Today we’re going to be taking a look at the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. The Galaxy S III hasn’t even come out yet and already every major provider has bagged a Personal version. I’ll be reviewing each one of those so you can decide for yourself which one is best and which one suits your needs better. That way, when the phone actually comes out you’ll know exactly what you want from it. This one is the Verizon Wireless version. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is known under many different names : be it this one, the SGH-I535 or the Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon. What you will find here are the Preliminary Official Specifications. Some of them may change when the phone comes out, but rest assured there won’t be that much of a difference.
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GENERAL
Let’s start off this little review by taking a look at some of the general features of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit of info about the supported networks and the announcement and release dates. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 uses not only 2G and 3G networks, but 4G ones as well. Those networks are as following : CDMA 800 and CDMA 1900 ( 2G ones ), CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO and HSDPA 2100 ( 3G ones ) and LTE 700 MHz Class 13 ( the 4G one ). The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 was announced in June 2012 and is expected to come out in the same month. That’s about it for the generals, so let’s move on now.
BODY
Next up we’ll be taking a brief look at the aspect of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit of info about the phone size and weight as well as see whether or not the device has any particularities related to the body. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is approximately 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm big and weighs somewhere around 134 grams. This phone also has Touch-Sensitive Controls instead of frontal buttons. That’s about it for the body, so let’s move on now to the next part of the review.
DISPLAY
Next up we’re going to look at the display of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about the type of screen of the device, the screen size, the screen’s resolution and pixel density as well as see whether or not the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has any screen protection and any particularities related to the display. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with around 16 million colors. The screen size of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is around 4.8 inches big and can house a resolution of around 720 x 1280 pixels. The pixel density of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a tremendous one – 306 ppi. Every scientist agrees that 300 is the clearest the human eye can perceive. The screen protection of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a very effective one, THE most effective, actually – Corning Gorilla Glass 2. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 also has TouchWiz UI v4.0 installed on it, should you choose to activate it. That’s about it for the display, so let’s move on now to the next part.
SOUND
Next up we’re going to take a brief look at the audio output capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about the alert types, speaker and audio jack as well as see whether or not the device has any sound enhancement whatsoever on it, be it software based or otherwise. The Alert Types of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 are as following : Vibration, MP3 and WAV Ring Tones. This phone also has a regular Loudspeaker and a normal 3.5 mm jack. As far as sound is concerned, the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is pretty basic. That’s it for the sound, so let’s move on now to the next part.
MEMORY
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the memory of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about the RAM of the device, the internal storage space and ways of expanding said storage space. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has 2 GB of RAM, or so it says. I’m beginning to wonder whether or not this is true since the Normal Galaxy S III was said to have only 1 GB of RAM. Perhaps there was a mistake there, as all the phone ( the Verizon, the T-Mobile and the AT&T one ) have 2 GB. If that is the case, then the phone is even more powerful, and it already is the strongest phone available. The storage space of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 varies, as this phone is available in two versions : a 16 GB one and a 32 GB one. If neither one of those versions doesn’t offer as much space as you need, know that the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has a Micro SD card slot too. For the Samsung Galaxy S III I535, even the card slot is special, as it can use cards of up to 64 GB, instead of 32. That’s it for the memory, so let’s move on now to the next part of the review.
DATA CONNECTION
Next we’ll take a brief look at the connectivity of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit of info about the GPRS and EDGE of the device, the Speed and WLAN and the Bluetooth, USB and other ( if any ) connections. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has no GPRS nor EDGE as this is a 4G phone and 4G phones don’t have those two. Its speed is as following : HSPA+ Rev. A of up to 3.1 MB/s, LTE, Cat3, and it can reach an astounding speed of 50 MB/s Upload and 100 MB/s Download. The WLAN of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot. The Bluetooth of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a v4.0 one with A2DP and EDR. This phone also has NFC on it. The USB port of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a Micro USB v2.0 one ( MHL ) with USB On-the-Go. That’s about it for the connectivity of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535, so let’s move on now to the next part.
CAMERA
Next up we’ll be taking a brief look at the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about the main and secondary cameras as well as see their features and capabilities. The main camera of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is an 8 MP one and it is capable of photographing at resolutions of approximately : 3264 x 2448 pixels. The features of this camera are : autofocus, LED flash, simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization. This phone can record video in 1080p full HD quality at around 30 frames per second. The secondary camera of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a 1.9 MP one and it can record in 720p HD at around 30 frames per second. That about covers the camera, so let’s move on now to the next part.
BATTERY LIFE
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535, since battery is always an issue with these phones. Here you can find out a bit of info about the battery type of this device and how long it can function. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has a Standard Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery. Sadly, it isn’t specified how long the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 can function, but at that strength, you can hope it will survive more than 3 days. That’s it for the battery, so let’s move on.
HARDWARE
Next we’ll be taking a look at the hardware of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about three main hardware components : processor, motherboard and graphics card. Sadly, the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is weaker than the regular Galaxy S III as far as hardware goes, however, it’s still plenty powerful enough. The processor of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a Dual-Core 1.5 GHz processor. The chipset of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 is a Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon and the GPU is an Adreno 225. That’s about it for the hardware of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535, so let’s move on now.
SOFTWARE
Next up we’ll be taking a look at the software of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. Here you can find out a bit about the OS version of the device and see whether or not it can be upgraded to a better one. The Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich installed on it. Since this is the final version, for the moment, of the Android OS, there is no need for an update, at least not for the next 6 months. That’s it for the OS, so let’s go now to the final part of the review.
FEATURES
Last but not least, we’ll be taking a look at some of the features and capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. The sensors of this phone are as following : Accelerometer, Gyroscope, RGB Sensor, Proximity, Compass and Barometer. The messaging on the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 can be done via : SMS ( with Threaded View ), MMS, E-Mail, Push Mail, IM and RSS. The browser of this phone uses HTML5 and has integrated support for Adobe Flash. There is no certainty whether or not the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 will have a radio or not. However, we do know that the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 has a GPS with A-GPS support and Java via Java MIDP emulation. This phone is available in the following colors : Pebble Blue and Marble White.
Here is a brief list of what the Samsung Galaxy S III I535 can do :
- MicroSIM card support only
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart Stay eye tracking
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
This concludes our little review of the Samsung Galaxy S III I535. If you feel that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment section below for things which should be added and I will be sure to take them into consideration when writing my future projects. In the meantime, I sincerely hope you had as much fun reading my little review as I had writing it.
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