If
it is true to say of heredity in the relatively young world of
smartphones, the Galaxy S III from Samsung definitely possesses it. The
first Galaxy S has convinced us all that the South Korean company is
ready to produce top-class device, and the second flagship Galaxy S II
effectively outlined the benefits of Galaxy S line of devices on the
background of all other Android-smartphones.
Release
of the third Galaxy S, the number of rumors, intrigues and other hype
has surpassed even the annual "Thriller", traditionally accompany the
release of the next "yablokofona." In
the new ambitions embodied all South Korean, and how they correspond to
the realities of today's smartphone market, and we have to find out ...
Design
Controversial - a better word to describe the appearance of the Galaxy S III, perhaps, to be found. Still,
after all the hope that the body design of the third generation of its
flagship Samsung, finally starts using premium materials, were very
high, and as the most likely option even suggested the use of ceramics.
Samsung All hopes were dashed when Samsung introduced the same device officially. Novelty
was completely plastic, but with some special coating body, which
according to the developers gave the device to "ceramic luster." The
body is made from the usual glossy polycarbonate, white or blue, and,
in each case on the side of the device there is silver finish, and the
front panel is closed protected Gorilla Glass.
Is the Galaxy S III Corps fragile? Probably not, after all, despite the fact that the back cover itself is quite easy to bend, being installed in place, it does not affect the integrity of the structure. But the answer to the question about cheap or unpresentable lastikovogo body of the new flagship will be highly dependent on the device, which was used by each user before. For example, owners of iPhone 4S or HTC One X innovation from Samsung in terms of tactile surely disappoint. But the former owners of the new Galaxy S II design obviously enjoy. It should be noted that the design of a novelty compared to previous devices premium series from Samsung has become easier, and in white and the device does look unassuming, resembling a bar of soap.
Samsung Unlike the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, on the rear face no projections - it is completely smooth. The
thickness of the S III is only 8.6 mm, which is only 0.3 mm less than
the Nexus, and considerably less than the Galaxy S II, the thickness of
which is equal to 9.89 mm. Rounding
on the sides, as opposed to Nexus, have a short range, which also has a
positive effect on the comfort placing the device in the hand.The
design of the Galaxy S III is not the challenge, which is available in
the WP-devices from Nokia, there are no experiments with the form
attached to polycarbonate, but Samsung and this is not required. Before
us, though a top device, but it is intended primarily for the mass
market, where the South Korean manufacturer has already unshakable
position.As
for the practical use of Galaxy S III, then no keys or coins, usually
rendered in the neighborhood in a pocket, the device is not afraid, and
that any dirt and fingerprints easily removed, wipe its case is any soft
tissue.The
power button is on the right, and 3.5 mm audio jack and microUSB port
is brought to the upper and lower bounds, respectively.Nearby are the light sensor and front camera, and multi-colored LED is hidden on the bottom.The
smartphone is equipped with two microphones located on top and bottom,
and the main camera lens is located between the LED flash and an
external speaker grille on the back of the device.Despite the active collaboration with Google, Samsung did not use the Galaxy Nexus as a prototype for its new flagship. Like
HTC, South Korean manufacturer has not provided on the function keys
located under the display, in favor of the ICS-virtual counterparts. Broad group of buttons are touch-sensitive Home button "Menu" and "Back". Working with these keys will seem familiar to anyone who has previously used the Galaxy S II.The Hardware
If looks Galaxy S III is not too distinguished, the specifications for the new flagship Android-experience is not necessary. Like its predecessors, the new dictates the conditions smartphone market, demonstrating the extraordinary possibilities Samsung in manufacturing various components.The first thing that stands out is the display diagonal is "grown" from 4.3 to 4.8 inches and the resolution is increased from 800 x 480 to 1280 x 720 pixels compared to the Galaxy S II. Screen performance in the device from Samsung are identical to those in the HTC One X, but in comparison with the iPhone 4S pixel density at GS III because of the greater diagonal slightly lower (306 ppi vs 326ppi).As for the location of the notorious organization pixel technology PenTile, debate the pros and cons of which continue to this day. Opponents of this technology claim a grainy appearance, reducing the quality of the display text, whereas PenTile advocates cite the example of a greater margin of brightness and efficiency. However, despite the use of PenTile-panel Super AMOLED HD, to the image, which is shown on the screen Galaxy S III, is very difficult to find fault. Colors - bright and rich, text - clean and clear, without "blurring", so that without a microscope shortcomings PenTile-making can not be seen.The developers of the Samsung Galaxy S III equipped with one of the most impressive in the industry for 2100 mAh battery, the capacity is only 400 mAh battery capacity is less than that installed in a hybrid Galaxy Note.However, even such a high capacity battery, according to the developers, not too big for a device with the marker screen, so by default the Galaxy S III is activated power saving mode with automatic display brightness control, most of the time, offering the user a very dim picture. You should disable this feature and set the brightness manually, as the picture "come alive", while at the level of autonomy of the action is almost no effect.It should be noted that in direct sunlight stock brightness may be sufficient only to show incoming number, whereas for convenient menu navigation, and other more complex actions the user will have to find a shade or cover the screen by hand.Another crucial element in the Galaxy S III is the chipset. In the new solution is used quad own production under the name Samsung Exynos 4 Quad processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz and the integrated graphics ARM Mali-400. Produce chips using 32-nm process.It is worth noting that the above applies only to the European version of the smartphone in the U.S. Galaxy S III will come with a Qualcomm S4 chipset based on dual-CPU Snapdragon. Communications capabilities include support for new items HSPA + and GSM / EDGE. The smartphone is traditionally present modules WiFi a / b / g / n with support for WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, the interface now supports MHL-HDMI port and a microUSB. Hidden under the back cover microSIM card slot and a slot for microSD memory card with support for cards format microSDXC up to 64 GB.
The amount of internal memory in the Galaxy S III can vary from 16 to 64 GB, depending on the modification. The device, which was used for the review, was equipped with 16 GB of memory, 11.35 of which were available to the user. In addition, the device supports GPS, aGPS and GLONASS, are a barometer, digital compass, accelerometer, and light sensor.Galaxy S II smartphone has a good photographic opportunities, and a new flagship with photo and video cope not worse. Smartphone Galaxy S III is equipped with 8 MP. camera with auto focus, LED flash and video recording in Full HD (1080p). The front camera is represented 1.9 megapixels. solution for video and other less demanding functions.At the time, the lack of high-quality Galaxy S II DAC from Wolfson, who had in the original in the Galaxy S, displeased with excellent quality of sound. That is why in the third revision of its flagship Samsung is back to using a dedicated sound processor-based Wolfson Micro WM1811 DAC. I must say that in conjunction with complete headset device gives a decent enough sound, especially when working with a bit rate of 320kbps MP3 or lossless-formats.Also in the new Galaxy S has support for high-quality wireless audio apt-X Bluetooth and FM-radio.Software stuffing
Its new flagship Samsung, of course could not leave without a corporate user interface TouchWiz, a new version of which is called Nature UX is installed in the device onto the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.It should be noted that the TouchWiz never particularly welcomed by users, and that made the previous edition of the flagship of Samsung, setting targets for different alternative Android-firmware. Fortunately, the new version of TouchWiz noticeable significant changes for the better. Widgets and icons no longer appear "cartoony" and the dark background images now can be found, except in the most "nooks" settings menu. Instead, the interface is filled with movement and sound, which, according to the developers of Samsung, is more natural.As in Ice Cream Sandwich, at the bottom of the screen there are four permanent label, which is located above the grid labels of size 4 × 4. New icons and widgets are added there by a long press on the desktop, or drag and drop from the task manager.In general, the work of icons was quite comfortable, except for inability to quickly create folders by dragging one label to another. Instead, you must create a separate new folder, and then drag it to the two labels. There are some claims to the standard icons from Samsung. For example, shortcuts to Gmail and SMS functions are very similar and only slightly different in size, which is also not very comfortable.If you talk about the positive aspects of working with the new TouchWiz, then this is definitely the new "drop down" notification bar with quick access to settings and a special menu control WiFi, GPS, sound, screen rotation, notifications, network connections, Bluetooth and etc. Also worth noting is the feature pinch-zoom-to the view of all desktops, remove from the Ice Cream Sandwich, and in the status bar next to the battery, there is evidence of the level of charge in percent.
On the lock screen are four customizable shortcut, as well as direct access to a tool to create new text messages or missed calls. Also be possible to display the lock information about weather, news or stock quotes.Present in the Galaxy S III and a number of new widgets, as the simplest, responsible for a variety of effects (including the use of LED flashlight when the flashlight) and full applications, including Video Player to view videos directly from your desktop, notebook S Memo, borrowed from the Galaxy Note, Game Hub, S Planner Calendar, etc.We should also mention the news aggregator Flipboard for Android, which is currently available only to owners of Galaxy S III. No less will be useful and access to the service Dropbox with a free subscription to 50 GB of space to store information on a remote server. This is double what is offered to owners of devices One Series line of HTC.However, Dropbox is not the most obvious way to transfer media from your phone, because when you connect to your PC via USB, Galaxy S III will be displayed as a normal removable media. This is true for PCs running Windows, but Mac-system refused to work with the Galaxy S III directly, and data had to use a WiFi-connection via Kies.Another interesting communication tool for Galaxy S III is Kies Air, turns a smartphone into a kind of media server with its own IP address in WiFi-network. True, in the pre-installed on new items by default, this utility is not provided, but it can be freely downloaded from the Play Store.It must be noted that the new version of the interface TouchWiz, followed by the slogan "designed for people" (for whom then developed all previous versions), does contain a number of interesting innovations.So familiarity with the function of Smart Stay, designed to follow the direction of view of the user and control the backlight, saving battery power, has left mixed feelings. For a while it worked as expected, but then the smartphone does not always respond to the user's eye view the screen. However, Samsung warned that the stability of the Smart Stay highly dependent on ambient lighting.
With features AllShare Cast and AllShare Play Samsung continues to promote the idea of transferring data via DLNA. The first is responsible for carrying images from the smartphone to the TV screen, and the second makes it easy to organize a viewing photos, videos, or listening to music on devices that support DLNA and WiFi Direct. In addition, WiFi Direct technology involved in the functional S Beam, is an improved version of the developers of Samsung Android Beam.Another interesting feature in the Galaxy S III is a Social Tag, which is able to rapidly detect faces in the photos and compare them with the entries in the address book. The user has the ability to quickly connect to the selected users.In addition, the new interface offers extensive gesture control. For example, if you put a hand to the edge of the screen diagonal, the system will create a screenshot.Team «shake to update» quickly update compliant application, and if you put your smartphone screen down, the sound will be muted, and all playable video or audio clips are automatically paused. The same is true for calls, enough to cover the screen with his hand, and the user "at the other end of the line" can not hear your conversation. There are very successful and the zoom in the browser and the gallery, which were used in Galaxy S II.However, looking at all of these functions, it is impossible not to wonder how necessary it is all the user and can be better if Samsung released the Galaxy S III with the original interface Ice Cream Sandwich? However, third-party developers for sure in the near future will provide all interested owners of a new leader able to work with a "clean» Android, and among the rest, and certainly there are those who will appeal to a variety of functional Nature UX.S Voice
At the time, as controversial design Galaxy S III has made differences in the ranks of fans brand Samsung, functional S Voice able to reunite the fans, for the fans of the dispute Apple iPhone 4S with his personal assistant. Indeed, the system S Voice is almost complete analog of Siri, in functional terms, and in terms of design.However, S Voice superior competitor in the range of supported voice commands. For example, in contrast to the iPhone 4S, Galaxy S III lets you update status on Twitter and Facebook through integration with Social Hub, as well as doing a lot of things, including setting the alarm clock, timers, dialing or sending messages, searching and supports playlists, add entries to the organizer etc. Of course, for all voice functions S Voice requires a connection to the Internet.Unfortunately, as in the case of Siri, the work of the service leaves a dual impression. Most of the functions are not ready for full use, so problems with incorrect interpretation of questions, late responses are not always caused by high-speed connection to the Internet, and limited base themselves answers do not yet allow one hundred percent rely on S Voice.On the other hand, the basic functions, such as dialing a number or work with alarm not cause censures and almost always work out right. As we see, the experts Samsung is still a lot of work, but there is no doubt that S Voice will be further developed.Performance and autonomy
In Samsung promised "maximum computing power and smooth," and I must say Galaxy S III is fully consistent with all of the above. Chipset, based on the quad-core processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz, with memory capacity of 1 GB (Japanese and Canadian version of the smartphone is likely to get 2 GB of RAM) allow owners to new products from Samsung rely on uncompromising performance.
Samsung All hopes were dashed when Samsung introduced the same device officially. Novelty
was completely plastic, but with some special coating body, which
according to the developers gave the device to "ceramic luster." The
body is made from the usual glossy polycarbonate, white or blue, and,
in each case on the side of the device there is silver finish, and the
front panel is closed protected Gorilla Glass.Is the Galaxy S III Corps fragile? Probably not, after all, despite the fact that the back cover itself is quite easy to bend, being installed in place, it does not affect the integrity of the structure. But the answer to the question about cheap or unpresentable lastikovogo body of the new flagship will be highly dependent on the device, which was used by each user before. For example, owners of iPhone 4S or HTC One X innovation from Samsung in terms of tactile surely disappoint. But the former owners of the new Galaxy S II design obviously enjoy. It should be noted that the design of a novelty compared to previous devices premium series from Samsung has become easier, and in white and the device does look unassuming, resembling a bar of soap.
Samsung Unlike the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, on the rear face no projections - it is completely smooth. The
thickness of the S III is only 8.6 mm, which is only 0.3 mm less than
the Nexus, and considerably less than the Galaxy S II, the thickness of
which is equal to 9.89 mm. Rounding
on the sides, as opposed to Nexus, have a short range, which also has a
positive effect on the comfort placing the device in the hand.The
design of the Galaxy S III is not the challenge, which is available in
the WP-devices from Nokia, there are no experiments with the form
attached to polycarbonate, but Samsung and this is not required. Before
us, though a top device, but it is intended primarily for the mass
market, where the South Korean manufacturer has already unshakable
position.As
for the practical use of Galaxy S III, then no keys or coins, usually
rendered in the neighborhood in a pocket, the device is not afraid, and
that any dirt and fingerprints easily removed, wipe its case is any soft
tissue.The
power button is on the right, and 3.5 mm audio jack and microUSB port
is brought to the upper and lower bounds, respectively.Nearby are the light sensor and front camera, and multi-colored LED is hidden on the bottom.The
smartphone is equipped with two microphones located on top and bottom,
and the main camera lens is located between the LED flash and an
external speaker grille on the back of the device.Despite the active collaboration with Google, Samsung did not use the Galaxy Nexus as a prototype for its new flagship. Like
HTC, South Korean manufacturer has not provided on the function keys
located under the display, in favor of the ICS-virtual counterparts. Broad group of buttons are touch-sensitive Home button "Menu" and "Back". Working with these keys will seem familiar to anyone who has previously used the Galaxy S II.The HardwareIf looks Galaxy S III is not too distinguished, the specifications for the new flagship Android-experience is not necessary. Like its predecessors, the new dictates the conditions smartphone market, demonstrating the extraordinary possibilities Samsung in manufacturing various components.The first thing that stands out is the display diagonal is "grown" from 4.3 to 4.8 inches and the resolution is increased from 800 x 480 to 1280 x 720 pixels compared to the Galaxy S II. Screen performance in the device from Samsung are identical to those in the HTC One X, but in comparison with the iPhone 4S pixel density at GS III because of the greater diagonal slightly lower (306 ppi vs 326ppi).As for the location of the notorious organization pixel technology PenTile, debate the pros and cons of which continue to this day. Opponents of this technology claim a grainy appearance, reducing the quality of the display text, whereas PenTile advocates cite the example of a greater margin of brightness and efficiency. However, despite the use of PenTile-panel Super AMOLED HD, to the image, which is shown on the screen Galaxy S III, is very difficult to find fault. Colors - bright and rich, text - clean and clear, without "blurring", so that without a microscope shortcomings PenTile-making can not be seen.The developers of the Samsung Galaxy S III equipped with one of the most impressive in the industry for 2100 mAh battery, the capacity is only 400 mAh battery capacity is less than that installed in a hybrid Galaxy Note.However, even such a high capacity battery, according to the developers, not too big for a device with the marker screen, so by default the Galaxy S III is activated power saving mode with automatic display brightness control, most of the time, offering the user a very dim picture. You should disable this feature and set the brightness manually, as the picture "come alive", while at the level of autonomy of the action is almost no effect.It should be noted that in direct sunlight stock brightness may be sufficient only to show incoming number, whereas for convenient menu navigation, and other more complex actions the user will have to find a shade or cover the screen by hand.Another crucial element in the Galaxy S III is the chipset. In the new solution is used quad own production under the name Samsung Exynos 4 Quad processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz and the integrated graphics ARM Mali-400. Produce chips using 32-nm process.It is worth noting that the above applies only to the European version of the smartphone in the U.S. Galaxy S III will come with a Qualcomm S4 chipset based on dual-CPU Snapdragon. Communications capabilities include support for new items HSPA + and GSM / EDGE. The smartphone is traditionally present modules WiFi a / b / g / n with support for WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, the interface now supports MHL-HDMI port and a microUSB. Hidden under the back cover microSIM card slot and a slot for microSD memory card with support for cards format microSDXC up to 64 GB.
The amount of internal memory in the Galaxy S III can vary from 16 to 64 GB, depending on the modification. The device, which was used for the review, was equipped with 16 GB of memory, 11.35 of which were available to the user. In addition, the device supports GPS, aGPS and GLONASS, are a barometer, digital compass, accelerometer, and light sensor.Galaxy S II smartphone has a good photographic opportunities, and a new flagship with photo and video cope not worse. Smartphone Galaxy S III is equipped with 8 MP. camera with auto focus, LED flash and video recording in Full HD (1080p). The front camera is represented 1.9 megapixels. solution for video and other less demanding functions.At the time, the lack of high-quality Galaxy S II DAC from Wolfson, who had in the original in the Galaxy S, displeased with excellent quality of sound. That is why in the third revision of its flagship Samsung is back to using a dedicated sound processor-based Wolfson Micro WM1811 DAC. I must say that in conjunction with complete headset device gives a decent enough sound, especially when working with a bit rate of 320kbps MP3 or lossless-formats.Also in the new Galaxy S has support for high-quality wireless audio apt-X Bluetooth and FM-radio.Software stuffing
Its new flagship Samsung, of course could not leave without a corporate user interface TouchWiz, a new version of which is called Nature UX is installed in the device onto the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.It should be noted that the TouchWiz never particularly welcomed by users, and that made the previous edition of the flagship of Samsung, setting targets for different alternative Android-firmware. Fortunately, the new version of TouchWiz noticeable significant changes for the better. Widgets and icons no longer appear "cartoony" and the dark background images now can be found, except in the most "nooks" settings menu. Instead, the interface is filled with movement and sound, which, according to the developers of Samsung, is more natural.As in Ice Cream Sandwich, at the bottom of the screen there are four permanent label, which is located above the grid labels of size 4 × 4. New icons and widgets are added there by a long press on the desktop, or drag and drop from the task manager.In general, the work of icons was quite comfortable, except for inability to quickly create folders by dragging one label to another. Instead, you must create a separate new folder, and then drag it to the two labels. There are some claims to the standard icons from Samsung. For example, shortcuts to Gmail and SMS functions are very similar and only slightly different in size, which is also not very comfortable.If you talk about the positive aspects of working with the new TouchWiz, then this is definitely the new "drop down" notification bar with quick access to settings and a special menu control WiFi, GPS, sound, screen rotation, notifications, network connections, Bluetooth and etc. Also worth noting is the feature pinch-zoom-to the view of all desktops, remove from the Ice Cream Sandwich, and in the status bar next to the battery, there is evidence of the level of charge in percent.
On the lock screen are four customizable shortcut, as well as direct access to a tool to create new text messages or missed calls. Also be possible to display the lock information about weather, news or stock quotes.Present in the Galaxy S III and a number of new widgets, as the simplest, responsible for a variety of effects (including the use of LED flashlight when the flashlight) and full applications, including Video Player to view videos directly from your desktop, notebook S Memo, borrowed from the Galaxy Note, Game Hub, S Planner Calendar, etc.We should also mention the news aggregator Flipboard for Android, which is currently available only to owners of Galaxy S III. No less will be useful and access to the service Dropbox with a free subscription to 50 GB of space to store information on a remote server. This is double what is offered to owners of devices One Series line of HTC.However, Dropbox is not the most obvious way to transfer media from your phone, because when you connect to your PC via USB, Galaxy S III will be displayed as a normal removable media. This is true for PCs running Windows, but Mac-system refused to work with the Galaxy S III directly, and data had to use a WiFi-connection via Kies.Another interesting communication tool for Galaxy S III is Kies Air, turns a smartphone into a kind of media server with its own IP address in WiFi-network. True, in the pre-installed on new items by default, this utility is not provided, but it can be freely downloaded from the Play Store.It must be noted that the new version of the interface TouchWiz, followed by the slogan "designed for people" (for whom then developed all previous versions), does contain a number of interesting innovations.So familiarity with the function of Smart Stay, designed to follow the direction of view of the user and control the backlight, saving battery power, has left mixed feelings. For a while it worked as expected, but then the smartphone does not always respond to the user's eye view the screen. However, Samsung warned that the stability of the Smart Stay highly dependent on ambient lighting.
With features AllShare Cast and AllShare Play Samsung continues to promote the idea of transferring data via DLNA. The first is responsible for carrying images from the smartphone to the TV screen, and the second makes it easy to organize a viewing photos, videos, or listening to music on devices that support DLNA and WiFi Direct. In addition, WiFi Direct technology involved in the functional S Beam, is an improved version of the developers of Samsung Android Beam.Another interesting feature in the Galaxy S III is a Social Tag, which is able to rapidly detect faces in the photos and compare them with the entries in the address book. The user has the ability to quickly connect to the selected users.In addition, the new interface offers extensive gesture control. For example, if you put a hand to the edge of the screen diagonal, the system will create a screenshot.Team «shake to update» quickly update compliant application, and if you put your smartphone screen down, the sound will be muted, and all playable video or audio clips are automatically paused. The same is true for calls, enough to cover the screen with his hand, and the user "at the other end of the line" can not hear your conversation. There are very successful and the zoom in the browser and the gallery, which were used in Galaxy S II.However, looking at all of these functions, it is impossible not to wonder how necessary it is all the user and can be better if Samsung released the Galaxy S III with the original interface Ice Cream Sandwich? However, third-party developers for sure in the near future will provide all interested owners of a new leader able to work with a "clean» Android, and among the rest, and certainly there are those who will appeal to a variety of functional Nature UX.S Voice
At the time, as controversial design Galaxy S III has made differences in the ranks of fans brand Samsung, functional S Voice able to reunite the fans, for the fans of the dispute Apple iPhone 4S with his personal assistant. Indeed, the system S Voice is almost complete analog of Siri, in functional terms, and in terms of design.However, S Voice superior competitor in the range of supported voice commands. For example, in contrast to the iPhone 4S, Galaxy S III lets you update status on Twitter and Facebook through integration with Social Hub, as well as doing a lot of things, including setting the alarm clock, timers, dialing or sending messages, searching and supports playlists, add entries to the organizer etc. Of course, for all voice functions S Voice requires a connection to the Internet.Unfortunately, as in the case of Siri, the work of the service leaves a dual impression. Most of the functions are not ready for full use, so problems with incorrect interpretation of questions, late responses are not always caused by high-speed connection to the Internet, and limited base themselves answers do not yet allow one hundred percent rely on S Voice.On the other hand, the basic functions, such as dialing a number or work with alarm not cause censures and almost always work out right. As we see, the experts Samsung is still a lot of work, but there is no doubt that S Voice will be further developed.Performance and autonomy
In Samsung promised "maximum computing power and smooth," and I must say Galaxy S III is fully consistent with all of the above. Chipset, based on the quad-core processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz, with memory capacity of 1 GB (Japanese and Canadian version of the smartphone is likely to get 2 GB of RAM) allow owners to new products from Samsung rely on uncompromising performance.
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