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Samsung GALAXY S III scheduled for May but may release in April

by Alistair Lowe on 23 March 2012, 10:46

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It's the first time a Samsung executive has officially gone on record about the upcoming GALAXY S III smartphone and, not only did the the president of Samsung China, Kim Young-ha, refer to the device as the S III but, also stated that though the release had originally been scheduled for May, the device could be launched earlier, in April.

We suspect this comment was in response to recent image leaks and consumer complaints over the late release of the device, which some have speculated was to be held later in London in an attempt to associate the device with the upcoming London 2012 Olympics.

Since our last post, renders of the GALAXY S III have been leaked, though this time with some serious doubt cast on the legitimacy of the images, not only because they feature an older version of Touch Wiz but also, there appears to be three bottom capacitive buttons, where on the S II, the physical home button is typically left blank.

Samsing GALAXY S III render (fake?)

Device specifications are still widely debated, though with a strong indication that the device will feature the Exynos 4412 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. Despite lacking the modernisation of the Cortex-A15, the 4412 is now suggested to include the new ARM Mali-T604 MP4 GPU, which if true, would offer a significant graphical performance boost over the SII, bringing with it support for OpenCL 1.1, DirectX11 and Renderscript. It's also suggested the the SIII may be taller than the SII but could be as thin as 8mm, though, this writer is still of the opinion that with Android 4.0 and Google's recommendation for soft buttons, the height could have been maintained by removing the unnecessary physical/capacitive buttons.

Let's hope that the Samsung China president wasn't telling tales and that all our questions will be answered next month.



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bringing with it support for OpenCL 1.1, DirectX11 and Renderscript. It's also suggested the the SIII may be taller than the SII but could be as thin as 8mm, though, this writer is still of the opinion that with Android 4.0 and Google's recommendation for soft buttons, the height could have been maintained by removing the unnecessary physical/capacitive buttons.
I like the physical buttons - apart from anything else it helps to give a little bit of visual difference between SIII and iPhone4/4S.

DirectX11 on a non-Windows phone? What's Microsoft going to think about that, or is that a “theoretical” aspect of the new graphics chip and one that Samsung won't use for the Galaxy?

Still looking forward with great interest to seeing the first “proper” review of this phone. Even better if Hexus/Samsung are going to run a competition to get one! ;)
We suspect this comment was in response to recent image leaks and consumer complaints over the late release of the device, which some have speculated was to be held later in London in an attempt to associate the device with the upcoming London 2012 Olympics.
You mean that - like the LO - it'll be hideously expensive and only available in a very few locations?! :o
O well. Couldn't wait and ordered a galaxy note last night. Not too bother though as I bet the £20.50 a month i'm paying for the note is nothing compared to how much the S3 will be based on the HTC one X launch of £36 a month…
bring it on
I hope they get this launch right, the Samsung Nexus S was awful from the start..very buggy…but the SII/S2 was perfect from launch….might be worth waiting a few weeks to see what it's like before plunging
cheesemp
O well. Couldn't wait and ordered a galaxy note last night. Not too bother though as I bet the £20.50 a month i'm paying for the note is nothing compared to how much the S3 will be based on the HTC one X launch of £36 a month…
That's a nice price, and I think you're spot-on with “premium” that folks are going to be expected to pay to get the S3 when it comes out. For example, I suspect it'll be at the £600 price point sim-free. :(

I was playing with a ‘Note at the weekend - seriously impressed with it, but have you applied for planning permission for the hand extension you’ll need to use it? :mrgreen: (or maybe I've got dainty lil' mitts?)

Take note Sony - that's two SE owners that you've lost (or in my case - come July) they really need to lose some of the design “purity” of the Xperias to put in a user-changeable battery. :( Hopefully the S3 - when it arrives - won't follow the trend for fixed batteries.