SamsungS3

On stage at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, Samsung has unveiled the next king of the Galaxy line of smartphones: the Samsung Galaxy S3. Curiously, despite the fever pitch expectations, the Galaxy S3 isn’t all that remarkable — at least hardware-wise. The star of the show was a whole array of new software applications, such as AllShare (which is very similar to Apple’s AirPlay), S Beam, Buddy Photo Share, and S Voice (which is very, very similar to Siri). The Galaxy S3 will be released in Europe and Asia on May 29, and the US in June.
Appearance-wise, with an attractive ceramic blue backplate, the Galaxy S3 is definitely a bit of a departure from Samsung’s characteristic dull black and gray designs — but the S3 certainly isn’t as distinctive or visually appealing as the iPhone 4. Under the hood, as expected, there’s either a quad-core Exynos 4412 clocked at 1.5GHz (which is only for 3G markets, and will probably never be available in the US), or a dual-core Snapdragon S4 clocked at 1.5GHz. We will publish a hands-on review, with the full hardware and software specs, later today.