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Samsung Galaxy S III first press image appears, announcement set for May 22nd?

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Samsung Galaxy S III first press image appears, announcement set for May 22nd?
The Samsung Galaxy S III, undoubtedly the most anticipated Anrdoid handset for 2012, will get officially announced on May 22nd, if we are to trust this very realistic invitation to a press event in London. The flyer looks very small and realistic, but previously we've seen some pretty good mockups too, so we'd definitely take this with a grain of salt. The press image surfaced on Korean website Daum hours ago.

The press invitation teases: “Samsung Galaxy S III, New Generation Coming, May 22nd, London, United Kingdom.” We should also remember that London is where the Summer Olympics will be held this year, and this looks like one of the reasons why Samsung picked the UK for the unveiling.

“Fast. Vivid. Slim,” Samsung summarizes about the upcoming Galaxy S III. Nearly half of the handset appears on the right side of the invitation flyer, and it’s got some weird curves and shapes, looking very different than its rectangular right shaped predecessor, the S II. The handset also has a strange carving on the side, and we have no idea whether it has any other function than to please the eye and puzzle the press.

Samsung Galaxy S III first press image appears, announcement set for May 22nd?
It’s obviously hard to judge about the actual dimensions, but it seems that the screen is comparatively narrow. Just yesterday, we heard Korean sources point out they expect a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED Plus HD display, the first RGB (non-pentile) HD AMOLED screen ot there. Now, this rumor ups the estimate to 4.8-inches, so we're not yet sure what the actual size will be, but the HD resolution seems like a lock.

Interestingly, the Korean publication Daum suggests there will be two S III models - one with LTE connectivity (the Samsung Galaxy S III LTE for markets like the US, obviously) and a "3G" version for the rest of the world where LTE is not yet present (possibly, Galaxy S III 3G). Now, it also cautions us that the LTE version might take longer to make it to shelves, and could arrive sometime in July.

The Galaxy S III is expected to feature a quad-core processor, and if it manages to fit in the tight plans, the 32nm Samsung Exynos 4412. 
How do you like what you see? And how credible you think it is?

source: Daum (translated) via Phandroid

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1. bobfreking55 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:30 10

its an honor to say first!

27. cheetah2k posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:45 8

... well well. Samsung did say they wanted to create a phone that "defined our era".... They may well have just done that.

38. TheOldOne posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:11 2

Another fake, unfortunately. As someone else pointed out, the "Galaxy SIII" writing looks photoshoped: the third I seems to be added artificially next to the first two. If you look carefully, they are not evenly separated, which means is was added later to the "Galaxy S II".

Something like that will never be released in an official Samsung statement.

"take this with a grain of salt."? No... take it with a lot!

41. lonelyw posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:24 3

it is the end of a stainless steel spoon man!!!!!!

44. TROLL.ISAHA (banned) posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:43

4412 it's still an A9 A15 Quadcore please Samsung
il'e wait.....

53. remixfa posted on 05 Apr 2012, 10:05

the quad a9 is as powerful as the dual a15. both are 2x faster than the current 4410. nothing to sneeze at

73. bobfreking55 posted on 07 Apr 2012, 09:16

http://bit.ly/Ihn8OP black version SGS3 render.

74. remixfa posted on 07 Apr 2012, 09:41

where is my dark blue render bob????? lol i want a metallic dark blue render!! :)

75. bobfreking55 posted on 09 Apr 2012, 06:01 1

http://bit.ly/HruNyR sorry bout the sides. can't manage to fix it in short time. :)

76. remixfa posted on 09 Apr 2012, 08:10

not too shabby.. but it needs to be more navy and more metallic! :) lolz. thanks for doing that :)

2. KingKurogiii posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:31 26

Oooo! that looks damn smexy! if this comes to Verizon i might be trading up a certain Razr of mine... o:

18. Ubi2447 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:35 9

Agreed. Im in the same boat...

PS
Nice Scott Pilgrim avatar +1

42. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:31 6

I am skipping the Samsung Galaxy S III, what I REALLY want is the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. That is going to be Samsung's real monster, just like the Samsung Galaxy Note killed the Samsung Galaxy S II. Bigger Super AMOLED+ 720p HD screen for me please!

43. SleepingOz posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:40 3

Same here but the GNote is not actually considered as a phone. Well, at least not by everyone so..

49. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:45 6

I consider it a phone because you can make calls on it though a mobile carrier, not through Skype or something similar.

To me the Samsung Galaxy S III will set the president to how insane the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be. To me the best phone Samsung has right now spec wise is the Samsung Galaxy Note. That is some beast of a phone.

Imagine if they put an A15 Exynos quad-core inside the Galaxy Note 2 with a sweet 2GB of RAM. They could because they Note 2 would be so much bigger, thus more room to tinker with!

52. remixfa posted on 05 Apr 2012, 10:03 5

if that happened then I'd have to trade in my sgs3. lol

4.8 inches could be done if it was a button free design. it would be close to 4.6 inches of usable space that way.

gimmie gimmie!

46. PhoneArenaUser posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:55 9

And it is damn fake! :P

Look at the SAMSUNG Galaxy S II promo picture:http://goo.gl/vUybc
It is copy & paste + I

51. -box- posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:54 1

...why does it look like a smoother Nokia C7? Not a bad thing (I own a C7) but it looks uninspired

64. SleepingOz posted on 05 Apr 2012, 14:44 3

It'll own your c7 in every way.

3. doubler86 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:43 10

I'm buying this phone the first day it comes out if it comes to Verizon. I love my Galaxy Nexus, but I just have to have this phone! lol

19. Ubi2447 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:36 4

I pray to jeebus that this comes to Verizon. PLEASE DONT SCREW THIS ONE UP VERIZON. The Droid branding just isn't cutting it much any more.

I just can't keep waiting for Verizon to get their act together and put out a good Quad-Core 4g phone.
Might try to find one of these bad boys unlocked if its not like a billion dollars (which it probably will be)

47. JunitoNH posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:15 1

Lol if it comes to Verizon you already know it, priced around $399.

4. Cwebb posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:43 13

And let the nerdgasms begin

On another Note, no pun intended, Sammy has done quite a good job IF this is the actual phone as far as looks are concerned.

40. roscuthiii posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:18 2

Begin? Sadly, I already finished...
:-(

5. B3BLW29 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:47 13

If this is the real form factor of Galaxy S III then I am delaying my trip to dark side AKA certain fruit ;)

31. asimo posted on 05 Apr 2012, 04:58 10

the 'dark side' connotation is too cool for that company.
Prefer the 'wool side'

34. B3BLW29 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 06:16 6

hahaha Two fruit Ninjas didn't like my comment ;)

6. Dark4o90 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:47 11

i can't see the entire phone but this part of it looks damn good

28. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:46 1

looks like a smooth version of the xperia arc

7. bobfreking55 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:50 11

Galaxy S III > iPhone 100

9. Skyrim posted on 05 Apr 2012, 01:59 2

This just made my week!!!!

11. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:00 3

dafuq.....

13. shadez10 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:08 3

it looks like a remote control... xD

but a sexy one... xD

14. derp0217 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:09 2

it shivers me timbers

15. Dejan posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:13

Well it looks so cool,let's hope that is how he will look like

16. lukasound posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:20 2

If this is true, then i'm happy they finaly put a premium look to their premium device!

Unfortunately, this looks like metal and not ceramics, but i could be wrong, maybe the ceramics is sort of a transparent coating? I dunno...

32. troutsy posted on 05 Apr 2012, 05:31 3

I think they'd be more likely to put a chrome plating over top of the ceramic body than a ceramic coating over a metal body.

Good observation though!

17. CommentBoxEnforcer posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:23

With them type of specs i smell 349.99/399 price tag...might still be worth it..why no mobile version for this site?

22. android_hitman posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:01 3

because it's not working on Iphones and Ipads

20. MrNobodyWTB posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:49 1

Will buy this day 0 if this comes to T-Mobile. I will import it if not.

21. kylehudsons posted on 05 Apr 2012, 02:55 1

im so getting this 1...

23. mrandrewshah posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:07 1

From what I can see, that is a beauty! I love the new trend of curved phones, definitely breaking away from the redundant black bar touchscreen phones.

24. archangel9 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:11 1

I hope this will be the successor to the Epic 4gT . Sorry BigRed but Sprint gots this on lock,

25. zemariaabreusantos posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:31 2

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! xD Kidding but still I'm selling my SII so that I can But one!! xD

26. h3llboy911 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 03:38 5

Fake!!! Look at the gap between each of the 'I' of the "III". It's not symmetric.

29. KingKurogiii posted on 05 Apr 2012, 04:04 1

ah, i see, you're absolutely right. good eye. it's a shame people do things like this. i thought that was a gorgeous device.

45. cellphonator posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:43

Wow, you got it, very good eye!

30. Ridwan.yahya posted on 05 Apr 2012, 04:35 1

if this pic is legit....i think the carving on the side is for finger grip, it's make sense to prevent the phone slip out of your hand. It's so shiny ,I hope i'ts not fake

33. cGmC11 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 06:15 1

I like very, very much this supposed design, but if this is true I think it's the back of the phone with a special backplate for wireless charging. :-0

35. aries.phills posted on 05 Apr 2012, 06:20 1

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
This looks so cooooooooooooooooooolllll!
My gs2 is already shaking at the site of this soon coming king.
Thumbs up to samsung!

36. kshell1 posted on 05 Apr 2012, 06:20 2

om nom nom nom nom so sexy lol

37. dcgore posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:06 3

Pretty hot. I hope the exynos - LTE combo is true. I don't want to settle for a S4 because it's the only chip that supports LTE.

39. lonelyw posted on 05 Apr 2012, 07:16

it is a stainless steel spoon !!!!!!!!!!!!!

48. kanagadeepan posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:41 1

OMG.... Killer looks and specs... If it comes with 3000mAh or atleast 2500mAh battery, then I am going to skip Razr MAXX for sure....

50. hunted posted on 05 Apr 2012, 08:46 1

i dont like this design, it's ugly

54. dhruba posted on 05 Apr 2012, 10:12 3

i m trying to believe u r serious

55. jamvts posted on 05 Apr 2012, 10:24 1

we need cortex A15 not A9

56. nitinrana posted on 05 Apr 2012, 11:35 2

Phonearena... Are you guys telling this or are you asking? Because if you are telling this then you should remove the question mark... And if you are asking readers then you should correct your headline...

57. nitinrana posted on 05 Apr 2012, 11:35 2

Phonearena... Are you guys telling this or are you asking? Because if you are telling this then you should remove the question mark... And if you are asking readers then you should correct your headline...

58. nitinrana posted on 05 Apr 2012, 11:36 2

Phonearena... Are you guys telling this or are you asking? Because if you are telling this then you should remove the question mark... And if you are asking readers then you should correct your headline...

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