The Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone had a tough act to follow, as the Samsung Galaxy S II sold 10 million units in its first five months of existence. All the Galaxy S III did to that formidable sales figure for Samsung was absolutely crush it. The Samsung Galaxy S III globally sold 10 million units in only its first 50 days of availability, and recently zoomed past the 50 million global units sold mark. Recently the best-selling and award-winning Sprint 16 GB version of the handset was spotted at select online retailers for the nearly free purchase price of one penny on contract.
The Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB is available for a reduced sale price now starting at .
Hitting the Sprint network in June of last year, the Galaxy S III got a couple of boosts not long after its debut. The handset originally delivered the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Android operating system out-of-the-box, and it was not long before the Galaxy S III for Sprint received an upgrade to the Jelly Bean 4.1 Android operating system. The handset also benefited by Sprint’s creation of their first-ever 4G LTE network in the United States.
Samsung has done a good job at creating their Galaxy S line of smartphones in a slim and light form factor, and the Galaxy S III delivers both of those admirable attributes. The phone weighs approximately 4.70 ounces (133 g) and measures just 0.34 inches (8.6 mm) in thickness. This is exceptionally slim and light for a phone with a large 4.80 inch display and impressive hardware package. And despite its wafer thin profile and light weight, the Sprint Galaxy S III 16 GB smartphone can deliver up to 9.20 hours of talk time from a full battery charge, an improvement of 15% over the industry average.
The display referenced above is a 4.0 inch Super AMOLED model, with a pixel density of 306 pixels per inch. More than 16 million colors can be found on that display, and resolution runs 720 by 1,280 pixels, for a True HD designation. The Galaxy S III handset accepts the same multitouch, capacitive gestures for navigation as most phones do, and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip. The hardware package is anchored by a dual core 1.5 GHz Krait central processor, and a full 2.0 GB of RAM is on board.
A 32 GB model is also offered, and all Samsung Galaxy S III models support microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC memory card expansion up to 64 GB. On the back of the handset is a high resolution camera with an 8.0 megapixel sensor, built-in LED flash and simultaneous HD video and image capture. Video is recorded at 1,080P HD resolution and 30 frames per second, and a front facing chat cam offers Skype and video call support.
The Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB can be purchased at a discounted price tag now starting at .
