The Galaxy S III a preview

Galaxy S III preview

After spending the day with the device I can say that is the best feeling device Samsung has made. Light in the hand with a premium feel.

Specifications

• +4.8in 1280x720 306ppi HD super amoled
• Quad core 1.4 Samsung CPU
• 16GB 32GB expandable via micro SD card up to 64Gb
• S voice 
• 8MP camera with very advanced capabilities
• Notification light
• New All share capabilities
• 50GB free dropbox storage

For me this will be the best phone on the market. They have managed to put a larger screen and bigger battery into a device that is thinner, but about the same height and width as the Galaxy Nexus.

It has a gorgeous 4.8in 1280x720 resolution screen with a 306ppi. The ppi doesn't seem that high but looking at the device, the last thing you notice is the pixels. And yes it is pentile, that’s what helps them make it so thin, but the resolution is high enough that you won't really notice.  

The design of the exterior is just beautiful. Its new hyper glaze backing, as opposed to the cheap feeling plastic of previous versions, makes it feel much more premium. But you can still remove the back and replace the battery if you need to.    

The user experience is lag free and smooth as silk. After a day of testing, the phone seemed to be a powerhouse. One example of this, and a really useful feature, is being able to play HD video in the bottom corner while still being able to use your phone to send emails and messages. If you’re interested in benchmarks, the S3 gets well over 6000 in quadrant (if you take the caps off).

There are a fair few small, but significant changes to the user interface, my favourite is the addition of battery percentage in the notification area next to the battery. S-Voice worked really well, in spite of the crowds at the launch event. It uses natural recognition, like Apple’s Siri, but should be better at searches local to the UK. 

They are making good use of voice/face combination to ensure unlock can not be performed by anyone other than the phone’s owner. Time out is also smarter, switching the front facing camera on just before it goes to sleep, to check to see if you are still looking at the screen. Voice recognition is also deeper in the system, for example you can now unlock the screen by saying "Hi Galaxy" (see screenshot below). This feature is great if you are driving and you want use your phone without looking, as when you use your voice to unlock the phone it automatically starts up S Voice ready for your input.

Finally it comes in two colours white and my favourite a dark royal Blue which i think looks very smart.

So smarter, faster and I think better than any phone out there, what more do you want from a smartphone? 

Later on I will do a demo of some of the Accessories and belive me there are a lot of them, plus they are awesome like the wireless charging dock and battery.