Samsung Galaxy S III hits the US

The latest and greatest Android device has hit the US, a little less than a month after it reached Europe. The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for purchase through T-Mobile. Other carriers will start selling the device within the next few weeks.

Samsung Galaxy S III - Marble White

The S III is an Android smartphone running the latest version of the mobile operating system, Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich. It features a large 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen, an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 4G LTE service, and a quad-core CPU.


Samsung has also built in some interesting features, like Smart Stay. Smart Stay won't allow the screen to dim if you are still looking at it. Another useful feature is called Direct Call. This means that if a user is sending someone a text message and decides to call the person instead, they can just raise the phone to their ear, and the Phone will automatically make a phone call to the number that they were texting. The Smart Alert feature sends a user a vibrating nudge if they've missed any calls or messages while they were away from their phone. Social Tag automatically shows your friends social information when you look at a picture of them. And finally, S Beam allows users to tap two Galaxy S IIIs together to share data, including pictures, videos, and music.

Samsung also includes a voice-control feature in the S III, called S Voice. This feature is similar to the iPhone's Siri, as it allows users to set alarms, send messages, answer phone calls, and so on. Although S Voice has longer response times than Siri, it does seem to be more accurate.

Samsung Galaxy S III - Pebble Blue

The device itself has a sleek looking design, one that Samsung says was "inspired by nature". The S III is available in two colors, marble white and pebble blue, although T-Mobile is only offering the former at the moment. The screen offers extremely bright and vivid images, with its Super AMOLED technology. The device's 4G LTE service brings fast broadband speeds. T-Mobile currently does not offer LTE, but buying the device from AT&T or Verizon will get you LTE speeds.

You can purchase the Samsung Galaxy S III from T-Mobile for $279.99 here, or pre-order it from AT&T or Verizon for $199.99.