Galaxy S III Breaks Pre-order Records with UK Vendors
We don't have official numbers worldwide, but we do know it's a record breaker in the UK.
Just last week, there was a rumor that Samsung had already gotten a massive nine million pre-orders for the Galaxy S III. While we don't yet know if that number is accurate, we do know that the phone is selling extremely well in the United Kingdom, where it is scheduled to launch late next week.
According to the Inquirer, Samsung's latest addition to its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets is doing very, very well in the UK. Though the phone has not yet launched, it's apparently breaking pre-order records across the pond. The Inq cites Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse representatives as saying its a record breaker. A Carphone Warehouse spokesperson yesterday revealed that the GSIII is the most pre-ordered phone of 2012, and Vodafone? Well, Vodafone goes one step further and says the Galaxy S III is the network's most pre-ordered Android phone ever.
The Galaxy S III was announced in the first week of May after a months-long build up. The device boasts a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 display; a quad-core Exynos processor; 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera on the back with a 1.9-megpixel affair up front; Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top and new gesture functions to improve navigation; and HSPA+ support. Samsung is also working on an LTE model for the United States, which will also reportedly have a dual-core CPU instead of the quad-core Exynos that powers the international model.
The phone will launch on May 29 and is scheduled for release later this summer in North America.
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Heard that Apple is planning to invent the 4 inch screen when it comes out with the iPhone 5. Magical innovation indeed.
AHHHH I need them to release MY perfect phone!
Heard that Apple is planning to invent the 4 inch screen when it comes out with the iPhone 5. Magical innovation indeed.
I'd rather wait for any S4 Krait quad based Note killer (well if Samsung have this in the pipes..) or move on to HTC.
I just made the switch from iPhone to Android and it kicks ass
This phone is the one to get from Samsung. HTC already came up with their OneX... waiting for Moto to see their answer.
If the S3 comes with a quad core then I'll think about getting it sooner.
You getting things mixed up... Exynos is a system on chip that now has quad A9's at 1.4Ghz in 32nm (S2 had dual cores at 1.2Ghz in 45nm) and Mali400MP in S3 runs memory at 400Mhz the old mali ran at around 266Mhz. GPU overall between gen 1 and 2 has almost doubled in performance even though they share the same name.
Japanese version will have 2GB memory but a dual processor of newer revision and higher Ghz (s4 snapdragon) and probably a mediocre Adreno 225 GPU. I really doubt it will have the new upcoming adreno 320 that quad snapdragons suppose to have.
Only the UK versions these people ordered with have the A9 based quad core.. Those of us in the US are supposed to have the dual core S4 Krait..
MP3 players were in the market for years before the release of the iPod, but most iZombs believe Apple invented the MP3 player.