The Samsung Galaxy S III to this day remains as one of the best Android-powered smartphones that got released to the market. It was the flagship device of the Korean smartphone and tablet manufacturer for 2012 and with this status came the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S III is packed to the brim with very impressive components under the hood and also brings a lot of impressive capabilities to the table. Because of this, the popularity of the handset reached levels never before seen in a smartphone in the past.
In fact, just a couple of months back, Samsung boasted that the sales figures of the Samsung Galaxy S III have already hit the 40 million mark since it hit the shelves back in May 2012. Analysts claim that the popularity of the handset will only wane once its successor gets announced. And now that the Korean electronics giant has finally unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S IV, we expect that little by little, the attention of the smartphone-buying population will be shifted to the new flagship device.
But before that is to happen, the Samsung Galaxy S III once again made it to the headlines and got more than its fair share of digital ink. The news had something to do with the sales figures of the handset where Samsung Mobile head honcho JK Shin confirmed that the sales figures of the Samsung Galaxy S III have now reached the 50 million mark.
What’s notable is that the 40 million sales milestone was reached by the handset back in January – which means that from January until March, Samsung managed to sell an addition 10 million units of the handset despite the fact several other OEMs released newer, more capable handsets to the market. This is a testament to the popularity of the Samsung Galaxy S III and another great achievement for the Korean electronics giant – an achievement that other Android OEMs can only dream of. The impressive sales performance of the Samsung Galaxy S III though is said to be the reason why these other Android OEMs are not doing so good in the smartphone competition because all prospective buyers are flocking over to Samsung for that matter.
As for the Samsung Galaxy S III, the handset boasts of an impeccable resume made up of fire-breathing components under the hood. Its operation is powered by its QualComm MSM8960 SnapDragon chipset which brings into play a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor and 2 GB of RAM which ensure that the performance of the handset is as flawless as it can be. The handset can be had in a 16GB or a 32GB version in terms of storage space but this can still be expanded using the Samsung Galaxy S III’s dedicated microSD card slot. As for its display, the Samsung Galaxy S III sports a massive 4.8-inch SuperAMOLED HD panel with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels while its camera department features a rear 8MP shooter and a front 1.9MP snapper.
