Samsung Galaxy S3 Review
While Google’s Android platform has proven itself to be a tenacious competitor for Apple’s iOS over the past few years, one thing it has arguably lacked is a readily-identifiable ‘hero’ handset which can effortlessly capture the imagination – and support – of the general public. 2011’s Samsung Galaxy S2 was as close as Android has ever gotten to this kind of lead device, and it has so far shifted an amazing 24 million units globally, allowing Samsung to leapfrog Apple to become the world’s largest manufacturer of smartphones. The importance of a strong brand is clearly not lost on Samsung, and the Korean company has wisely avoided confusion by naming its successor the Galaxy S3. Offering a larger screen, quad-core technology, NFC and Android 4.0 out of the box, this is unquestionably the biggest Android hardware launch of the year. Like it or not – and many people have already voiced their complaints – the Galaxy S3 has dropped the clean, angular lines of its forerunner and instead opted for a rounder, more pebble-like design. This brings the phone stylistically into line with the Galaxy Nexus, Samsung’s dual-core collaborative effort with Google, which was launched at the tail end of 2011. Read more…
