This is the Samsung Galaxy S III, designed for humans

Today in London, Samsung Mobile unveiled the Galaxy S III. The event is just kicking off, but Samsung sent out their press release a little early. Details after the break.

“With the GALAXY S III, Samsung has maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability,” said JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. “Designed to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind. What makes me most proud is that it enables one of the most seamless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows you to live a life extraordinary.”

Highlights of the Samsung Galaxy S III include:

• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 4.8-inch Super HD AMOLED (1280×720) display
• Exynos 4 Quad processor (more details coming soon)
• 8 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BIS
• 1.9 Mega pixel camera, HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BIS
• 16/ 32GB User memory (64GB available soon) ＋ microSD slot (up to 64GB)
• 2,100mAh battery
• Networks: 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz,3G (HSPA＋ 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz, 4G (Dependent on market)
• Bluetooth 4.0, 40MHz 802.11n Wi-Fi, NFC
• Audience Inc.’s earSmart (eS305) Advanced Voice processor
• Additional features: S Beam, Buddy photo share, Share shot, AllShare Play, AllShare Cast, Smart stay, Social tag, Group tag, Face zoom, Face slide show
• Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133g

Samsung says the HSPA+ version of the Galaxy S III will arrive in Europe on May 29th. Customers will be able to choose from two colors, pebble blue or marble white. In total, the device will come to 296 mobile operators in 145 countries. The US version of the device will be arriving later this summer.

 Source: Samsung

Android now found on 51% of U.S. smartphones

May 01 AT 12:09 PMAnthony Domanico

Android has finally broken the 50% market share hurdle, according to a quarterly report from comScore. Android continued its phenomenal level of growth for the quarter ending in March 2012, climbing 3.7% since the December survey. Android’s growth continues to come at the expense of RIM and Microsoft, who saw declines of 3.7% and 0.8% respectively. Apple’s iOS gained just over 1% to make up 30.7% of the U.S. market.

 

Android’s biggest challengers in the future will be Microsoft and RIM, who will both release major new platform revisions in the fall. With consumer sentiment increasingly against these companies, however, it appears the smartphone OS market will be a two-trick pony for at least the foreseeable future.

Can Android break 60% in coming months, or do you think we’ll start to see the market plateau after too long? Sound off in the comments.