Samsung Galaxy S3 Full Phone Specifications
Samsung galaxy s3 is the smartphone that started revolutions showing that speed do matter in case of smartphones. Though, due to technical glitches, it couldnt deliver well,it succeeded in delivering that message to user community that performance do matter. Samsung galaxy s3 is the record breaking seller in samsung smartphones till date. This smartphone got many bugs spotted and everything was fixed with the release of v4.1.2 jellybean firmware. The bugs that were fixed are sudden death issue which caused a smartphone to fall into a never ending sleep. This was the ICS bug that hit the smartphone and samsung responded well by making jellybean 4.1.2 available ahead of schedule via OTA to fix this problem. Samsung galaxy s3 was attractive as it gave the users almost all freedom to use it. The quad core cortex A-9 did the job well.
An update to 4.2.2/ even to v4.3 is expected anytime to samsung galaxy s3 users as this smartphone is in the hands of atleast one person in a hectre area (survey as per samsung). This device was announced to the world on may 2012 and was made available may 2012 end. Let us see the specifications of this smartphone in detail.
NETWORK
This device has support for 2G and 3G networks only. GSM 850,900,1800,1900 modes are supported in 2G network. HSDPA 850,900,1900,2100 are supported in 3G mode.The device supports micro-SIM architecture so that one person with an existing mini-SIM needs a SIM cutter to be used to adapt his mini-SIM to micro-SIM size.
BODY
The device is 5.38*2.78*0.34 (inches) in dimension, and weighs 133 grams.
DISPLAY
The device feeatures a super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen supporting 16million colours. The display resolution is 720*1280 pixels and it has a pixel density of 306ppi for excellent viewing experience.It supports multitouch feature and protected by corning gorilla glass2 and the user UI is touch wiz of samsung.
SOUND
The device has default alert types and vibration alerts, with customizable ringtones.The loudspeaker is apt and enough for listening to music. The device also has a 3.5mm jack slot to listen audio via headphones or external speakers
MEMMORY
The device has 3 models having different internal storage capacities
- 16GB
- 32GB
- 64GB
DATA
The device has class 12 EDGE and GPRS support with an HSDPA 21Mbps capability. The device has a Wi-Fi dual band support with Wi-Fi tethering support. The latest version of bluetooth, v4.o is incorporated for good speeds in data transfer. A micro USB port is provided for data transfer from PC to device.
CAMERA
The Samsung galaxy s3 has a 8MP primary camera with 3246*2448 pixels and it supports autofocus and have LED flash.Other additional features are simultaneous HD video and image recording,geo-tagging,touch focus,face and smile detection, and image stabilization.It also supports 1080p video recording at 30 frames per second.The secondary camera is of 1.9MP and supports 720p video recording for video calls at 30 frames per second.
FEATURES
The device comes with ICS V4.0.4 preloaded and one can update it to 4.1.2 jellybean via OTA update (note, OTA update released early may 2013). The device features exynos 4412quad chipset with quad core 1.4GHZ cortex a-9 processor and the display is powered by mali-400p .We already have seen how mali turned samsung galaxy s2 to a winner. the same happens here due to excellent graphics rendering. The sensors included are accelerometer,gyro,proximity,compass and barometer. It also has adobe flash supported browser. A java MIDP emulator is also provided for developer support.. The GPS and GLONASS are supported. stereo FM radio is also supported.
BATTERY
The device features a 2100mah li-ion battery and it hardly provides a backup of 11hours (claimed)
FOR
- AMOLED display
- Updatable to 4.1.2
AGAINST
- No full HD display
- 1GB ram
- Quad core arm processor
- battery backup
