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Samsung Electronics
has unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone, the Galaxy SIII,
updating the most direct rival to Apple's iPhone with a larger touch
screen and more powerful processor.
Analysts said the new device represented a formidable challenge to rivals, given a combination of the Galaxy brand, sales support from operators and heavy marketing.
The South Korean technology group, which overtook Finnish company Nokia as the world's biggest cellphone maker earlier this year, said the new Galaxy SIII model would go on sale in some markets in late May and around the world from June.
Analysts said the expected massive marketing campaign and features of the handset - billed as the official smartphone of the London 2012 Olympics - were likely enough to generate strong sales.
Analysts said the new device represented a formidable challenge to rivals, given a combination of the Galaxy brand, sales support from operators and heavy marketing.
The South Korean technology group, which overtook Finnish company Nokia as the world's biggest cellphone maker earlier this year, said the new Galaxy SIII model would go on sale in some markets in late May and around the world from June.
Analysts said the expected massive marketing campaign and features of the handset - billed as the official smartphone of the London 2012 Olympics - were likely enough to generate strong sales.
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"Samsung must make the most of a 4-5 month window of opportunity with the Galaxy SIII before Apple changes the game once more with its next generation iPhone," said Geoff Blaber, analyst at CCS Insight.
 Samsung 's meteoric rise - in the first quarter of 2011 it shipped fewer smartphones than Apple, Nokia or Research in Motion, but is now market leader - has handed it a dilemma. Does it risk becoming a commodity manufacturer of hardware, squeezed like the PC makers of old between narrowing margins and those who control the software that makes their devices run, or does it try to break into other parts of the business - the so-called mobile ecosystem? The Galaxy SIII, meanwhile, comes with Google's Android 4.0 OS. Analysts have dubbed the smartphone rivalry a 'two-horse' race, i.e. between Samsung and Apple. How Galaxy S3 stacks up against the iPhone 4S
Features comparison
Processor:
Upgraded hardware like the A5 dual core processor and dual core graphics delivers better performance for gaming and camera use in the iPhone 4S. The A5 processor also offers better battery management, so battery life is improved further. The A5 processor - the brain in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 - is now made in a sprawling 1.6 million square feet factory in Austin owned by Samsung. The powerful A5 processor, which uses technology licensed from Britain's ARM Holdings, is designed by Apple in California. The A5 chip debuted in Apple's iPad 2. The 120 square millimeter chip is twice as fast as its predecessor, the A4, which is also made by Samsung, according to reports from teardown firms that have taken Apple's devices apart.
Samsung Electronics said it would mass-produce its faster,
energy-saving quad-core mobile microprocessor to power the third
generation of its Galaxy SIII smartphone.
The Exynos 4 Quad, based on British chip designer ARM Holdings' Cortex A9 technology, enables more tasks in a shorter period of time, for example, a task such as streaming video can run on one core while the other cores update applications in the background, connecting to the web and scanning virus-check simultaneously. Operating System The pre-loaded iOS5 offers 200 new features including an all-new notification center, Twitter integration, reminders, iMessage , wireless sync, iCloud services and improvements in device performance. Apple says that from built-in apps to over 500,000 apps available from the App Store, iOS is the "foundation" of iPhone. With thousands of apps in practically every category, iOS is the platform for the world's largest collection of mobile apps.
Samsung Electronics is the world's largest smartphone manufacturer and biggest user of Google's Android operating system. Samsung Galaxy S-III runs on the latest Android operating System 4.0 or the Ice Cream Sandwich.
According
to the Android website, Android 4.0 makes common actions more visible
and lets you navigate with simple, intuitive gestures. Refined
animations and feedback throughout the system make interactions engaging
and interesting.
An entirely new typeface optimized for high-resolution screens improves readability and brings a polished, modern feel to the user interface. Camera The iPhone 4S has a new 8MP camera has a back illuminated CMOS sensor, wider aperture and higher quality lens. It also records video in 1080p full HD resolution now. It has a VGA-quality front camera. The Samsung Galaxy S-III boasts of an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 1.9 megapixel front camera.
Display The Galaxy SIII boasts of a 4.8 HD Super AMOLED display, with ultrafast response time. The iPhone 4S has a 3.5 inch screen (diagonal) with a retina display. Text: Agencies, Images: Agencies, Apple.com, Samsung.com |
