Samsung Galaxy S III finally hits Phl stores

MANILA, Philippines - Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp., a leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has launched the much-anticipated Galaxy S III in the Philippines.

Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the Galaxy S III brings a whole new smartphone experience to every corner of the world.

The Galaxy S III will be available starting June 9 nationwide with a suggested retail price of P32,990.

“The Galaxy S III enables its user to enjoy a seamless and human-centric mobile experience. We are very excited to finally bring this highly anticipated handset to the Philippines. I believe that its intuitive features like Direct Call and Smart Stay plus its picture-in-picture function will be loved by Filipino consumers,” said Coco Domingo, Samsung’s mobile product marketing head.

The Galaxy S III enhances the interaction experience between the device and the user. Smart enough to detect your face, voice and motions, it adapts to the individual user to provide a more convenient and natural experience.

With the innovative “Smart stay” feature, for instance, the Galaxy S III recognizes how you are using your phone — reading an e-book or browsing the Web for instance — by having the front camera identify your eyes; the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure.

For more detailed information, visit http://www.samsung.com.ph.

In addition, you can find a product introduction video at http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxys3/media.html.

The GALAXY S III features ‘S Voice,’ the advanced natural language user interface, to listen and respond to your words. In addition to allowing information search and basic device-user communication, Voice Command presents powerful functions in regards to device control and commands. When your phone alarm goes off but you need a little extra rest, just tell the GALAXY S III “snooze.” You can also use S Voice to play your favorite songs, send text messages and emails, organize your schedules, or automatically launch the camera.

In addition to recognizing your face and voice, the GALAXY S III understands your motions to offer maximized usability. If you are messaging someone but decide to call them instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and ‘Direct call’ will dial their number. With ‘Smart alert,’ the GALAXY S III will also save you from trouble by catching any missed messages or calls; your phone will vibrate to notify missed statuses when picked up after being idle.

Easy and Instant Sharing

The Samsung GALAXY S III is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user - it wants you to share and experience smartphone benefits with family and friends, regardless of where you are. With the new ‘S Beam,’ the GALAXY S III expands upon Android™ Beam™, allowing a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without a Wi-Fi or cellular signal. The ‘Buddy photo share’ function also allows photos to be easily and simultaneously shared with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery.

‘AllShare Play’ can be used to instantly share any file format between GALAXY S III and your tablet, PC, and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices. Under AllShare Play is also the ‘Group Cast’ feature that allows you to share your screen among multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi network; you can make comments and draw changes at the same time with your co-workers, witnessing real-time sharing on your individual device. The preloaded ‘Dropbox’ application provides an even more convenient sharing experience, supplying 50GB of free storage for two years for not just image and music files, but now also for video content. With the GALAXY S III files can also be instantly uploaded through data networks without requiring WiFi access.

Human-centric Design with Uncompromised Performance

The GALAXY S III not only presents features with enhanced usability, but also provides an ergonomic and comfortable experience through its human-centric design. Its comfortable grip, gentle curves, and organic form deliver a rich human-centric feel and design. Inspired by nature, its design concept is the flow and movement of nature. The elements of wind, water and light are all evoked in the physical construct of the GALAXY S III. In its essence, the minimal organic design identity is reflected in the smooth and non-linear lines of the device. The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available in Pebble Blue and Marble White.

With a 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display, the GALAXY S III offers a large and vivid viewing experience. Samsung Mobile’s heritage Super AMOLED display even enhances to HD and 16:9 wider viewing angles. To ensure faster content sharing and connectivity, the GALAXY S III offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the Wi-Fi bandwidth.

The GALAXY S III also sports a range of additional features that boost performance and the overall user experience in entirely new ways. Backed up with a powerful 1.4GHz quad core processor, the phone allows its user to multitask seamlessly. One new feature where this can be highlighted in is the ‘Pop up play,’ which allows you to play a video anywhere on your screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails and texts or surfing the Web.

The Galaxy S III has a built in 8MP rear camera with zero-lag shutter speed that lets you capture moving objects easily without delay – the image you see is the picture you take. With the ‘Burst shot’ function that instantly captures twenty continuous shots, and the ‘Best photo’ feature that selects the best of eight photographs for you, the GALAXY S III ensures users a more enhanced and memorable camera experience. Also, with the ‘Social Tag’, the Galaxy S III allows the user to tag each face in his photo gallery and link it to a contact in his phone book. Once tagged, the user can now call, text, email, or check their social network profile with just one click.

Plus, HD videos can be recorded even with the 1.9MP front-facing camera, which you can use to capture a video of yourself. Improved backside illumination further helps to eliminate blur in photos that result from shaking, even under low lights.