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Samsung Galaxy S III Specs

9.3

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Samsung Galaxy S III Review

8.7

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Released

May 22, 2012

Display

4.8-inch
1280 x 720 px

Camera

8 MP Main
1.9 MP Selfie

Battery

2100 mAh

Storage

32GB

Hardware

Samsung Exynos 4 Quad
1GB RAM

OS

Android 4.3
Samsung TouchWiz UI

Description

With a 4.8" HD Super AMOLED in a chassis slightly bigger than the Galaxy S II, the Samsung Galaxy S III embodies the Android lovers dream of having a slim and light device with huge screen. With a powerful quad-core Exynos chip, which turns into Snapdragon S4 + LTE for the US, the phone becomes the 2012 Android yardstick. It is not only the hardware specs, though, but rather the holistic approach to communication with the user, dubbed Natural Interaction, and the innovative media sharing features that make it "stand tall" - literally.

This device is also known as Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung i9300, Samsung Galaxy S III R530X

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Display Benchmarks
Size:	4.8-inch
Resolution:	1280 x 720 px, 306 PPI
Technology:	Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body:	65.82 %
Colors:	16 777 216
Peak brightness:	300 cd/m2 (nit)
Features:	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware Benchmarks
System chip:	Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412
Processor:	Quad-core, 1400 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9
GPU:	Mali-400 MP4
RAM:	1GB (LPDDR2)
Internal storage:	32GB
Storage expansion:	microSDXC up to 64 GB
OS:	Android (4.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.0.4), Samsung TouchWiz UI
Device type:	Smartphone

Battery
Capacity:	2100 mAh
Type:	Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera
Rear:	Single camera Camera samples
Main camera:	8 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Specifications:	Aperture size: F2.6 Sensor size: 1/3"
Flash:	LED
Video recording:	1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Features:	EIS, Video calling
Front:	1.9 MP

Design Size comparison
Dimensions:	5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches (136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm)
Weight:	4.69 oz (133.0 g)
Materials:	Back: Plastic
Features:	Notification light
Keys:	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors:	Black, Gray, Brown, Pink, Blue, Red, White

Cellular
3G:	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed:	HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type:	Micro SIM

Multimedia Benchmarks
Headphones:	3.5mm jack
Speakers:	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features:	Album art cover, Background playback, Custom equalizer, Preset equalizer
Screen mirroring:	DLNA, Wireless screen share, MHL, MirrorLink
Radio:	FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s):	Yes

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth:	4.0
Wi-Fi:	802.11 a, b, g, n, dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB:	microUSB, USB 2.0
Features:	OTG, Video out, Charging
Location:	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors:	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer
Other:	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features
Notifications:	Haptic feedback, (MP3)
Other features:	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Availability
Officially announced:	May 03, 2012

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Alternative variants

Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage:	16GB
Video recording:
Features:	Video calling, EIS

Samsung Galaxy S III 64GB

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage:	64GB
Video recording:
Features:	Video calling, EIS

Samsung I9300A

Differences from the main variant:
Video recording:
Features:	Video calling, EIS
FCC approval:
Date approved:	Jun 19, 2012
FCC ID value:	A3LGTI9300A
Measured SAR:
Head:	0.49 W/kg
Body:	1.02 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission:	1.58 W/kg
Wireless Router:	1.02 W/kg

Samsung I9300T

Differences from the main variant:
Video recording:
Features:	Video calling, EIS
FCC approval:
Date approved:	Jun 19, 2012
FCC ID value:	A3LGTI9300T
Measured SAR:
Head:	0.41 W/kg
Body:	1.03 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission:	1.49 W/kg
Wireless Router:	1.03 W/kg

Samsung Galaxy S III LTE I9305

Differences from the main variant:
RAM:	2GB
4G (FDD):	Bands 18(800 Lower), 3(1800), 7(2600)
3G:	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 1(2100)
Data Speed:	LTE
FCC approval:
Date approved:	Sep 06, 2012
FCC ID value:	A3LGTI9305
Measured SAR:
Head:	0.28 W/kg
Body:	0.58 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission:	0.87 W/kg
Wireless Router:	0.58 W/kg

Samsung Galaxy S III R530X

Differences from the main variant:
Processor:	Dual-core, 1500 MHz
RAM:	2GB
Weight:	4.71 oz (133.5 g)

Carrier Availability

Discontinued

U.S. Cellular

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Overall User Rating

(113 reviews)

8.7

Build quality

7.7

Camera quality

8.8

Performance

8.3

Display

8.9

Battery life and charging

8.2

chkos

I don't like it anymore

Posted: Jul 16, 2015, 2:50 PM

Phone owned for more than a year

I've been using this phone for more than a year and im looking forward to getting a new one...
It gets slow when you install some things
Low built-in memoru ( i cant download more spotify music)
It heats up really fast when playing or watching videos over 4g-
Good speaker(not the best)
Once it fell from my knees and the screen broke so theres no "Gorilla glass"

chanpion01

Arena Apprentice

Good phone, performance phone

Posted: May 06, 2015, 3:28 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

This phone was great at the time of release, great big display, calls easy, Android Ice Cream Sandwich was still running fast on this older phone unlike some other companies (Apple). UI is very customizable but not the easiest to use but drag and drop using Android file Manager worked sometimes. Multimedia is very good on this phone and internet is easy to use. Camera was very good but low light a bit poor. Very happy I had this phone. Put cyanogenmod custom mod on it and that was amazing except for when i got a battery problem, Samsung set it was out of warranty, lol. Data usage much better on this than iPhones. Uses less of your data for same outcome. RAM disappointing especially when newer software came out multitasking was slow and crashed a few times. In the end a very good phone but probably right now past its time

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What I like

Big display
Calls good
UI easy to use

What I don't like

Low RAM
Camera no good in low light

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littlezina

Arena Apprentice

Terrible battery life

Posted: Apr 14, 2015, 5:10 PM

Phone owned for more than a year

Had this phone a bit more than a year. It was working great at the beginning besides some lag on playing games. Battery lasts shorter and shorter. After using it for a year, battery could only last for 2 hours if I listen to music. It couldn't even last 30 minutes when I take photos with flashlight on. The phone restarts by itself when I had a game on for about 15 minutes, and battery drains up after restarting even when it was 80% before it restarts, which is really annoying.

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