After weeks of speculations and assumptions regarding the US market release, the South Korean giant has finally announced the official launch of the most hyped smartphone of the year Samsung Galaxy S3 in the nation's consumer market.
In its official press release, Samsung has recently informed that the smartphone will be available on five major carriers including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular services by this month at a price starting from $199. All the variants of the phone will have the same 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display.
No further details have been revealed by the company so far. However, the company has said that the exact pricing and retail availability will be announced by each of the five carriers in the weeks to come.
The US version of S3 will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU with 2GB of internal RAM, instead of 1.4GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor. According to CNET reports the "downgrade" is likely due to a current incompatibility between the quad-core chip and LTE data networks, just as with the HTC One X, which forewent the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor that was used in the global version of its hero device.
Although the device comes backed with 4G (a.k.a. LTE and HSPA+) capabilities and will be offering 16GB or 32GB worth of storage that can be expanded via microSD, it will also feature 8MP rear-facing camera, a 1.9MP front-facing camera, a 2,100mAh removable battery and will come flavoured by the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The new phone will be available in marble white or pebble blue and will also come with a host of other software features such as S Voice and S Beam, with the former allowing users to execute commands via their voice and with the latter allowing for quick file sharing just by touching devices.
Commenting on the revolutionary smartphone's market debut, Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Telecommunications America said in a press statement, "The Galaxy S3 is the most innovative smartphone on the market today. It is an industry first to see five major carriers align behind the launch of a single device virtually simultaneously." He added, "To support the immense excitement for the Galaxy S3 we will execute our biggest marketing campaign ever. Consumers won't be able to miss why this device is the must."
