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Rise of the quad star -- samsung galaxy s iii [review] - RGB LED Strip Light Manufacturer by dedwf wefweg
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Editor's Note: This is the first of two reviews we will run overthe next day, as the first Galaxy S IIIs go on sale here in theUnited States. However, these reviews cover the internationalmodels, which offer faster processors but no LTE. Starting at the end of May, Samsung is in the process of launchingworldwide its new flagship smartphone, Galaxy S III, or i9300 asit's designated internationally. Customers in Europe get the HSPA+(21Mbps download, 5.76Mbps upload) model, while those in the UnitedStates and Canada will get the LTE variant.
So what s it liketo live with a Samsung Galaxy S III? Just awesome. I know that'sa spoiler, but you must have expected it. Hardware Hunk The S3 is a terrific phone first of all because of the hardware --what's visible and hidden behind the nice exterior. Inside: 1.4GHzquad-core Cortex-A9 CPU on a Samsung made Exynos 4 chipset; aMali-400MP GPU; 1GB of RAM; a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display runningat 720p resolution under the Corning Gorilla Glass 2; 8MP camerawith autofocus and LED flash; 1080p video recording capability onthe back; 1.9MP front-facing camera with 720p video recording;802.11 N; Wi-Fi support; Near Field Communications; 16GB, 32GBor 64GB storage capacity with a microSD slot; and last, but notleast, 2100 mAh battery. Other features include A-GPS withGlonass support; 3.5mm audio jack; digital compass; andaccelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensors.
Also: Bluetooth4.0, TV-out with 1080p support coming from the microUSB port, whichalso allows charging the phone, and Flash support. The S3 is mighty thin and RGB LED Strip Light for such a big phone: 136.6 x 70.6x 8.6 mm and 133 grams; it's no trouble to hold or to work with ona daily basis. The colors currently available are Marble white andPebble blue, with the white model being the first available atlaunch. The enclosure is polycarbonate, which is still plastic atthe end of the day, but it s very resilient --and pliable: The back cover bends but you don t have toworry that it will easily break, that s how flexible itis. There is an aluminum-like strip on the side, surrounding thecase, but it is still plastic, though you can t tell withouttouching it.
The specs are impressive, but one thing is missing: wirelesscharging, which Samsung says will come this fall. This is a featureI am very interested in. According to the information available sofar, it will come as an optional accessory, so we'll have to buy itif we want to charge wirelessly. These specs are for the international model, but the North AmericanGalaxy S III differs, with dual-core Snapdragon S4, 2GB of RAM andLTE biggest among them (LTE is not supported by Exynos). Basic Functions Specs aren't everything.
How does the phone actually work inreal life, and what is it like to live with on a dailybasis? Here enters Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) andTouchWiz 5.0. This is where I can clearly say that the S3 is thebest Android phone on the market so far. We have the latestavailable Android version topped by the best TouchWiz iteration --with no fussy colors or cartoonish appearance of old. As many ofyou know Android manufacturers try to make the OS better overall,but few ever succeed.
Touchwiz is light, but this doesn t make itstock, being not that far from it though if I have to be honest.Surprisingly, Samsung managed to make TouchWiz unobtrusive, whichmakes me give it a big thumbs up. For example, the launcher works with you and helps enrich theexperience provided by the best and fastest Android version. Iappreciate the small details, like when holding the home button fora second or two the Task Manager pops up and lets you kill everyrunning application with the press of a single button. There's nofussing around with sliding your finger left or right to killindividual applications, just a single button to do it for you.That s convenient especially when you re playing with your shinynew toy and all you ve done all day is open all the applicationsyou could, just to see how it handles the workload.
And I have tosay that I ve done just that and the hardware didn t break asweat, but more on that later. The default touchscreen keyboard is truly one of the best I haveused so far. If you have ever used an iPhone keyboard you know whatI m talking about: the keys are not spaced too far from eachother, but they are not too close either. By comparison to a deviceI ve used recently, the Nokia Lumia 800 keyboard has to be theworst I have used so far in my entire life: the keys are spaced tooclose, they are small and the whole experience feels cluttered. The typing experience is great on the Galaxy S3; you rarely miss akey, and when you do you don t care, as it doesn t happen toooften.
The keys are the appropriate size for me, and I do have bigthumbs, so it shouldn t be a problem for anyone. Typing is notas satisfying while in landscape, though, as this phone is fairlybig and could use better placement of the keyboard -- in myopinion. It s a stretch to reach a key close to the left or rightextremity of the keyboard. The best part is that if you don t likethe keyboard there s always another for you to try on Google Play.
What Samsung Adds I have yet to talk about the features Samsung packs, that areexclusive to the Galaxy S III -- at least so far. S Voice is one of them. I have to say that it s nice of Samsung to treatS Voice as a Siri competitor -- competition is always good forimprovement -- but from my perspective it needs a lot of work. Justlike most any other voice recognition software, S Voice deals withvoice commands pretty well, but just don t expect the experienceto be like "Star Trek".
S Voice could use a bit more human touch,as it sounds pretty boring. Maybe a sexy voice would actuallymotivate the developers to talk more to it and to make it the bestthere is. Who know. One particular thing I have to mention here: S Voice waits for adouble press on the home button and that means that whenever thehome button is pressed there is a delay between pressing it andactually going to home. If S Voice is not your thing, you candisable the double press and the delay will be gone.
Smart Stay uses the front camera to determine whether you re looking atthe screen or not. It keeps the screen active while you re lookingat it and if you re not, it simply dims, then the screen shutsdown. Smart Stay works as expected, and it s a very usefulfeature. One downside: It actually requires the front camera tostay active, which implies impact on the battery life. How much ofan impact I do not know, but it s fair to assume that with a 2100mAh battery sacrifices can be made to get the best experience --and that is actually the point of such a phone: plenty of features.
S Beam is another feature exclusive to the Galaxy S III. Basically itworks through NFC and more exactly like this: you tap the phones,wait until the tap is recognized by another phone and then selectthe file that you want to share. The good part is that it usesWi-Fi for fast transfer speeds, but the ugly is that it works onlybetween S3s. It s a feature that has great potential, but limitingto Galaxy S III phones is a bit disappointing. Direct call is a feature that helps ease the process of calling someonewhenever you re in direct contact -- well, a contact on yourphone.
The S3 dials the number for you when you hold it to yourear. It's a handy feature that s cool also. One interesting factabout the use of the sensors: While you re scrolling throughcontacts and don t want to slide your finger across the screen togo to the top of the list, a simple double tap on the top of thephone will do just that. How cool it is to make technology work foryou? Also, picking up the phone will make it vibrate when you havenotifications, as to let you know that you have something to dealwith. It s particularly useful while I leave the phone on my deskand I go away for an hour or so then come back and I received somenotifications in-between.
I pick up the S3, and it vibrates,letting me know something happened. Overall, the software pleases, and Samsung has already released anupdate. But the phone manufacturer isn't the fastest updating tonew Android versions. With Jelly Bean around the corner I have towonder when this device will get updated. The S3 will get JellyBean, but the only question is how much we ll have to wait.
Vroom, Vroom Enough about software, what you want to know is how fast the GalaxyS III performs. Let me tell you that this is the fastest phone available in theworld. That's an opinion, of course, but I can t think of a fasterphone -- because there isn t any. Whether I play games or usevarious applications, hardware never lets me down.
There is a senseof fluidity when using the Galaxy S3 that no other phone can match.That is partly due to the quad core 1.4Ghz processor and partly tothe great GPU inside. The best of games can t kneel this new guyon the block. Many of you know what Pen-Tile and RGB matrix are, but on the S3you just can t tell by looking at the display. It s so crisp thatyou can t believe that it s a Pen Tile arrangement.
A 4.8-inch720p display is among the biggest in the business, maybe onlyoutshined by Samsung's Galaxy Note, which is more of tablet than aphone, at least for me. The 720p on a 4.8-inch display is roughly306 ppi (pixels per inch), which is not far off from the iPhone 4S,which has a 1.3-inch smaller display. The viewing angles are great,which is to be expected from SAMOLED, and so are the colors. I'mnot a big fan of the way AMOLED displays colors, but with the S3 Ican chose whatever color-profile I want or need.
There is one thatmakes colors more natural, another that makes them more saturatedand so on. The choice is there and Samsung is here to please. But Wait... I can report on a few problems, as well, as this phone isn twithout its fair share.
S Voice, whilst nice to have isn t allthat great and could use a lot of work. Telling it to do minortasks like setting up an alarm or set a reminder isn t a problem,but more advanced commands shows its shortcomings. The software hasits kinks, minor issues if you will, but a crash here and there isfrustrating coming from a phone that costs EUR550+. (Americans canexpect to pay $660 or more, imported).
The phone looks great, but that glossy plastic has itsdisadvantages. First of all the case attracts fingerprints likehoney attracts a bear -- and second it s slippery. If you havesweaty palms you should be very careful and maybe get some sort ofprotection (film or case), as accidents can happen. The lastproblem I have: The case looks great, but it feels like plastic.
Iam sure that for the price Samsung could have looked at HTC andthought: we can better that, but instead didn't bother. For me, those are minor problems overall. Every device, no matterhow much it costs, has its fair share of advantages anddisadvantages. I can live with the very few this phone has. The Winner Is? The competitors are not that hard to define.
I ll have to get itover with and dismiss the iPhone 4/4S, based on screen size. I seethe Galaxy S III's biggest competitors coming from HTC: Either OneX -- with Tegra 3 (international) and Snapdragon S4 (NorthAmerica). The display size is roughly the same and the performanceis comparable. Then again, they are different.
The HTC devices haveS-LCDs, which are on par with the SAMOLED of the S3, but batterylife isn't as good. The Snapdragon S4 HTC One X is as fast as theS3 in many benchmarks and in real life you can t tell thedifference. For many perspective buyers, the biggest competitor will come fromSamsung. The Galaxy S II is not that far behind in terms of reallife performance and the price has gone down considerably.
However,this device is approaching its end of life software support, soit s more a competitor based on price. A few future competitorswill be the next Razr model from Motorola, LG Optimus LTE 2, LGOptimus 4X HD, the next Nexus phones and the future line from Sony.But nothing from the future is certain, and I can only attest tothe current phones. Still, with almost no real competition, aside from HTC, it s hardnot to crown the Galaxy S III as the best Android device on themarket so far. The combination of the best software and besthardware to date is hard to beat. Hopefully in the short term therewill be more devices to compete with the S3.
Competition is good,but so far there isn t an army of phones claiming the crown. Theking may rest easy for now. Photo Credit: Sham Hardy Mihaita Bamburic attends Technical University "Gh. Asachi" of Iasi", where hestudies civil engineering.
His interests lie within technology andthe engineering that goes behind it.
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