carolina Milanesi, a research vice president at Gartner (NYSE: IT), told TechNewsWorld.
The device's actual impact could be to boost acceptance of ICS, Michael Morgan, a senior analyst at ABI Research, suggested.
"As of now, Ice Cream Sandwich has not taken off that quickly," Morgan told TechNewsWorld. "Hopefully now that they have a hero gizmo being launched, this will help increase its penetration."
That is partly because came out at the finish of the industry cycle & we have not seen any new devices leveraging it coming out yet, Morgan suggested. "The S III is that hot gizmo, & it could absolutely bring Ice Cream Sandwich in to play."
Google's own statistics for the 14 days ending May one show that ICS has only five percent of the Android market.
Leveraging the Market's Timing
Google launched ICS in October.
Samsung "has a chance to maximize sales between now & the launch of the iPhone five & still stand out among competitors such as HTC & LG," Gartner's Milanesi opined.
The new iPhone will likely be launched around October, while the Galaxy S III will be released in Europe May 29, & "that interval's a lovely chance for Samsung to grab market share," IDC's Llamas said.
Samsung Mobile will release a version of the Galaxy S III optimized for the quickest LTE & HSPA+ 4G networks in the United States sometime this summer, company representative Blythe said. He would not be more specific about the timing & the carriers.
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