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Finally, the most awaited gadget of the year (as of now) has touched the Indian shores and being touched and felt by many hands in India. Samsung's new kid S3 is here and creating a lot of buzz in the market and has already reported nearly 10 millions pre orders even before it was launched.
A lot of talk is around that Samsung has pitched it against Apple iPhone 4S, HTC One X and upcoming Nokia Lumia 900. But with the price tag of 43K, let us deep dive and find out, if it is going to be a new sensation or will end up being a short lived product.
If we look at the design, S3, like it's predecessor S2, uses a glossy plastic back which gives a feel of a cheaper handset and may not appeal to everyone. Nevertheless, the plastic cover body has been compensated by a really solid Gorilla Glass front, a well-packaged interior and a more robust battery cover. It's polycarbonate rather than bog-standard plastic. The new Galaxy phone is equipped with a 1.4 GHz quadcore processor paired with 1GB RAM. The S3 features a 4.8-inch super AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel (MP) camera with zero-lag shutter speed, 1080p video capture, a 1.9-inch front-facing camera and a 16 GB onboard memory that is expandable. It runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.
Samsung is eying a 60% market share of smart phone market and S3 is expected to be one of the drivers to achieve the same. Though, it is going to face a stiff competition from HTC OneX, which feels more premium and adorns the same specifications.
