Samsung Launches Galaxy S III Smartphone

Samsung Electronics Thursday launched the Galaxy S III,which comes with a quad-core processor, a bigger screen and a host of software features, including voice recognition, the company said at an event in London.
After months of speculation about screen sizes, camera resolutions and design, the smartphone is finally here. The 3G version willbe available from the end of the month in Europe before being rolled out to 144 countries total. The LTE version will be out during the summer.
The hardware specification is close to other high-end Android-based smartphones launched this year, including the already available HTC One X.
The Galaxy S III is powered by Samsung's quad-core 1.4GHz processor, which is based on the the ARM Cortex A9. It has a 4.8-inch super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1280-by-720 pixels, which is housed in a shell that is 8.6 millimeters thick and weighs 133 grams.