Samsung’s much awaited smartphone, the Galaxy S III is all set to be released in India today at 1.30 pm IST. Samsung will be broadcasting a live webcast of the event. You can click here for the web-cast.
The world’s largest smartphone maker has not yet announced the final price which will only be revealed at the launch today. The cost of pre-booking the phone via Samsung’s online store is Rs 2,000. The phone is available in two colours, White Marble and Pebble blue.
The S III was released in Europe on Monday with a music service, MusicHub which is seen as a rival to Apple’s iTunes. The phone has received rave reviews already and Samsung had nearly 9 million pre-order bookings for the phone before its launch.
The Galaxy S III has 3 versions: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Other key technical specifications of the phone are :
Samsung's much awaited smartphone, the Galaxy SIII is all set to be released for sale in India today at 1.30 pm IST. AP
• A 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.
• An 8 megapixel rear camera with flash and zero shutter lag and a 1.9 megapixel front camera with face recognition related options.
• The device is super light as it weighs 133g and is only 8.6 mm thick.
• It has a Samsung’s quad-core microprocessor and has 1GB RAM.
• S beam which allows users to transport files upto 1GB to another S III without using Wi-fi or data Internet.
In addition Dropbox has promised every consumer who registers the phone free 50GB cloud storage space.
The phone also comes with S Voice command, which is touted as Samsung’s rival to Apple’s Siri. The S III runs on Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich.
Are you planning to get one?
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