Verizon’s 16 GB Galaxy S III smartphone can be spotted at the Amazon Wireless store for one penny on contract, and that bargain priced handset recently received an unofficial Jelly Bean 4.2 operating system update. The nonsanctioned OS boost leaking to the web resulted in Samsung officially announcing the Jelly Bean 4.2 update for Galaxy S III smartphones is in its final stages of completion. That is great news for the one penny Galaxy S III running on Big Red in the United States.
The Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Black is available for a reduced sale price now starting at .
While Samsung has not officially announced a launch date for the new Android Jelly Bean 4.2 bump, leaking the unofficial version so techies and developers can uncover any last-minute bugs that need to be fixed is a good sign. Rumors have the official Jelly Bean 4.2 update for the Galaxy S III hitting sometime in July. The slim Android smartphone is still a popular choice among global handset shoppers some 13 months after it became available in North America, and measures just 0.34 inches (8.6 mm) in thickness.
Light as well, the Galaxy S III weighs just 4.70 ounces (133 g). However, that thin, featherweight form factor is home to a large 4.80 inch True HD display. Resolution runs high at 720 x 1,280 pixels, with pixel density high as well, at 306 pixels per inch. The Super AMOLED display is capable of more than 16 million colors, and is navigated with the typical capacitive, multitouch gestures. The Galaxy S III smartphone is powered by a 2,100 mA battery, which delivers up to 15.0 hours of talk time after a full battery charge.
The phone can sit in standby mode for more than a week, and supports microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC memory cards up to 64 GB in size. A full 2.0 GB of RAM memory is on board, and the Galaxy S III can also be found in a 32 GB model. An Adreno 225 graphics processor joins a dual core 1.5 GHz CPU in the handset’s hardware package, which includes a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip. Facebook, Picasa, YouTube and Twitter applications are ready for use out-of-the-box, as is NFC connectivity.
One of the first smartphones to deliver simultaneous HD image and video capture, the Samsung Galaxy S III offers an 8 megapixel main camera. That rear facing shooter records video in 1,920 x 1,080 pixels (1,080P HD resolution) and at the rate of 30 frames per second, and offers customization features such as a self timer, auto and touch to focus, face detection, exposure compensation, ISO control and a multishot burst mode. Also present in the camera combo is a front facing chat cam with video call support.
The Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Black can be purchased at a discounted price tag now starting at .
