The Verizon Galaxy S III 4G Android smartphone is available in both 16 GB and 32 GB models. There are also multiple color choices offered such as pebble blue, marble white and amber brown, as well as basic black. The handset was highly anticipated ever since its June 4 announcement, and hit the speedy 4G LTE wireless system on Verizon in the United States on July 12. The handset delivers NFC (Near Field Communications) access, a speedy dual core processor, and twice the average 4G smartphone RAM memory.
The on board S-Voice natural language commands and dictation app is optimized to understand your voice better, and the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0 operating system is present out-of-the-box. Multiple leaks of the Jelly Bean 4.1 OS have popped up onlineently rec, meaning that the official Jelly Bean 4.1 over the air update is probably just around the corner. The handset is skinny at 0.34 inches (8.6 mm), and light at 4.70 ounces (116 g).
Skinny and light though it may be, the Verizon Galaxy S III delivers one of the largest displays on a smartphone, as well as one of the highest display resolutions. The 4.80 inch Super AMOLED screen has an extremely high pixel density of 306 pixels per inch, and this creates an overall display resolution of 720 x 1,280 pixels. That display enjoys more than 16 million different colors when rendering visuals, and a protective, scratch resistant layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 2 overlays the screen.
The handset is capable of up to 8.3 days of standby battery power, as well as a full 15.0 hours of talk time from a single battery charge of the 2,100 mA cell on board. The hardware package of the Verizon Galaxy S III 4G Android smartphone delivers double the amount of RAM memory found on the typical 4G mobile handset, at 2.0 GB. The handset is available in both 16 GB and 32 GB models, with microSD, microSDHC and microSDXC support for external memory cards present up to 64 GB. That hardware profile also includes a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 chip set.
That microchip package is built around a dual core 1.5 GHz Krait central processor, with a separate Adreno 225 GPU handling all graphics processing. Onboard sensors include an accelerometer, gyro, proximity, light, compass, and barometer, and the front facing 1.9 megapixel chat cam can also be used for video calls. A built-in YouTube player and music player are on board, and the popular applications Facebook, Picasa and Twitter have been pre-installed. The rear facing 8.0 megapixel camcorder is capable of simultaneously capturing snapshots and high definition video, and records video in 1,080P HD resolution.
You can purchase the Samsung Galaxy S III for a reduced holiday price tag now starting at $69.99.
