The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the most sought after Android smartphone on the market right now, with lots of US customers gagging to get hold of one. If you’re about to pre-order it from Verizon there’s some bad news – the US’ biggest network has delayed the Samsung Galaxy S3 shipping to July 19.
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 delayed by another week
While ordering the phone online is much easier, if you want to get your phone before July 19 you may need to hit the streets and get to your nearest Verizon shop as this Samsung flagship product will be out on the shelves from today. It’s disheartening to see Verizon putting the release date back all the time, especially when customers are waiting so patiently.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 came out in London on May 3, and was out in Europe on May 29. The international version has a 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display, an Exynos 4 Quad chipset with four ARM Cortex A9 1.4GHz cores, 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal storage and an 8MP camera with HD recording capacities. The phone also has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC chip, a microUSB 2.0 and Bluetooth 4.0.
The US’ version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has 4G LTE support, so the Exynos 4 Quad CPU was discarded and an LTE-friendly dual-core Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz chip was chosen instead. It’ll do the processing with the help of 2GB of RAM. The South Korean version marries the two, having 4G, Exynos 4 Quad CPU and 2GB of RAM.
As well as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and all its delights, the Samsung Galaxy S3 has interesting features like Direct Call, which automatically calls the contact on the screen if the phone is held to the ear. There’s also Smart Alert, which vibrates when you pick up the phone if there’s unread notifications. Best Photo captures 20 burst mode pictures and selects the best one, and Palm Swipe takes a screen grab if you swipe the side of your hand over the display. Smart Stay is a handy little feature that maintains the brightness of the display for as long as you’re looking at it, and there’s S-Beam, which shares files and media to other compatible devices over NFC and Wi-Fi Direct.
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