Check out this video clip of my live Galaxy 3 demo on the GlobalTV Edmonton Monday Morning News: http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/jun+25++tech+talk/video.html?v=2250140030&p=1&s=dd#newscasts
The Samsung Galaxy S III arrives in every cellco store in Canada this Wednesday. It is a hot one folks, with more than 9 million pre-ordered units world-wide and that doesn’t even count North America.
Check out these features and product details:
Designed for humans
and inspired by nature, the Samsung GALAXY S III brings the best combination of
power and performance to the Canadian marketplace
MISSISSAUGA,
ON – May
30, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Canada, today
announces the models details and availability date of the much-anticipated GALAXY
S III. Beginning June 20th, the Samsung GALAXY S III will be
available through leading Canadian wireless carriers
and authorized national retailers.
“We are very
excited to bring the highly anticipated GALAXY S III to Canadians so they can
experience firsthand, the power, performance and passion that Samsung is known
for,” said Paul Brannen, Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Samsung
Canada. “This next generation of the GALAXY S series is sleek and stylish, and
offers users features that promote sharing, and are intuitive and powerful, allowing
Canadians to enjoy a more human experience with their smartphone.”
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Natural Interaction
Smart enough to
detect face, voice and motions, the GALAXY S III adapts to the user, providing users
an interface that is convenient and natural.
- With the innovative ‘Smart
stay’ feature, the GALAXY S III recognizes how the user is using their
device such as, reading an e-book or browsing the web. By having the front
camera identify eye motion the phone maintains a bright display for
continued viewing pleasure. - The GALAXY S III features ‘S Voice,’ an advanced natural language user interface, to
listen and respond to user commands. S Voice presents powerful functions
in regards to device control and commands, such as allowing the user to play
a favorite song, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and
emails, organize schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture
a photo. - With ‘Smart alert’
the GALAXY S III will alert the user by catching any missed messages or
calls with a vibration to notify missed statuses when picked up after
being idle. If the user is messaging someone but decide to call them
instead, they can simply lift phone to their ear and ‘Direct call’ will
dial their number. - Easy and Instant Sharing
- The Samsung
GALAXY S III is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user –
it wants to share and experience smartphone benefits with family and friends,
regardless of location with the following features:
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- With the new ‘S
Beam,’ the GALAXY S III expands upon Android™ Beam™, allowing a 1GB
movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within
two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without a
Wi-Fi or cellular signal. - The ‘Buddy photo
share’ function also allows photos to be easily and simultaneously
shared with all friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or
the photo gallery. - ‘AllShare
Play’ can be used to instantly share
any forms of files between GALAXY S III and tablet, PC, and televisions that
are DLNA enabled, regardless of the distance between the devices. - The ‘Group Cast’
feature that allows users to share their screen among multiple friends on
the same Wi-Fi network; users can comment and draw changes at the same
time as co-workers- witnessing real-time sharing on individual devices. - The preloaded ‘Dropbox’
application provides an even more convenient sharing experience,
supplying 50GB of free storage for two years for not just image and music
files, but now also for video content. With the GALAXY S III files can
also be instantly uploaded through data networks without requiring WiFi
access.
Performance
With a 4.8” HD
Super AMOLED display, the GALAXY S III offers a large and vivid viewing
experience. Samsung Mobile’s heritage Super AMOLED display even enhances to HD
and 16:9 wider viewing angles. To ensure faster content sharing and
connectivity, the GALAXY S III offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the
Wi-Fi bandwidth.
The GALAXY S III
not only presents features with enhanced usability, but also provides an
ergonomic and comfortable experience through its human-centric design. Its
comfortable grip, gentle curves, and organic form deliver a rich human-centric
feel and design. Available in Pebble Blue and Marble White at launch, Samsung
will introduce a variety of additional
color options.
The GALAXY S III
also sports a range of additional features that boost performance and the
overall user experience in entirely new ways, with features such as:
- ‘Pop up
play,’ users can play a video anywhere
on their screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the
need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the
Web. - An 8MP camera features a zero-lag shutter speed that lets
users capture moving objects easily without delay, with the ‘Burst shot’ function that
instantly captures twenty continuous shots, and the ‘Best photo’ feature that selects the best of eight
photographs, the GALAXY S III ensures users a more enhanced and memorable
camera experience. - HD video can be recorded even with the 1.9MP front-facing
camera, which users can use to capture a video of themselves. An improved
backside illumination sensor further helps to eliminate blur in photos
that result from shaking, even under low light conditions. - With Samsung Hubs,
users can continually refresh phone content through the ‘Game Hub,’ which
provides access to numerous social games, while Video Hub, a new service
offering to the Canadian marketplace, brings users high quality TV and movies
for rent . Furthermore, Samsung Music Hub will offer a personal music
streaming service.
The GALAXY S III
will be available for purchase in Canada starting on June 27, 2012. Samsung is pleased to be working with all of
the leading wireless providers in Canada, to give our customers a choice of
service provider. The SGH-i747 variation
of the GALAXY S III will be available from Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile, SaskTel,
TELUS and Rogers Wireless. The SGH-iT999
model will be available from Videotron, Wind and Mobilicity.
Additional Features Include:
Processor:
Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz
Qualcomm MSM8960 Chipset
OS (Shipping): ICS 4.0.4
Data: LTE (SGH-i747 variation) and
HSPA+ 42 (SGH-iT999 variation)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
Weight: 133g
Memory: 16/32GB internal memory (SGH-i747)/
16GB internal memory (SGH-iT999)
Expandable microSD up to 32GB
Display: 4.8 HD Super AMOLED 1280×720
(306ppi)
Connectivity: NFC, Bluetooth 4.0,
DLNA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, MHL Video Out
Camera: 8MP Rear-facing, 1.9MP Front-facing
Battery: 2100 mAh
Other:
TouchWiz with Motion UX
S Beam
AllShare Play enhance functionality
MP3/ACC+/WAV audio player
DivX/Xvid/MP4/WMV/H.263/ H.264 Video
Player
It won’t be cheap, about $750 to buy outright. For pre-orders, specific
pricing and details, please visit your nearest carrier or retailer. For
multimedia content and more detailed information, please visit www.samsungmobilepress.com. In addition, you can find a product introduction
video at http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/media.html
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