Well, I’m sad to say I missed the Unpacked event yesterday. I was trapped in daddy mode and was unable to attend. Doing some back tracking to see what I missed, I stumbled across the specs for the Galaxy S III.
- Android 4.0.4 with a new version of TouchWiz
- 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display (1280 x 720)
- 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor (North American version), 1.4Ghz Exynos 4 Quad processor (international version)
- 1GB of RAM
- 16/32GB versions (64GB coming later) with optional microSD slot
- 8MP camera with no shutter lag, 3.3fps burst
- 1.9 front-facing camera with face tracking
- NFC with S Beam 2100 mAh removable battery
- HSPA+ (international version) and LTE (North American)
- 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133g
I was very excited to see a final rendition of the specs for the Galaxy S III aside from the millions of ‘rumours’ and made up versions that everyone threw on the internet.
After reading the real specs of the phone, I was pretty disappointed because speaking in terms of specs, It isn’t much better than the Galaxy S II HD LTE that Bell just released. I laughed when I saw North Americans would get robbed of the quad core goodness, instead the Galaxy S III would be a dual core LTE enabled substitute. Clearly it has some improvements, but not as much as the hype of the internet made it out to be.
Link to checkout the Galaxy S II HD LTE from Bell
The International version of the Galaxy S III looks really appealing, but when it comes to the North American release, I don’t think I will have any issues skipping this version and waiting for the 2nd generation of the Galaxy Note.
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