1.Introduction
Samsung Galaxy S III has just arrived at our editorial desk. This opportunity we've been waiting for ever. The new smartphone will go on sale starting this coming June 2 has a number of security features that we have never seen before, such as pop-up play, stay smart, direct call, S Beam, and others. As to whether the performance and content of the Samsung Galaxy S III? Look forward to more reviews in TeknoUp - Technology Speaking.
Main Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S III
4.8 inches screen of 1280 x 720 pixels, Super AMOLED, Gorilla Glass 2
Quad-core Exynos processor 1.4 GHz
Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
8 MP camera, 1080p video recording support
RAM 1 GB
The internal memory of 16 GB
Battery 2100mAh
2.Desain and Body
Samsung Galaxy S III has a concept that is inspired by nature, and to represent the concept of the Galaxy S III is available in two color options, namely Pebble Blue and White Marble. Although the Galaxy S III has a 4.8-inch large screen, but the dimensions of the phone body it would not be very large, it is thanks to the use of a thinner screen frame making it more leverage. Dimensions Galaxy S III is 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm and weighs 133 grams only.
On the looks front there 4.8 inches screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. At the top of the screen are the earpiece speaker and the Samsung logo, then in the right corner there is a resolution of 1.9 MP front camera, light sensor and proximity sensor. At the bottom of the screen there is an elongated home button flanked by menu and back touch buttons.
The back side of the phone using polycarbonate material is thin and pliable, then coated ceramic coating and then carried Hyperglaze finishing with painting techniques. This technique is a transparent layer over the body is claimed to reduce the attachment of fingerprints on the body. Rear view is quite simple, there is an 8MP camera on the top center. On the left there is a LED flash camera, and on the right there is a speaker grill. In addition there is the Samsung logo in the middle slightly upward.
On the sides of the phone is surrounded by a stainless steel bezel with a hairline texture (fine lines) which makes it looks more elegant. At the top there is a 3.5mm audio port hole to be connected with the headset, while on the down side there is only a micro USB port and a microphone in the form of small holes in bezelnya. On the left side of the phone there is a volume button and on the right side there is the power button / lock.
Overall the Galaxy S III has a minimalist yet elegant design when viewed directly (not through an image or a photo). Size that fits in the palm of the hand and light weight is an added value. Unfortunately, the use of which is claimed as polycarbonate body feels less premium in hand, especially when compared to the HTC One X. And to grip feels a bit slippery.
3.Display
Galaxy S III has a screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels 4.8inci, with a layer of Gorilla Glass 2. Super AMOLED screen with PenTile type Matrix is different from its predecessor the Galaxy S II that uses Super AMOLED Plus screen type with RGB. As always thanks to the use of Super AMOLED screen looks bright and contrast, and has a good perspective. Black color density reaches 0.
This phone screen looks clear, sharp and bright. And when compared to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus screen that also use 1280x720 pixel Super AMOLED screen, this phone's screen look more natural especially when the background is white. While the Galaxy Nexus looks more blue when displaying white. Quality of the screen 4.8 inches Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 pixels to be one of the selling points of this phone.
Comparison screen Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus (full 100% brightness)
Samsung Galaxy S III screen is the best screen we've ever seen on a mobile phone. Width, sharp, contrast, clarity, density black color, and a good point of view to be evidence of its superiority. Plus Samsung provides four options for adjusting the display settings on your eyes taste, namely Dynamic, Standard, Natural, and Movie.
4.Interface
Galaxy S III has been using the latest operating system of Android is Ice Cream Sandwich. But the appearance was modified and wrapped with the latest TouchWiz UI from Samsung. Inter face looks similar to the ICS on the Galaxy S II, but the Galaxy S III is optimized again. For example on page lockscreen that allows users to unlock, you can unlock by tap and drag the screen in any direction and in any position. Besides unlocking process is equipped with effects and sound of water gurgling water droplets, this concept is inspired by nature as the theme of the Galaxy S III. On this page there are 4 lockscreen app shortcuts that you can customize desire.
Settings on the lockscreen pretty full as follows:
- Shortcuts: to enable or disable the shortcut on the lockscreen. You can also set 4 application choices you want to make a shortcut on the lockscreen.
- Information ticker: You can display information on a page Stock News or lockscreen. News category and you can select the refresh time interval.
- Camera quick access: You can activate a shortcut from the lockscreen directly into the camera with a way to endure the finger on the screen and rotate the device to the horizontal position.
- Clock: Displays and hides the clock information.
- Dual clock: When you are in other areas with different time / regional it will feature dual clock on the lockscreen active.
- Weather: To display weather information.
Page 7 pages homescreen there is a maximum number of pages homescreen on the Galaxy S III. You can reduce unwanted pages also. The whole page can be customized with various widgets, wallpaper, live wallpapers, and application shortcuts. Special use this device provides a Live Wallpaper Live Wallpaper wall in the form of News, Photo Wall, and Wall Stock. Live wallpaper will display news, stock information, or your favorite photos in a slideshow mode and Live.
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For notification pages can be accessed through the top of the screen that can be swept down. There are 10 toggle the settings for your convenience. There are settings like WiFi, GPS, Silent, Screen Rotation, Power saving, mobile data, Bluetooth, Notification, Driving mode, and Sync. There are also mobile operator network information, and a shortcut to the settings menu.
Samsung Galaxy S III comes with a typical task manager in ICS devices as found on the Galaxy Nexus. But the task manager page is already equipped Remove all the extra buttons that will allow you to close all open applications or run in the background. To access the task manager you can simply hold the home button for a few seconds.
Continues the application drawer. Drawer applications have the same look with homescreen wallpaper. And is divided into two parts, the Apps and Widgets. Page Apps are content all the applications on the device, and the pages Widgets Widgets is a collection that you can select and apply to the homescreen page. Drawer applications composed by Alphabets and displayed with the formation of 4 columns x 5 rows. Also in the top right corner there is a shortcut for sorting on third-party applications that users install.
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Smart stay
The new features into one of the Galaxy S III is Smart stay, utilizing sensors feature a front camera to detect the user's eye, the screen will turn on for the user's eyes staring at the screen. This sensor will actively work in accordance with the timing of screen time out, if you set the screen time out 30 seconds so every 30 seconds once the sensor will track your eye. When the sensor works marked with the symbol of the eye on the status bar at the top of Kayar. (See point 12)
5.Input Text
Text input method uses the default Samsung keyboard and has a fairly simple layout. Due to the large layanya, typing with a full QWERTY keyboard on portrait position quite easily and accurately. In addition to a virtual keyboard via Google voice typing jg are available in multiple languages. When tried in Indonesian mode turned out pretty well as long as you are reasonably clear pronunciation of words and toned. In addition there are also features hand writing input.
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6.Contacts
Contacts on this phone is divided into four shortcuts at the top of the Phone, Groups, Contacts, and Favorites. At the bottom there is a search field contact to facilitate access to, and the right of the search field there is a shortcut to create a new contact (symbol +). As usual contact details can be added in addition to the name, phone, and email, pretty much (please see picture below). However, there are special arrangements that may never exist on other smartphones, namely Vibration pattern. You can set the rhythm of vibration on the contact, you can memilihi 7 rhythm option (Default, Basic call, Heart Beat, Jinglebell, Ticktock, Waltz, and Zig-zig-zig). Additionally you can create vibration cadence as you see fit.
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Contacts view is divided into alphabetic and appear quite large. On the right side of the screen there is a scrolling bar to speed up the user to get the desired contacts alphabetically. Arrangements such as import / export contacts, display contacts by certain accounts (Gmail, Facebook, SIM, etc.). To make a phone call or sending messages quickly, you can do a sweep to the left and to the right of the contact as the shortcut.
On the menu there are contacts tap to top motion that will allow you to the top of the contact list in no time. The trick is to do tap the side of the phone 2x. (See point 12)
7.Messaging
Display Messaging on this phone looks the same as on other Android phones. Appearance of threaded messages. And to merupaha SMS messages to MMS you simply add attachments such as multimedia files. In the SMS inbox you can quickly make a call or reply to a message by way of sweep to the left and right of the existing SMS inbox (as well as a sweep feature on contact).
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For Gmail just like other Android phones, as always comes with push notifications and multiple accounts. For other domains Email can also be added easily through the mail menu.
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Direct Call
One feature embedded intelligence into the Galaxy S III in addition to Smart stay is Direct call. When you read a message from someone you know or anyone else, you can make calls directly to the sender of the message simply by pointing your phone to your ear. This feature does not require a touch of a button at all, so it is more practical and faster when you decide to directly call the sender of the message.
8.Camera
The camera on the Samsung Galaxy S III has a resolution of 8 MP with LED Flash support and auto focus feature. Camera interface looks similar to the previous Samsung Android devices. Flash settings, shooting mode, and Focus can be set up easily. Galaxy S III is also equipped with touch to focus feature to facilitate you in determining the focal point of the photo.
Scene modes to choose from:
- Potrait
- Landscape
- Night
- Sports
- Party / Indoor
- Beach / Snow
- Sunset
- Dawn
- Fall Color
- Firework
- Text
- Candlelight
- Backlight
Shooting modes to choose from:
- Single shot
- Burst shot
- HDR
- Smileshot
- Beauty
- Panorama
- Cartoon
- Share shot
- Buddy pictures share
- Especially for Burst shot you can enable Best photo and the camera will take 8 photos quickly and then recommend the best 1 photo. (See point 12)
As for the choice of focus there are 3 that Auto Focus, Macro, and Face detection. In this section there are some default settings like the camera timer, resolution, white balance, ISO, Anti-Shake, Auto Contrast, image quality, and more. For a selection of photo effects are only 3 Negative, Black and White, and Sepia. The images of the Galaxy S III good enough lighting conditions, especially outdoors, but for indoor conditions the camera HTC One X slightly superior due to the use of a 28mm F2.0. But with the use of LED Flash, Galaxy S III is superior because flash more evenly and not yellowish like the One X.
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The results of low-light indoor photos
The images of indoor low-light + flash
The images indoor macro mode
The results of indoor photos
Results outdoor photo
The images of outdoor macro mode
The images of outdoor panorama mode
Video Cameras
Video camera Samsung Galaxy S III is capable of recording video up to full HD 1080p resolution. The result is a level better than HTC One X. The recorded image brighter and sharper. Output video recording has mp4 format with a bitrate 17186kbps and 29frames/second. Video duration of 1:06 has 135MB size. When you are recording a video you can take photos with 8MP resolution simultaneously. For setting the video camera as well as the settings are standard Flash, Timer, Effects (there are 3 the same as a camera), Resolution, White balance, Outdoor visibility, Anti-shake, Video quality, and more.
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9.Multimedia
View gallery on the phone fairly standard Android ICS, drawings and photographs displayed in the gallery together but separated by folder category. At the top there is a drop down menu to browse the gallery sorting by categories such as Albums, Locations, Time, Person, and Group. Also in the top right corner there is a shortcut to access the Camera app quickly.
When viewing a photo gallery features the usual standards embedded in the gallery also owned Android phones, features swipe left / right to move through photos, pinch to zoom, photo editing, sharing, slide shows and other in this mobile gallery. A new feature on the Galaxy S III is a gallery of Social Tag feature which I will discuss in more detail below. For gallery very fast performance and smooth during the process of transfer photos or pinch zoom.
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Video player
Tapilan video player as well as in the form of thumbnail photo gallery, but that is quite interesting is the form of live video thumbnails thumbnails or move. At the top there are three categories, you can filter down to view video thumbnails, Lists, and Folders.
The video player on the Galaxy S III is not exaggeration if we say pretty perfect, why? because the video player can read a variety of video formats generally as 3gp, avi, mp4 and mkv. In addition, the video player can run video with Full HD 1080p resolution complete with subtitlenya. Everything will run smoothly. Coupled with a large 4.8 inches screen type Super AMOLED and 720p HD resolution, then you will feel the experience of watching videos very enjoyable. Output resulting sound is quite powerful and quite clear.
Display now playing much like the Galaxy Nexus is simple, but for the settings are complete, there are features trim video, preview chapter and Video auto off that you will rarely find on other phones. In addition there is also the Brightness setting in the video, the speed setting video / Play speed, setting SoundAlive when the headset is connected to the device so that the sound produced is more clear and full effect, setting the tone Color, and Outdoor visibility. One feature is a mainstay for the Galaxy S III is a pop-up video player Play.
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Pop up Play
Features Pop up Play Interestingly enough, this feature allows users who are watching the video to shrink a video screen that allows you to do other activities together. Video will continue to walk in while you are doing other activities (browsing, chatting, email, etc.). Position pop-up video screen you can move at will, but for its size can not be set. When we tried this feature while doing other activities, the video continues to run smoothly without any obstacles, even the subtitle of video can still come up and read clearly enough. (See point 12)
Music Player
The music player can be said to have a normal appearance. The first time you log in to your music player will be immediately presented with a series of songs in this phone. At the top there are several predefined categories such as music player All, Playlists, Albums, Artists, and Folders. On pages now playing at the top of the information contained songs such as song title, artist, and album. While in the upper right corner there is a shortcut to adjust the volume. Album art displayed in the middle of the screen with a large size. At the bottom of the page there is now playing the navigation buttons such as Equalizer, back, pause / play, and next. Especially for Equalizer enough choice and can be activated even without connecting to the headset. In this section there is the Auto setting off for the music player.
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Motion Recognition
In the video there is a music player and a motion sensor that will make the mute / pause the media that you play by turning the Galaxy S III with the screen facing down position. Motion sensors to turn the screen can also function to perform mute when a call is incoming to the Galaxy S III. (See point 12)
From the Multimedia Samsung Galaxy S III is quite good and rich feature set. No one if Samsung gives tagline Designed for Humans, because Samsung has invested features like pop-up play, stay Smart, Social tag, Motion Recognition, Video auto off, and the other will basically allow you to use everyday.
10.Connectivity
GSM / HSDPA
Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Micro SD up to 32 GB
MicroUSB 2.0
USB OTG
NFC
GPS with A-GPS support
S Beam
Galaxy S III S Beam feature that will facilitate rapid transfer of data among devices Galaxy S III. Features S Beam itself is a combination of NFC and WiFi Direct connection. You can only share with each other the rear attaching Galaxy S III and established after doing touch to beam option, the device can be separated and delivery process will immediately run. S Beam capable video sharing 25 MB less than 3 seconds and even 1 GB video file can be transferred in less than 10 minutes. Please see the video demo below.
Social Tags
Social tags are a new feature was first implanted by Samsung for Android phone line. If you enable this feature so every photo Tag Social colleagues, family, etc. will be able to tag connected to their contacts in the phonebook. If you have to tag someone in your phonebook, then from the photo gallery you can quickly make a call or compose a message directly from the gallery.
11.Web Browser
Browser display on the Galaxy S III is still thick with the TouchWiz UI. At the top there is a refresh button, the address bar websites, bookmarks, and tabs. In the browser is able to open 8 pages simultaneously. In addition there are also features Incognito browser that allows you to browse without leaving traces like history, cookies, passwords, and so forth. Browsers also of course has been supported by Flash Player like most other top Android phones. Performance of the browser very smoothly. Does not feel lag when scrolling and zooming especially when opening a website that heavy, for example, when we opened the website TeknoUp desktop version. In the Galaxy S III there are browser Brightness and Color settings that allow you to set it according to the taste of your eyes. Features such as Print and Save for offline reading is also added by Samsung to complement the features of the web browser.
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12.Features Intelligence Galaxy S III
13.Benchmarking
Quadrant Standard: 5570 points
Neocore: 59.9 FPS
Linpack test: 54 721 Mflops / 1:53 Seconds
Multitouch tester: 10 touch
14.Daya Battery Life
Samsung Galaxy S III comes with a quad-core processor and substantial layr. To provide maximum durability on this phone, Samsung provides a large enough battery capacity is 2100mAh. To recharge from 5% -100% takes about 2.5-3h. Endurance Galaxy S III is very good, we did a review for 3 days without recharging again, with conditions connected with WiFi and trials were quite intense. For 3G/HSDPA connectivity and normal day-to-day use, we believe the battery Galaxy S III will hold activities to accompany your day.
* Resilience battery depending on network conditions, room temperature, number of applications, how to use, and other related factors.
15.Conclusion
Designed for Humans, a suitable tagline for pinned to the Galaxy S III. The new features inculcated by Samsung are really able to give convenience to you. After we do the review, an important feature among others Smart Stay, Direct Call, Pop up Play, and Burst Shot. Besides the motion recognition sensor complements the ability of the Galaxy S III. Multimedia becomes a plus for the Galaxy S III because it has a powerful ability. Super AMOLED screen size 1280x720 pixels and a 4.8-inch into his own appeal for multimedia lovers. Coupled with the large capacity battery that is ready to support the activities of your day. But unfortunately the phone is quite slick grip and use of the body that are not sepremium HTC One X, but in terms of the design has been an increase of its predecessor Galaxy S II.
Pros:
Quad-core Exynos processor 1.4 GHz
4.8 inches Super AMOLED screen HD
Good performance and lag free
Rich in new features (Smart stay, S Beam, Pop up Play, Direct call, etc.)
Multimedia powerfull
2100mAh battery, good durability
Disadvantages:
The use of premium materials less body
Grip feels slippery
The camera is not good in low light conditions
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