Samsung Galaxy S III is claimed by Samsung executives have been ordered as many as 9 million units. If this actual figures is true, then that sale makes Galaxy S III as the most popular smartphone this year. Vodafone, one of the major operators in UK confirm that Galaxy S III is the most Android smartphones ordered. Galaxy S III will be sold in UK in early June.

"We are very pleased with consumer response to Galaxy S III. Galaxy S III is the Android device with the largest order to date," said a Vodafone spokesman quoted from TechRadar, Wednesday (05/23/2012).

Similar statements were also presented by the largest mobile phone retailer in UK, Carphone Warehouse. Many Galaxy S III units has been ordered and 800 Carphone outlet has stocked that products.

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Samsung Galaxy S III was mentioned using plastic for their body. But  Samsung denies this. They claim, Galaxy S III casing is made of polycarbonate material. Polycarbonate materials has also been used in other handsets, like HTC One X. This material, although it is basically also a plastic claimed to be stronger than regular plastic.

"Polycarbonate is used in the Galaxy S III battery cover. Polycarbonate is lightweight, solid and has been used extensively in  mobile industry," Samsung said in a statement.

"This material was chosen as the best material for Galaxy S III. Using three layers of high quality polycarbonate, the phone durability and resistance to scratches can be maximized," said Samsung.

Media according to PhoneArena, polycarbonate can indeed be hundreds of times stronger than ordinary plastic. In addition to the battery cover, Galaxy S III body construction reportedly also made​​of the same material.

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The camera became one of mainstay features of the latest Samsung smartphone, Samsung Galaxy S III. Beside have 8 mega pixel camera sensor that capable of taking pictures with crystal clear quality, there are several other features that support photography activity.

There are 3 options (modes) that offer different ways to capture each moment.

1. Burst Shot
   
   Burst shot lets users take pictures up to 20 frame images continuously. Once the camera is activated, go to the camera settings menu, and select Burst Shot. Hold down "Capture" button to take pictures as much as 20 times. When the photograph was taken away as much as 20 times, the camera can no longer take pictures.
   
   This mode is useful when the user capture fast moving objects, such as a person who is riding a bicycle.
   

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S Voice, the Voice command application that become superior feature of Samsung Galaxy S III had leaked and now can be used for other Android devices. However, now Samsung has blocked it. S Voice had leaked in one XDA developer forum. At the forum, there is a link to download S Voice. Because of this, almost all Android users try  S Voice on their phone.

In order to stop the spread, Samsung along with Vlingo, its technology partner company have blocked S Voice. When used in non-Samsung phone, the S Voice will only displays a message "Network error, please try again".

To use S Voice, users Samsung Galaxy S III is required to enter the necessary data for identification to use an application. However, this does not mean that other Android users can not break this application.

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Intense competition in smartphone business forced manufacturers to design products as good as possible. Modern smartphone can not just rely on hardware capabilities, but it should be designed for more "humane". This is demonstrated by Samsung new product, Galaxy S III. The phone that is equipped with quad-core processors are designed to very friendly for the users.

"The advantages of this phone is that it can detect eye movements, as long the eyes keep staring at the screen," said Yoo Young Kim, Managing Director of PT Samsung Electronics Indonesia, during the launch of Samsung Galaxy S III, on Tuesday (05/22/2012) afternoon in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Because of this technology, the phone will never sleep when the users actively looking at the screen. So it no longer depende on the setting of the time.

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Samsung seems want to create Galaxy S III back to nature. It's can be seen, if you touch Galaxy S III screen. When you touch the screen, the screen will be bumpy like lake surface. The waves spread out, as if revealing a variety of facilities in that smart phone. Then, you hear gurgling sound that was almost too similar to natural voice.

Samsung claim that their smartphone is inspired by nature. Not only that, some facilities purposely designed based on nature, especially the camera and sound facilities. It was created from nature, then the smart phone is also trying to care for nature.

According to Vice President of Samsung Electronics Telecommunications Europe, Jean Daniel Aysee, some of earning from the sale of Galaxy S III will be donated to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This part of the role of these products in an effort to rescue nature.

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Doesn't want to lose to Siri (iPhone personal assistant feature), Samsung also makes similar feature called S Voice in their product. Smart feature that can detects questions and voice command will be  introduced in Samsung Galaxy S III. With this S Voice feature, the users can turn on their Samsung Galaxy simply just by saying "Hi Galaxy"

S Voice demonstration was held by Samsung during the release of Galaxy S III in London, England, Tuesday (05/03/2012), the camera feature can be activated by saying "I want to take a picture". S Voice can also be used to in weather application, calendar, and make phone calls. In fact, S Voice can also activate music player control to play songs and set the sound volume.

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Samsung has announced their new smartphone, Samsung Galaxy S III in the event "Samsung Unpacked" that been held in London, England, Thursday (05/03/2012). At the same time, Samsung also announced that Galaxy S III owner will get online data storage media of 50GB for Dropbox. 50GB of data storage capacity can be used for two years for free.

At Dropbox, users can store various document files, music, video, applications and so on. Not only is stored, users can directly access and edit document files in Dropbox. This is very similar to Google Drive.

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For the first time, sales of Samsung beat Nokia. South Korean vendors even managed to beat the dominance of Apple with its iPhone in smartphone market. As quoted by BBC, research firm Strategy Analytics reported global mobile phone sales until the end of first quarter of 2012. In the report, sales of mobile phones from Samsung managed to beat the sales of Nokia and Apple mobile phones.

This report was little surprising because Nokia phone sales were unbeaten since 1998. At the report, Samsung  mobile phone sales reached 93.5 million units. Samsung had 25.4 percent of market share.

At the same time, Nokia only sold 82.7 million units, or had only 22.5 percent market share. While Apple sold 35.1 million units with 9.5 percent market share.

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Samsung is almost certain to introduce Galaxy S III on May 3, 2012. Samsung Galaxy S III have a heavy duty continuing the successful Galaxy S II, which reportedly has sold 20 million units.

Not only that, the technology had to be really advance considering competitors like HTC One X atau LG Optimus 4X HD has a high specification. And this product must have enough differentiation with Samsung other products, Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Note.

"If Galaxy S III just like Galaxy S II, but with slightly better specs, I think Samsung is difficult to sell the product," said Carolina Milanesi, analyst at Gartner who quoted from Computerworld, Tuesday (04/17/2012) .

He compared the Samsung to the Apple. iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S is not only different in specification, but it has excellent features such as voice commands.

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New variants of Samsung Galaxy will be released on May 3 in London. Although the Samsung did not inform the kinds and types of smartphones they will show off, but it is expected the event will feature the popular smartphone successor Samsung Galaxy II , Samsung Galaxy S III.

Certainty, the launch of Samsung Galaxy III is revealed through the invitation to various media to go to event called "Come and see the next Galaxy". British capital was chosen as the venue as well as to welcome Summer Olympics.

The Telegraph said that Samsung will issue a gadget with a screen size greater than S II. It is enlarged from 4.3 "to 4.6". The camera has higher resolution that support 16 MP pictures. This smartphone may also use wireless charging and will use latest Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich. Samsung Galaxy S III is attached by quad core processor.



Last February the Samsung informed that they will introduce their mobile product variants in Mobile World Congress 2012. Samsung itself is still keeping physical form of Galaxy S III from the public.

20 million users Samsung Galaxy S II will be disappointed. Samsung didn't fulfill promise to provide Android latest OS, Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S II. The previous rumors said that Samsung will provide the latest operating system update for Galaxy S II on March 10, 2012. It is also written directly on the frequently asked questions page in Samsung Philippines site.

Quoted from engadget, Sunday (3/11/2012), Samsung quickly pulled the statement and verify updates via Twitter to said that Samsung Galaxy S II has not been established. Unfortunately, in the tweet Samsung just mention that the update is still premature and did not give definite timetable for the availability Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy SII.

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One of the most anticipated smartphone of 2012, Samsung Galaxy S III is reported to be released in April. Samsung was mentioned is busy preparing the launch of their new product. The news was first emerging from ZDNet Korea who claimed to have received confirmation about the time frame of Galaxy S series from Cheil Worldwide, marketing and advertising agency Samsung.

Based on the news, Samsung is going to make a massive marketing event in London, England for the Galaxy S III. This is done to welcome 2012 Olympic Games, the world sport event that will also take place in England.

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