Back in the day, the Samsung Galaxy S III was one of the, if not THE, most popular handsets in the smartphone market. This was way back in 2012 when the sales figure of the handset reached a whopping 50 million on a global scale. This popularity of the handset is not surprising at all given the fact that during that time, the Samsung Galaxy S III was the flagship device of the Korean smartphone and tablet manufacturer. This meant that the handset came with an impeccable resume made up of fire-breathing components under the hood. These components also enabled the Samsung Galaxy S III to be the multitasking monster that it is and made it capable of taking on any task, even multiple ones, with relative ease.
However, as is the case in the smartphone market, the old gives way to the new – in the same way that the Samsung Galaxy S III is now out the door and the spotlight is now on the new breed of more powerful and more capable smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S IV and the HTC One. Though this might be the case, this is not to say that the Samsung Galaxy S III has already outlived its usefulness. In fact, the Samsung Galaxy S III is still a very capable device – this, despite the fact that the handset is already headed to retirement.
The best part however is that with the entry of newer smartphones in the market, the price point of the Samsung Galaxy S III, as expected, has already gone down to more affordable levels. Gone are the days when you have to fork over a lot of your hard-earned dinero just to get your hands on the once flagship device of Samsung.
If you have no qualms of jumping over to AT&T, the wireless provider currently has a deal that will get you the Samsung Galaxy S III at a very affordable price point. At the moment, you can get the handset at authorized online resellers of the wireless provider for a very low sub-$10 price point provided you sign a new two-year service agreement with AT&T. This price point of the Samsung Galaxy S III is really a bargain given the capabilities that the handset brings to the table. In short, this deal is something you might want to take a longer look at.
Going back to the Samsung Galaxy S III, the handset runs Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for its operating system while its circuitry is built around a QualComm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. Under the hood, a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor works in conjunction with 2GB of RAM in delivering the computing power needed by the handset for a flawless performance. The handset can be had in a 16GB version in terms of storage space but this can still be expanded through the use of its microSD card slot. Display-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S III sports a 4.8-inch SuperAMOLED HD panel with a 1280 x 720 resolution while its dual-shooter configuration includes a rear 8MP shooter and a front 1.9MP video call and self-portrait snapper.
