SAMSUNG RELEASES GALAXY S III

KEE@FSWMAG.COM

SAMSUNG HAS JUST RELEASED THE MUCH ANTICIPATED, EAGERLY AWAITED AND LONG NEEDED NEW GALAXY S III TO GREAT ACCLAIM.

ONLY GOD AND SAMSUNG KNOW WHEN IT WILL HIT MALAYSIAN STORES BUT I AM FLYING TO SINGAPORE TODAY 5 MAY 2012 TO TRY GET ONE AND I WILL SHOW MY PASSPORT AS PROOF.

ANYWAY IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THE NEW SAMSUNG S III WILL BE BETTER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR AS THE SUCCESSOR HAS A TENDENCY TO DO PRECISELY THIS OR ELSE WHY BOTHER TO LAUNCH IT AT ALL?

IT WAS RELEASED IN LONDON A FEW HOURS AGO AND EVERY SINGLE PHONE WAS SOLD OUT AS EXPECTED. LIKE THE NEW SAMSUNG TELEVISION, THE NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY S III RESPONDS TO YOUR VOICE AND EVEN ANTICIPATES YOUR NEXT STEP, EXACTLY LIKE MY DARLING FRENCH POODLE DEDIONE KEE WHICH OBEYS MY COMMANDS AND KNOWS WHEN I WILL HUG AND KISS HIM, THE DARLING ANGEL!

ANYWAY, MY FRIENDS IN LONDON HAVE GONE QUEUING AND THE FIRST TO BUY EMAILED TO SAY IT WAS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD. I EAT BUNS SO THAT PHRASE DOES NOTHING FOR ME BUT I GET HIS DRIFT.

I HAVE NOT LAIN MY GRUBBY PAWS ON THIS BABE YET SO I CANNOT GIVE MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS BUT SAMSUNG HAS JUST OVERTAKEN NOKIA AND EVEN APPLE AS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SELLER OF PHONES SO THEY MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.

Remember Samsung first released the Galaxy smartphone in 2010 and sold 10 million phones in 10 months which must have been a record. 

But then all these voice commands may not be that useful as most of us prefer to quietly and silently and secretly key in our commands using our fingers rather than our tongues. I would not want everyone sitting or standing next to me to hear what I am saying to my phone and worse, if my surrounding is noisy I may be forced to speak loudly or even shout.

But it is rather nice to be able to say 'Snooze' when my Galaxy S III's alarm goes off and I need to sleep a bit more. Then again, if my voice is heavy and drugged with sleep and alcohol, I wonder if my smartphone can slice through my tupor and understand my slurring!

Samsung Galaxy S III will be released first in Europe in May before going viral globally by August. Well I am using Nokia Lumia 710 right now as my precious Nokia Sirocco 8800 is under repair after 6 years of continuous, fault free use.

CONTACT:

Fionn Chin

                       Samsung Malaysia Electronics Sdn. Bhd.

                                       Tel:+603-2165 0115

fionn.chin@samsung.com

Samsung Introduces the GALAXY S III, the Smartphone

Designed for Humans and Inspired by Nature

Effortlessly smart and intuitively simple,

Samsung GALAXY S III reveals a new concept of smartphone

London, UK—May 3, 2012—Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today the third generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S III. Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the GALAXY S III is a smartphone that recognizes your voice, understands your intention, and lets you share a moment instantly and easily.

This sleek and innovative smartphone has the enhanced intelligence to make everyday life easier. With Samsung GALAXY S III, you can view the content like never before on the device’s 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display. An 8MP camera and a 1.9MP front camera offer users a variety of intelligent camera features and face recognition related options that ensure all moments are captured easily and instantly. Samsung GALAXY S III is powered by Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, with greatly enhanced usability and practicality to make life easier. Packed with intuitive technology, the GALAXY S III delivers a uniquely personalized mobile experience that refuses to be compromised.

“With the GALAXY S III, Samsung has maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability,” said JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. “Designed to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind. What makes me most proud is that it enables one of the most seamless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows you to live a life extraordinary.”

Introducing Natural Interaction

The GALAXY S III enhances the interaction experience between the device and user. Smart enough to detect your face, voice and motions, the GALAXY S III adapts to the individual user to provide a more convenient and natural experience. With the innovative ‘Smart stay’ feature, the GALAXY S III recognizes how you are using your phone – reading an e-book or browsing the web for instance – by having the front camera identify your eyes; the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure.

The GALAXY S III features ‘S Voice,’ the advanced natural language user interface, to listen and respond to your words. In addition to allowing information search and basic device-user communication, S Voice presents powerful functions in regards to device control and commands. When your phone alarm goes off but you need a little extra rest, just tell the GALAXY S III “snooze.” You can also use S Voice to play your favorite songs, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and emails, organize your schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture a photo.

In addition to recognizing your face and voice, the GALAXY S III understands your motions to offer maximized usability. If you are messaging someone but decide to call them instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and ‘Direct call’ will dial their number. With ‘Smart alert,’ the GALAXY S III will also save you from trouble by catching any missed messages or calls; your phone will vibrate to notify missed statuses when picked up after being idle.

Easy and Instant Sharing

The Samsung GALAXY S III is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user - it wants you to share and experience smartphone benefits with family and friends, regardless of where you are. With the new ‘S Beam,’ the GALAXY S III expands upon Android™ Beam™, allowing a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without a Wi-Fi or cellular signal. The ‘Buddy photo share’ function also allows photos to be easily and simultaneously shared with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery.

With ‘AllShare Cast’, users can wirelessly connect their GALAXY S III to their television to immediately transfer smartphone content onto a larger display. ‘AllShare Play’ can be also used to instantly share any forms of files between GALAXY S III and your tablet, PC, and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices. Under AllShare Play is also the ‘Group Cast’ feature that allows you to share your screen among multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi network; you can make comments and draw changes at the same time with your co-workers, witnessing real-time sharing on your individual device.

Human-centric Design with Uncompromised Performance

The GALAXY S III not only presents features with enhanced usability, but also provides an ergonomic and comfortable experience through its human-centric design. Its comfortable grip, gentle curves, and organic form deliver a rich human-centric feel and design. Inspired by nature, its design concept is the flow and movement of nature. The elements of wind, water and light are all evoked in the physical construct of the GALAXY S III. In its essence, the minimal organic design identity is reflected in the smooth and non-linear lines of the device. Available in Pebble Blue and Marble White at launch, Samsung will introduce a variety of additional color options. 

With a 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display, the GALAXY S III offers a large and vivid viewing experience. Samsung Mobile’s heritage Super AMOLED display even enhances to HD and 16:9 wider viewing angles. To ensure faster content sharing and connectivity, the GALAXY S III offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the Wi-Fi bandwidth.

The GALAXY S III also sports a range of additional features that boost performance and the overall user experience in entirely new ways. It introduces ‘Pop up play,’ a feature that allows you to play a video anywhere on your screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the Web. Its 8MP camera features a zero-lag shutter speed that lets you capture moving objects easily without delay – the image you see is the picture you take. With the ‘Burst shot’ function that instantly captures twenty continuous shots, and the ‘Best photo’ feature that selects the best of eight photographs for you, the GALAXY S III ensures users a more enhanced and memorable camera experience. HD video can be recorded even with the 1.9MP front-facing camera, which you can use to capture a video of yourself. Improved backside illumination further helps to eliminate blur in photos that result from shaking, even under low lights.

Mobile payment is also accessible with the device through advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The gaming experience is enhanced through ‘Game Hub,’ providing access to numerous social games, while Video Hub brings users high quality TV and movies. Furthermore, Samsung Music Hub will offer a personal music streaming service. Game Hub, Video Hub and Music Hub will be introduced in select countries initially and soon rolled out to global markets.

The Samsung GALAXY S III will be available from the end of May in Europe before rolling out to other markets globally.

For multimedia content and more detailed information, please visit www.samsungmobilepress.com.

Samsung GALAXY S III Product Specifications

Network	2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz 3G (HSPA+ 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz 4G (Dependent on market)
Display	4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED (1280x720) display
OS	Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Camera	Main(Rear): 8 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BSI Sub (Front): 1.9 Mega pixel camera, HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BSI
Video	Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11, VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p)
Audio	Codec: MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X
Additional Features	S Beam, Buddy photo share, Share shot
	AllShare Play, AllShare Cast
	Smart stay, Social tag, Group tag, Face zoom, Face slide show
	Direct call, Smart alert, Tap to top, Camera quick access
	Pop up play
	S Voice
	Burst shot & Best photo, Recording snapshot, HDR
Google™ Mobile Services	Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads
Connectivity	WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40  GPS/GLONASS  NFC  Bluetooth® 4.0(LE)
Sensor	Accelerometer, RGB light, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer
Memory	16/ 32GB User memory (64GB available soon) + microSD slot (up to 64GB)
Dimension	136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133g
Battery	2,100 mAh

* Specifications above may differ on the LTE version.

* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.

* Android, Google, Android Beam, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude, Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies, Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads are trademarks of Google Inc.

Samsung Unpacked_GALAXY S III  - JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics, introducing the new Samsung GALAXY S III at Samsung Unpacked Event.

Samsung Unpacked_GALAXY S III  - Guests and media representatives were given opportunity to touch and feel the new Samsung GALAXY S III at Samsung Unpacked Event held in London.

 

Samsung Unpacked_GALAXY S III- Guests and media representatives were given opportunity to touch and feel the new Samsung GALAXY S III at Samsung Unpacked Event held in London.

Samsung Unpacked_GALAXY S III– The new Samsung GALAXY S III’s pebble-shaped design is inspired by nature. 

Samsung Unpacked_GALAXY S III Picture 5 – Media titles and representatives all over the world were invited to witness the unveil of the much-anticipated Samsung GALAXY S III.  

GALAXY S III Accessories

Infosheet

AllShare Cast Hub

AllShare Cast on GALAXY S III provides a new sharing function. The technology allows content on your GALAXY S III phone screen to be shared with a nearby TV or Projector. AllShare Cast Hub can interoperate with a HDMI-enabled TV or projector via AllShare Cast. You can enjoy mobile games on a large TV screen. Available in luxurious Titian Gray and minimally compact, the Hub goes well with any premium TV.

Flip Cover

Samsung’s original flip cover enhances the overall value of the GALAXY S III with a premium metallic design. A one-piece back cover and sleek design maintain the phone’s slim profile. Other than providing main colors matched with the phone’s design, Samsung will also launch a variety of vivid colors for casual users. A receiver opening on the front cover allows the user to call directly in state of closing the cover easily.

GALAXY S III Desktop Dock

GALAXY S III Desktop Dock has a flippable design which makes it easy for users to carry around. It charges the GALAXY S III and enables you to listen to music through an external powered speaker.

It enhances user convenience through docking with various cases (Flip Cover, Slim Cover) supported by Samsung.

Protective Cover

Samsung’s protective cover is a standard back cover with a light water-resistance function. This 1.3mm slim, flexible TPU case covers the back and sides, while protecting against impacts and falls. With added rubber caps on the ear-jack and micro-USB, it can resist water penetration in bad weather or on wet spots. Four vivid colors will be available for the GALAXY S III Launch.

Slim Cover

A 0.5mm slim cover maintains the GALAXY S III’s slim original design efficiently when attached. It includes two cases with differing colors and patterns so that the user can choose according to taste. It allows full access to the earphone connector and charging port and enables the phone to be docked on the Samsung universal desktop dock without the need to remove the case.

C Pen (Capacitive Stylus pen)

C Pen is a capacitive type stylus pen exclusively optimized for GALAXY S III’s touch screen. It has a fine aluminum body matched to GALAXY S III’s metallic design, and features a thin rubber tip. The 3mm sensitive tip provides precise writing and drawing on the screen. A sleek and smooth finish ensures easy grip and portability.

Premium Audio Dock

Premium Audio Dock is a docking speaker with a visible vacuum tube amplifier. By combining the advantage of analog and digital amplifiers, it provides differentiated high-quality sound and 2.1Ch 100W sound output through a vacuum tube. It supports charging of the GALAXY S III and enables users to listen to music through Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as the GALAXY S III.

Universal Vehicle Dock

The Samsung Vehicle dock has a slim design that will grip most Smartphones with or without a case. It features a strong gear-locking mechanism which securely grips your phone, and full 360 degree rotation is provided for quick portrait to landscape viewing. The Vehicle dock is an ideal solution for hands-free calling or enabling satellite navigation with your phone.

BTC (Battery Charger Stand)

While you charge your spare battery, your GALAXY S III can also sit snugly in the stand at any required viewing angle. This Battery Charger Stand has a similar style to the GALAXY S III’s metallic surface. It is also a foldable structure, making it more portable.

Wireless Charging kit

The Wireless Charging Kit is a technology-leading accessory item enabling users to charge their phone without having to connect any wires. It enables charging of the GALAXY S III using resonant wireless charging technology. It includes the Wireless charging cover, Wireless charging pad and TA. To charge the battery, the user just needs to replace the wireless charging cover and place the phone on the pad.

Samsung S Pebble

Infosheet

Product Concept

Samsung S Pebble is a compact and sleek MP3 player perfectly paired with Samsung GALAXY S III. With a similar look, feel and color finishto the Samsung GALAXY S III, Samsung S Pebble offers rich sound contained within a small, stylish and easily wearable casing. Users can share music files seamlessly between the Samsung GALAXY S III and S Pebble with hassle-free drag and drop.

The Samsung S Pebble is the perfect device for fitness enthusiasts and active on-the-go users looking for a compact MP3 player they can wear and use while exercising, commuting or simply wandering. It is also designed for style-conscious consumers looking for an elegantly-designed wearable player that can enhance their own lifestyle and sense of fashion.

Key Features & Benefits

• The Samsung S Pebble is a stylish, compact and lightweight device.
• Based on the same nature-inspired design as GALAXY S III, the S Pebble sports a natural, rounded design based on the contours of a pebble, as well as an ergonomic and comfortable grip. It is easily and stylishly wearable like no other super-portable MP3 player.
• S Pebble is available in Pebble Blue and Marble White.

• Samsung S Pebble is easy to wear and provides you with fingertip-access to around 1,000 songs on-the-move.
• 4GB of storage enables you to store over 17 hours worth of music, meaning a huge quantity of entertainment is availble in a tiny form factor.
• Availability of both shuffle and normal modes means that you can choose to listen to your favourite albums in order, or your favourite songs in a random sequence.

• You no longer need a PC to transfer music.
• Your content can be easily transferred from the GALAXY S III to the S Pebble, meaning that even while you’re out and about, you can still charge and update the player.
• Using the phone connector, you can easily drag and drop files between your S Pebble and the GALAXY S III.

• Samsung S Pebble features incredible bass-rich sound featuring an enhanced SoundAlive system with bass boost, ensuring you can enjoy your music to the fullest even while exercising.

Spokesperson Quotes

“S Pebble presents a great option for outdoor enthusiasts who want an ultra-wearable MP3 player that combines style and power, as well as an easy way to transfer music between phone and player while on the go.” said Seong-Eun Kim, VP and Head of Global Product Planning Group at Samsung.

“S Pebble demonstrates Samsung’s commitment to providing products that are designed for human without compromising style, and that provide the best technology has to offer for an extraordinary user experience. With S Pebble we’re introducing an MP3 player that packs a real punch in music capacity and sound together with natural, easily wearable style.”

Samsung S Pebble Product Specifications*

Memory	4G
Playtime	17 hours
Dimension	32.5 x 43.1 x 13.2 (mm)
PUI	Touch Pad , Slide Key (Power, SoundAlive, Shuffle)
Sound Effects	SoundAlive (Bass Boost)
Color variation	Metallic Blue, Ceramic White
Audio Codec	MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC
Box Type	Plastic

* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000 people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media & Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED. Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world’s most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.