The Samsung Galaxy S III was released in June of last year in the United States, and just passed its one year anniversary with no signs of slowing down in popularity. The handset has passed the 50 million units sold mark, and as it is currently available through select online retail outlets for $0.01 on contract, the slim, light and multitalented Android smartphone is still a popular choice among mobile handset shoppers. Released in both 16 GB and 32 GB versions, the phone measures just 0.34 inches (8.6 mm) in thickness, weighing just 4.70 ounces (133 g).
The Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Black is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $0.01.
Recently an unofficial Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Android operating system update was released for the Galaxy S III, which usually predates the official announcement and rollout by a month or two. Jelly Bean 4.2.2 brings many upgrades to the big screen, high-resolution Galaxy S III that are currently found on the popular and best-selling Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Samsung has vowed to deliver any and all features released on a new smartphone to previous handsets, and it appears this upcoming update does exactly that to the Galaxy S III.
The large 4.80 inch display and 720 by 1,280 pixel resolution have made the Galaxy S III smartphone popular, and that screen is protected by a second generation layer of scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass. Pixel density runs high at 306 pixels per inch, with the Super AMOLED display broadcasting in more than 16 million individual colors. Light and proximity sensors offer auto brightness adjustment and auto dimming, effectively helping to preserve battery power. Typical capacitive, multitouch gestures are used for navigation.
With up to 15.0 hours of talk time from a single charge, the 2,100 mA battery on board the Galaxy S III delivers nearly twice the 4G smartphone average of 8.0 hours. The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip, and the CPU is a dual core 1.5 GHz Krait model. A full 2.0 GB of RAM memory is on board, and storage can be accentuated by a microSD slot, with an Adreno 225 GPU handling the graphics processing.
The rear facing camera on the Galaxy S III allows you to snap HD images while simultaneously recording video, and helps combat shaky hands with digital image stabilization. A back illuminated sensor (BSI) and built-in LED flash make for excellent low light video and image capture, and video is recorded by that 8.0 megapixel camcorder and 1,080P HD resolution and at 30 frames per second. A front facing VGA quality chat cam is on board, as is a YouTube video player, Facebook, Picasa and Twitter applications, and NFC support.
