Review: Samsung Galaxy SIII

GADGET REVIEW - Samsung Galaxy SIII (SGS3), one of the smartphone on the list of Most Anticipated Phone of 2012, is not only awaited by lovers of Samsung  fanboy and Android lovers, but certainly by all who are concerned with the development of mobile technology.

Although not the first smartphone that use quadcore processor technology, but the presence of Galaxy S3 is certainly set a new standard for competitors who plan to bring a competition for this product.

Design
Samsung Galaxy SIII is the nicest plastic phone you will ever seen. Likely tired of hearing complaints about how "cheap-feeling" Samsung phones can be, the company decided to focus instead on making the contours much more premium, without giving up its light, inexpensive, and shatterproof material of choice.

Hyperglaze layer on backcover really make Galaxy SIII's glossy looks very special. Shinning battery cover is like a luxury car body. Besides that, paint coating technology also makes SGS3 more abrasive and not easily tainted by fingerprints than other phones with glossy finish.

We were also amazed by the dimensions of SGS3's body that equipped with more powerful battery and much wider screen but remain thin and less than half a centimeter wide margin from its predecessor, Samsung Galaxy S2.

Display
This is the most spacious screen size of the phone but still appropriate as mobile phones, more than this will make you like sticking a plate in your ears. Anyway this size allows you to remain comfortable SGS3 operate with one hand.

This phone is also the first to use the Corning's Gorilla Glass 2 Super AMOLED screen with high definition resolution. SGS3 offers a greater and clearer experience of seeing the sights. Super Amoled Display enriched with HD quality and better wide view angle 16:9. SGS3 screen looks crystal clear like watching HDTV but it's in your handheld. SGS3 screen also has a very fast response time (0.01 ms), which minimizes ghost effects (delay shaded) and will be beneficial when used to play games with high fps or play a fast motion video. With all the advantages, Samsung claims that the screen is even more energy efficient SGS3 up to 16%.

Technical Details:

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 ,3G HSDPA 900 /1900 / 2100
• Multitouch, Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 2, TouchWiz UI v4.0
• Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)
• Exynos 4212 Quad, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, GPU Mali-400MP
• Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 1 GB RAM , 16/32/64 GB storage, microSD up to 64 GB
• 8 MP primary camera, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization. 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps secondary camera.
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Hardware
SGS3 is not the first with a quadcore processor, recently HTC One X comes first with a slightly higher clockspeed. But, with this kind of hardware specs, SGS3 no trouble running multiple applications at once, and even some features such as Pop Up Play and Live Video List can run smoothly.

SGS3 superior processor is also obviously contribute to accelerate start up time, starting from turn off, SGS3 takes less than 20 seconds to be used in full.

Interface and OS
SGS3 using Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), TouchWIZ UI 4.0. Samsung said that the design and interface on SGS3 inspired by nature. Not a lot of looks on the design, but it definitely on the interface of SGS3. Since being on the lockscreen wallpaper, you'll find dandelion image that will display an animation effect like a water surface when touched.  

You will also hear the sound of water bubbles when touched one touch sensitive buttons below the screen or when making choices on the screen.

Default ringtone options also comes from nature such as Rays of the sun, Sea Breeze and Secret forest. Similarly, selection of wallpapers also dominated with flower pictures.

SGS3 Features:
1. Smart Stay: 
The phone tracks your eyes, so as long as you're looking at it, the display won't dim or turn off. 
This is one new feature that first appeared in the SGS3. When activated, the screen will display some of the conditions that prevent these features to work properly. First, while the front camera fails to detect a face. Second, when SGS3 used in darkness and Third, when the front camera is used for other applications. 
I was trying to fool SGS3 just by using another object in front of the screen in the normal range when one looks at the phone screen (15-20cm). As a result, SGS3 not be fooled because this technology uses face and blink detection function on the front of the camera. In fact, this isn't a new technology but successfully utilized by Samsung to develop a very useful feature.

2. Direct Call: 
If you've got a contact on your screen, there's no need to hit call: simply hold the device up to your face and the number will be dialed automatically. 
This feature works when you are on the SMS, contacts or call log display screen. Once again, I tried to "fool" SGS3 to do some scenarios for this feature. The first one, I move the phone like I want to making a call. But, instead of attaching to the ear, I just stick it to other objects, and the result, SGS3 make a calls. The next scenario, I attached SGS3 to ear, but with not a lot of movement and SGS3 does not make a call. So, it means, the direct call feature not only using motion sensors but also combine it with a proximity sensor that is located adjacent to the earpiece and front camera.

3. S-Voice: 
That's S for Samsung, not Siri. This feature allows you to control your phone through voice.
Ideally, this feature allows you to instruct the phone to do certain things just by using voice. You can go to the camera feature simply by saying "I want to take a picture" and say "cheese" to take pictures. Other things like sending SMS, find a way, find answers to your questions, and many other functions.
Interestingly, S Voice not only recognize English, but also French, Spanish, Korean, Italian and German. More than the iPhone 4S's Siri which only has supports 4 languages ​​so far (English, French, German and Japanese). And many more features.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Features

Multimedia 
From this sector, Samsung really shows the capabilities of a mobile phone with a quadcore processor on this feature. It starts when entering the video player option, the video collection stored on your mobile phone presented in a fashion Live Video List, which displayed thumbnails are not static but actually moving.

Not only that, there are chapter preview feature where the phone will display the video that is currently playing in a few thumbnails that divides the videos in chronological sections corresponding section. It would be very useful for you who like to play long duration video on mobile phones.

The most interesting feature is the Pop Up Play which allows the video to keep it running in a small window while you use other functions on the SGS3.
  
Connectivity
Just like any hi-end Android version of ICS, SGS3 has Android Beam feature that allows you to send data to other Android devices simply by attaching the devices. But there are new things from SGS3, SGS3 also featured with S Beam that has similar functionality like Android Beam, but will transfer the data transmission path using WiFi direct feature for large files to be sent faster. 

Micro USB slot on the SGS3 also serves as link to the screen with a special HDMI cable and capable for USB On The Go.

Like on some other default application, SGS3 browser also raised my expectations for mobile browser features. SGS3 browser comes with incognito mode that allows you to surf without leaving any traces history or cookies on your phone. Another interesting feature is the Save for offline reading, where you can store the desired pages to be accessed even when you are not connected to the Internet network.

Since the success of the first series, the appearance of the Galaxy S has always been interesting to wait thanks to all the new things he was carrying. This time too, SGS3 has an attractive design, powerful specification, and a number of features that can only be imagined before, makes me feel no exaggeration to call it "A Must Have Superphone" for now. Click to read more reviews...


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