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Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300

The Galaxy S III display is a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED screen featuring 720p (720 x 1280 pixel) resolution and a 306ppi pixel density. Is the Galaxy S III a worthy successor to the venerable Galaxy S II and does it help keep Samsung ahead of its rivals? In a word, yes.

Based on 93 reviews

Excellent:

62
Good:

22
Average:

5
Bad:

4

Pros

Great 4.8" screen.
Good set of features.
Excellent battery life.
Advanced call quality features.
State-of-the-art everything.
Big, but light.
A blazing fast beast of a phone with 2GB of RAM and a 1.5GHz dualcore processor.
Slim and comfortable design given large display.
Fast camera.
Impressive 4G speeds.
Revamped TouchWiz experience.
Lots of easy sharing functionality.

Cons

Expensive.
Camera photos tend to be a bit overexposed.
Screen difficult to read in sunlight.
S Voice not as good as Siri.
Construction quality not the best.
Still no metal used in design.
App seeding on homescreens cumbersome.
Plastic build.
Many features are buried deep in the UI.
Relatively dim screen.
Noticeable lag when returning to home screen.
AllShare still second fiddle to Air Play.
Samsung software overload.
Samsung’s TouchWiz software includes a lot of half-baked features that aim for innovation but miss the mark.
No 4G LTE support.

By TechSpot on June 21, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S III is one of, if not the best Android smartphones on the market today and should not have any trouble holding its ground against whatever arrives in the coming months.

90
By NotebookCheck on April 12, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S3 After the preceding hype of the official introduction of Samsung's Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) at a gigantic launch event in London, positive and negative voices were heard. Contrary to expectations, the smartphone did not feature a Full...

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By ePHOTOzine on February 15, 2013

With an 8 megapixel sensor, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is capable of decent image quality with very good colour reproduction. With the addition of the Android operating system it is a good camera for taking pictures when out with friends or on a trip out,...

70
By 3G UK on November 28, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE has some amazing features, quad-core power and a bold, bright Super AMOLED display. The snapper is packed full of features and offers excellent sharing capabilities, plus the design is solid and appealing. There’s little...

100
By CNET UK on November 07, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE has more memory than the original S3, as well as a new titanium hue and support for fast 4G data. Although 4G data speeds are very impressive however, the phone and its associated 4G contract are expensive, and battery life...

80
By Good Gear Guide on October 22, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S III 4G takes all that we loved from the original Galaxy S III and adds 4G network capability. It certainly achieves impressive, super fast data speeds on the Telstra and Optus 4G networks and the latest software is as fast and...

90
By CNET Australia on October 05, 2012

Samsung has slipped 4G into the GS3 mix, but sacrificed battery greatly in the process. This is the still same great phone we saw earlier in the year, but the shorter battery cycles will be a deal breaker for...

75
By GSMArena on October 01, 2012

We also competed our battery test on the Jelly Bean-powered Galaxy S III and we are ready to share the results with you. As it turns out Samsung has managed to squeeze even more endurance out of that 2100 mAh battery pack after the update. The 3G talk...

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By TechRadar on September 20, 2012

If you've come straight here and looked at the score, let us put it into some kind of context for you: we agonised about whether this was another five star phone in the same mould as the Samsung Galaxy S2 - but simply put, it doesn't have the...

90
By GSMArena on September 07, 2012

There is no question the Jelly Bean update represents a major step forward for the Galaxy S III. It brings a bunch of improvements, optimizations and cool new features, which while not exactly crucial to the user experience are quite nice to have....

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