Samsung Galaxy S III Launched, Hands-On Testing 107
MojoKid writes "One of the most highly anticipated Android phones of the year is the Samsung Galaxy S III, and its official launch is today. This smartphone comes with a number of new features we haven't seen on many Android phones, including improved voice control functionality, new sharing features, and Near Field Communication features. Those include Samsung's new TecTiles, which are programmable NFC tags you can use to control the phone's many features and functions. For example, you can program a TecTile to automatically change phone settings for a particular location, send a text message, open apps, etc. Samsung's S Voice functionality works much the same way as Apple's Siri: you can use plain English to tell the phone what you want it to do. You can set alarms, update your social networks, get navigation instructions and ask basic questions. During tests with the Galaxy S III, the performance and accuracy with S Voice was comparable to Siri on an iPhone 4S. Performance-wise, the Galaxy S III handled well in the benchmarks, with Qualcomm's dual-core SnapDragon S4 offering a very fluid experience across Samsung's 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display."
In other parts of the world... (Score:5, Funny)
... the Galaxy S3 has been available for a while already. The USA is not the center of the world is this is not an "Official launch" but merely a "local one".
I know, it must be hard for once, not to be the first on the line.
Try to bear with it..
Re:In other parts of the world... (Score:5, Funny)
So that's how they're getting around Android fragmentation! Just call everything the same name and model number. No more fragmentation!
Re:I've had mine for about 3 weeks. (Score:5, Funny)
Who says Apple users don't know what Swype is? I have been pretty vocal about how much I wish it could be included on the iPhone. I thought it was great.
Re:In other parts of the world... (Score:3, Funny)
I know right?
I was at a phone store the other day. This sales guy was showing some lady these Android phones, pointing out how one had a 4.5 in screen and keyboard, one had a 3.9 in screen and 3D, one had a 5 in screen and stylus, and so on. I went up, grabbed her away, and yelled 'FFFFFFFRAGMENTATION!' at the top of my lungs, and shoved her to the iPhone section. She ended up buying 500 iPhones for her small business.
Another victory for Apple. Thank god for iPhone.