Samsung released their new flagship model Samsung Galaxy S3 ( SIII ) I9300 and I must say it will is really an amazing device. Those who might have seen the live unpacking event will definitely going to admit it. The price tag of the device may seem little overpriced but, once when you come to know about the features the phone is offering you will figure out this is a value for money device. I hope you already read my post ; Samsung Galaxy S3 Full Phone Specification and Price. Well, Samsung galaxy S3 released in India two days back and I was really shocked to see the price tag at first. Then, I finally decided to find out, does this device really worth it? That made me to watch the 1.5 hrs long unpacking event from YouTube all over again. The good news is I have find 22 best reasons to buy this exquisite device from Samsung. I know, HTC One X is out there in the market which is one of the top competitor for Galaxy S3. But, I am sure, after reading this post you will make a decision whether you should go to Samsung Galaxy S3 or HTC One X. To get started, please read the Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs HTC One X. Now, lets see what are the features that makes Galaxy S3 to stand one step above other devices.
Like the Samsung say,
It Sees what you see, it listens to what you say, it share what you love to share, it know what you want, it is designed for Humans
I must really have to admit it ‘cos Samsung Galaxy S3 is really like it says above. There are 4 categories these features can be divided into; 1. Intelligence, 2. Greatness 3. Services, 4.Accessories. And there are 27 cool features that really make you fall for Samsung Galaxy S3. Here we go;
1. Smart Stay
Smart Stay feature makes the phone stay awake when you are awake and falls asleep when you do. The phone uses the front facing camera to sense your eye and make the display ON as long as you are looking at it. This is really helpful feature especially when you are reading a large email or while reading eBooks. Isn’t it so annoying that you have to enter the password to unlock the device all the time when the screen goes black. With Smart Stay your phone display never goes black unless you dont look in to the screen.
2. S Voice
With S Voice feature, your Galaxy S3 will respond to each word you say. This is really like iPhone Siri but, kind of more advanced than it. You can set 5 personalized wake up modes so that you can say a specific word or sentence to Galaxy and unlock it. “It listens to what you say”. S Voice supports 8 languages; US, UK, Neutral English, Italian, French, Latin American Spanish, Continental and Korean.
3. Direct Call
Imagine you got a text message and you need to reply to it but, you are in a public place or walking a busy street and you would prefer calling rather than texting back. In usual situation what you will do is that, you have to dial the person by touching few options on the screen. With Direct Call, you dont need to move your fingers on the screen , you can just bring your phone to ear and the Galaxy S3 will automatically call the person you are texting with. This uses the proximity sensor and motion recognition for making the call.
4. Smart Alert
This is one of the best feature that I noted in Samsung Galaxy S3. If you are person who leaves the phone in silent mode, then, this is really going to be helpful feature. Imagine you got an urgent text message or phone call while the phone is on silent mode and you pick up the phone in a hurry to go somewhere. In normal case, you wont see the alerts on the phone unless you press any button. With Smart Alert feature, which uses the motion sensing feature, alerts you at the very moment you take the phone even though you didn’t pressed any button. So, you will never miss a missed call or text message again.
5. Social Tag
Galaxy S3 keeps track of all the people near and dear to you. It uses the face recognition feature and links your friends picture in your gallery to his/her social profiles. Now, with one touch at the photo will take you to his/her social feeds and now you can always keep in touch with the person.
6. S Beam
Samsung introduced Beam feature in Galaxy Nexus and it was a huge success. Following up that, now they have released S Beam feature that uses the power of Wi-Fi Direct feature and NFC to offer the best data transfer of all the time. With this feature, you can share large files which include videos or photos. All you have to do is, just touch the content you need to share and you are done. The content will be shared with the other Galaxy S3 in a blink of an eye.
7. All Share Cast
It is the All Share feature that lets you share the Galaxy S3 contents with large displays. It uses the All Share cast Dongle that is attached to the TV and there by making you to share the contents in your phone with the TV.
8. Buddy Photo Share
This is an amazing feature. Imagine you took photos with your friend and you need to send a copy of all those pictures of your friend to him. Buddy Photo Share makes this job really effortless! Samsung Galaxy S3 will recognizes the faces each time you take a picture and it will pop up an option to send the picture to the person who is in the photo. All you have to do is just hit the share button and the photo will be emailed to the person who is in the frame.
9. All Share Play
This uses the power of Internet and DLNA to remotely access your contents in different platforms (PC, Laptop, Office PC etc.) and stream those data in your Galaxy S3. There is also an option called Group cast that makes more people to access same file with their Galaxy S3. This makes it easier to work together on a same file from different places without even having the computer they have the data on. Samsung said they will release the SDK for this to explore the larger possibility of this innovative feature.
10. Quad Core Processor
Samsung Galaxy S3 features a 1.4GHz Quad Core processor than makes the multi tasking so much easier.
11. Pop Up Play
This is really awesome feature. Imagine you got to do a text message or surf the web or even send an email or tweet in between watching a movie or video on your device. In normal devices you need to pause the video and switch to the task you need to do next. But, with the Pop Up play feature, you can double tap the video and it will resize the video into a tiny little screen which you can move around and you can do anything in the background by enjoying the video.
12. Intelligent Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has an 8MP autofocus camera with LED flash. The camera on this device is really fast that, you dont miss a shot anymore. There is zero shutter lag and it will take less than one second between shot to shot take. In burst mode you can take 20 shots by one touch at a speed of 3.3 shots per second. It also has the Best Photo option that automatically selects you the best photo out of 6 photos you gonna take.
Another great feature is that, the camera support Instantaneous 1080p HD Video recording and taking HD photos. I bet most of you want to take a photo and record the same at the same time. Now, with Samsung Galaxy S3 you can do it.
13. 4.8” Inch HD SuperAMOLED display
When Samsung Galaxy S2 released with 4.3”inch display people called it large and eventually they become used to the display and started thinking about having a bigger one. At that time, Samsung released Galaxy Note with 5.3”inch display which I personally cant get used to ‘cos I am a college student and I dont want to stick such a large device into my pocket. Now, Samsung accepted the call of the people for having a bigger display than Galaxy S2 and smaller display than Galaxy Note. The 4.8” inch display on Galaxy S3 is really comfortable and is a HD display which offers great contrast and better sunlight visibility.
14. 3G/LTE
Samsung Galaxy S3 comes in both 3G and LTE unlocked versions. The LTE version will be hitting the US.
15. In Call Sound Equalizer
Having a smartphone is not complete without getting a great call quality out of it. HTC has dual microphone for active noise cancellation for better call quality. Now, Samsung is introducing another feature for better call quality called the In Call Sound Equalizer. What it basically do is, it will boost the quality of calls and makes voices louder and clearer.
16. Wi-Fi Channel Bonding
It is very common that you will experience the speed change when you access the internet via Wi-Fi from your Wi-Fi enabled smartphone and via your laptop. It is sometimes annoying that you cant get the whole speed of your Wi-Fi connection on your smartphone. Now, with Samsung Galaxy S3 you can experience the same speed internet on your Galaxy S3 like as you accessing internet from your laptop or PC. With Wi-Fi Channel bonding feature, which doubles the speed of existing Wi-Fi.
17. Bluetooth v4.0 and Glonass
Samsung Galaxy feature Bluetooth v4.0, which offers better and faster file transferring rate via Bluetooth. It also control the Bluetooth energy consumption. The Glonass is an addition to the normal GPS, which makes the satellite locking and geo positional lot faster.
18. Flip Cover
Flip cover is for protecting your Galaxy S3 from scratches and small hits. It is really thin and stylish cover. You can attach the flip cover to Galaxy S3 simply by removing the default back cover and tuck in the flip cover.
19. Desktop Dock and Car Dock
This is metallic finished docking solution for your Galaxy S3. It comes for both your desktop and for your car.
20. Battery Charging Stand and Extra Battery Kit
The Battery charging stand is an awesome stand that simply hold your Galaxy S3 as well as charges it. You can also buy an Extra battery kit if you are a hard-core smartphone user. With Extra Battery Kit, you will never run out of power.
21. Wireless Charging Kit
This is really awesome accessory for your Galaxy S3. Now, you can charge the device wirelessly. Its so simple that all you have to do is, just place your phone above the pad and you are done. Your device will get charging wirelessly. Now onwards no wires plugging and unplugging out of your device.
22. S Pebble
It is a fancy little MP3 player for your Galaxy S3. It syncs with the phone and store the copy of all the music files in your phone. You can use it as a little mp3 player on your hiking or jogging session. No need to carry your Galaxy S3 carelessly on such rough sessions.
23. Game Hub and Music Hub
Samsung offers Game Hub and Music Hub, a service that is meant for gamers and music lovers. With Game Hub you can now play all the games available for the smartphone so far and with Music Hub you can access more than 17 million songs. You can also purchase music from the store. Its more like the iTunes service of Apple.
24. Mirror Link
Using smartphones as navigation device or as music player is a common thing now. But, the normal interface of the smartphone is little hard to use especially while driving. I mean, you need to touch more options to get the music player or to switch from navigation screen to music player screen. The Mirror Link in Galaxy S3 is total change over to the normal UI and totally customized for the driving session. In this mode, the user will see only the things they wanted while driving in a easy and simple accessible way.
25. S- Health
This is a great service offered by Samsung to keep track of your health data’s. You can store and track the medicines you are trying, the diets you are talking and more. Its more like your version of your health chart right in your finger tips.
26. 2100 mAh Battery
All the above 25 features are useless if you dont have a great battery to power up. Samsung Galaxy S3 is packed with a large 2100mAh battery which offers amazing standby and talktime. This is one of the main thing that attracted me to Samsung Galaxy S3. I really needed a phone that offers good battery back up.
27. Great Storage Options
Samsung Galaxy S3 offers best storage options. It comes in 3 variants 16GB/32GB/64GB internal memory and all the three supports expandable memory using microSD card of upto 64GB. That means even the 16GB internal memory variant can offer a total memory of 80GB. That is a plenty of room for all your videos and music files.
So, these are the 27 reasons why you can buy Samsung Galaxy S3 without thinking twice. Except for the camera, display and processor, all other feature are really unique and you cant seem them on any other phones and that makes the Samsung Galaxy S3 the best phone available right now on the market. Samsung announced Samsung Galaxy S3 price in India as 43,180 but, most of the online stores are offering the device at at price tag of Rs 38,900. So, are you impressed? Please share your valuable comments about the post. Thank you.
