Samsung again with Smartphone Wars Galaxy III

Samsung again with Smartphone Wars Galaxy III

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Samsung has a pre-emptive strike on the launch of the new iPhone with the release of the Galaxy III, brought to life – his long-awaited Android-powered smartphone, has a peak performance 4.8-inch display and advanced features such as the new face recognition software and eye tracking.

The launch of the phone – the analysts to the announcement of the next “revolution” in the smartphone technology – comes as a new report today says larger, thinner iPhone is started by the end of the year with a 4 -inch screen, includes metal back and redid the dock connector.

Make your smartphone more intelligent users every day seems to be the major theme of the Galaxy III. While the specifics, including a 4.8 “screen, 720p, a quad-core, NFC and the latest ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Android operating system are impressive, Samsung has taken a page from the book of Apple emphasizes ways that the Galaxy III improves the s martphone user experience.

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These features include a ‘stay smart’, the track eye movement, and holds the screen as a “direct call” feature automatically selects that number on the screen when you pick up the phone to your ear, and have used a share photos buddy “, the face recognition on photos to automatically tag people on the basis of the profile pictures of the contacts.

The new phone has been presented to the Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 International launch event in London.

Rodney Gedda, senior analyst at Telsyte says that Samsung has the expectations of the Galaxy III lived. src = alt “http://images.smh.com.au/2012/05/04/3269277/art-631667342-420×0.jpg” = “The mobile phone is 8.6 mm thick and weighs 133 grams.” /

> The phone is 8.6 mm thick and weighs 133 grams photo: / p> “The higher specifications, and new hardware and software to make it an interesting addition to the offer Smartphones from Samsung, “he said.

“causes the unit to the next” revolution “in the smart phone technology to interact as humans with the devices will be. The next wave of competition is there in the software, not to find hardware. Samsung knows and begins to applications to make use of your smartphone easy to make and develop naturally. “

The Galaxy III announcement comes at an opportune time for Samsung. Earlier this week the company announced record profits for the first quarter on the back of his stellar smartphone sales.

The latest figures from Strategy Analytics in the same time, Samsung beat Nokia showed the position of the leading worldwide manufacturer of mobile phones claim stating Samsung, 25.4 percent of the worldwide market share, Nokia and Apple to nearly 23 percent with 9.5 percent.

In the smartphone market, but Apple Samsung nipping at their heels. While Samsung with a commanding lead 30.6 percent global market share, Apple is not far behind at 24.1 percent, and Nokia, the rear with 8.2 percent.

In Australia, Apple has taken the lead for the entire year 2011, according to IDC, with 41 percent share of the smartphone market, Samsung and was 16 percent second. Telsyte expects that Apple’s market share grows to 45 percent by the end of the year -. A figure that takes into a ccount the likely upcoming launch of the iPhone 5

Galaxy S III vs iPhone 5

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the sixth generation of the iPhone, you want a larger 4 – inch display, a quad-core A6, NFC, and a form of 4G, which may or may not have to be compatible with Telstra and Optus “4G networks.

a spec by spec comparison with the iPhone-5 features would say, seems to be the Galaxy III, that the power is higher, but the success of the iPhone has still not advanced by having the features on.

“The S III has everything to be competitive from a hardware -point of view, but it still needs a solution integrated offering as good as Apple, “said Jeddah.

Australian

availability for Galaxy S III is not yet confirmed, but Samsung said it would be with in 145 countries 296 mobile operators to start around the world.

The 3G version is expected to go on sale in Europe on May 29, followed by outlets in Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The 4G version will be in North America, Japan and Korea in June / July / August time frame.

when it came out in Australia, the Galaxy S III have a strong competitor to the HTC X. A

Both devices offer a quad-core processor, a display 720p, NFC, and the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, but the edges of the Galaxy III sat down to some extent replaced by its expanded memory, battery, and various user-friendly software enhancements.

Jenneth Orantia traveled to Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 in London as a guest of Samsung.