Samsung Galaxy S III
2012 multi-touch, slate-format smartphone running the Android operating system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Samsung Galaxy S III (or Galaxy S3) is an Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Launched in 2012, it had sold about 70 million units by 2015 with no recalls ever recorded.[5] It is the third smartphone in the Samsung Galaxy S series.
Codename | i9300 for International model and d2tmo, d2spr, d2usc, d2att, d2vzw, and other carrier initial names for carrier models |
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Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics |
Slogan | "Designed for humans, inspired by nature"[1][2] |
Series | Galaxy S |
Compatible networks | 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz[3] 3G UMTS/CDMA2000/HSPA+: 850, 900, 1700, 1800 (Korean Pcs LG U+), 1900, 2100 MHz[3] TD-SCDMA (China Mobile Variant) and GT-i9305 |
First released | May 29, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-05-29) |
Availability by region | 145 countries (July 2017)[4] |
Units sold | 9 million orders before release; 70 million total (as of 2017)[5] |
Predecessor | Samsung Galaxy S II |
Successor | Samsung Galaxy S4 |
Related | Samsung Galaxy Note II Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Samsung Galaxy S III Mini Samsung ATIV S |
Type | Smartphone |
Form factor | Slate |
Dimensions | 136.6 mm (5.38 in) H 70.6 mm (2.78 in) W 8.6 mm (0.34 in) (9.0 mm (0.35 in) on S. Korea model) D[6][7] |
Mass | 133 g (4.69 oz) |
Operating system | Original: Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" Current: Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean",[8] Android 4.4 "KitKat" (2 GB RAM variants and GT-I9301I Neo only)[9] Unofficial: Android 11 "R" via LineageOS 18.0 Unofficial for Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300 Exynos Variant [10] |
System on chip | Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (GT-I9300) Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 (U.S & Canada & Japan variants) Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8228 (GT-I9301I Neo) |
CPU | 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 (GT-I9300) 1.3 GHz dual-core Krait (U.S. & Canada & Japan variants) 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 (GT-I9301I Neo) |
GPU | Mali-400 MP4 (GT-I9300) Adreno 225 (U.S. & Canada & Japan variants) Adreno 305 (GT-I9301I Neo) |
Memory | 1 GB RAM (international version) 2 GB RAM (LTE versions, selected markets) 1.5 GB RAM (GT-I9301I Neo) |
Storage | 16, 32, or 64 GB flash memory |
Battery | 2,100 mAh, 7.98 Wh, 3.8 V Li-ion User replaceable |
Data inputs | List
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Display | 4.8 in (120 mm) HD Super AMOLED (720×1280)
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Rear camera | 8 megapixels |
Front camera | 1.9 megapixels Zero shutter lag HD video (720p) at 30 frames/s[6] |
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Other | List
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Development status | Discontinued |
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It has additional software features, more hardware, and a redesigned design from its model before, the Samsung Galaxy S II, released the previous year. The "S III" employs an intelligent personal assistant (S Voice), eye-tracking ability, and more storage. Although a wireless charging option was announced, it never came to fruition. However, there are third party kits which add support for Qi wireless charging.[13][14] Depending on country, the 4.8-inch (120 mm) smartphone comes with different processors and RAM capacity, and 4G LTE support.[15] The device was launched with Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich", was updated to Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean", and can be updated to Android 4.4 "KitKat" on variants with 2 GB of RAM. The phone's replacement model, the Samsung Galaxy S4, was announced on 14 March 2013 and was released the following month.
Following an 18-month development phase, Samsung launched the S III on 3 May 2012.[16] The device was released in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries on 29 May 2012, before being progressively released in other major markets in June 2012. Prior to release, 9 million pre-orders were placed by more than 100 carriers globally.[17] The S III was released by approximately 300 carriers in nearly 150 countries at the end of July 2012.[4] More than 20 million units of the S III were sold within the first 100 days of release[18] and more than 50 million until April 2013.[19]
Samsung Galaxy S III was replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S4 in April 2013.