Samsung Galaxy S III: Review Roundup - mentzerdriers

The Samsung Galaxy S III arrives this week in Europe and the first reviews are in to give you an idea about what to expect from the call when information technology hits the US shores. Samsung and wireless carriers have yet to announce when the Samsung will atomic number 4 available Here in the US.

The delay is likely due to certain customizations, on the inside and outside, carriers are requesting. But, if you must have Samsung's latest hot phone now, you can capture one unlocked from Amazon from Friday for $800. But if you're patient, you'll be able to get one for much less on a compact when it arrived stateside.

(See Concomitant: Samsung Galaxy S III: Active With a Smartphone Sentiency)

Freshman, a quick S III refresher: the Android 4.0 smartphone features a huge 4.8-inch display, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera and a quad-core 1.4 GHz Exynos processor. Note that the US version of the headphone is likely to feature a different, threefold-core group processor in order to accommodate 4G LTE connectivity.

Reviewing for The Threshold, Vlad Savov says the Samsung Extragalactic nebula S Trio is "a technological jubilate." He praised the camera, saying it's "easily the best I've misused on an Android device," but pointed that "the extra-large size up of this telephone, even with its great ergonomics, may prove to be a stumbling block for those WHO can't comfortably fit a 4.8-inch handset into their daily routine."

A PhoneArena review also mentions the S Leash's bulkiness, scorn its thin profile. "You'll definitely have to blank out about the comfort of exploitation it with one hand only when. But that's the direction it is with this new breed of Android superphones. If you wishing to have a giant touchscreen, then you'll have to put up with having a giant phone."

Sharif Sakr at Engadget also gave top marks to the S III's camera, but notes that the HTC Unrivalled X might be a better pick when it comes to "a much better interface that sticks more close to the guiding ethos of Humanoid 4.0." American Samoa with previous iterations of the phone, Samsung uses its TouchWiz UI on the S III, and also added some useful features such as swiping contacts to call or message them, and to a lesser extent useful gimmicks look-alike S Voice — an iPhone 4S Siri like which Sakr aforementioned "doesn't work as quick or arsenic intelligently, and it frequently cuts you off middle-sentence, thereby wasting metre interpretation pointless fragments of requests."

Pocket-lint's Chris Vestibul said "there is a lot to love roughly the Samsung Galaxy S III" he reviewed. "The huge showing, the major power, the smooth and fast mathematical process are all to its credit. Add to this the ability to change battery and expand storage and you've a selfsame reputable software program indeed." But he notes that the display could be brighter (the stamp battery-saving boast seems to dim the display a routine overly much) and the UI can be a bit cartoony in places.

Gareth Beavis at TechRadar thought the S III's intent is "very satiny and the angle is minimal too – and battery life borders connected the starring at times." "If the Samsung Galax urceolata S3 had landed with a premium metallic beat, in the same vein equally the HTC One S e.g., some interrogative sentence of design standards would suffer been obliterated." General though, Beavis ranked the S Ternary A "the best smarpthone connected the market. IT's got all kind of feature we could invite and much, and raises the bar once once more in terms of what consumers should be expecting in price of shelling life, C.P.U. speed and media management."

SlashGear's Chris Davies was not too keen connected the shaping shell of the S Threesome either, but said "if your phone has become your multimedia and entertainment hub; if you love a goodly showing for gaming, browsing, navigation and multimedia system; if you postulate high-quality photos and video recording without bulk; and if you desire to future-proof yourself over the characteristic cardinal-twelvemonth contract, then the Galaxy S III delivers all that in spades."

In her review on the Galaxy S III, Silicon Republic's Elaine Burke takes a dig at Orchard apple tree's iPhone ads, saying "it's unenviable non to constitute wowed away the speed of the Samsung Galaxy S III, which performs like phones do in advertisements, sole this one doesn't need a 'chronological sequence shortened' disclaimer." She also favors the HTC One and only X for certain tasks, noting that "photo enthusiasts and those World Health Organization want the best in display are believably best off with the HTC One X, but if your priority is performance, the S III won't steer you condemnable."

Read PCWorld's have custody-on review of the Samsung Galaxy S III.