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Samsung Galaxy S III Sprint

Full Specifications

Released · Jun 21, 2012

This device is also known as Samsung SPH-L710, Samsung Galaxy SIII, Samsung Galaxy S III 4G LTE

9.3

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8.7

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Design
Dimensions	5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
Weight	4.70 oz (133.0 g)
Materials	Back: Plastic
Features	Notification light
Keys	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors	Blue, White

Display
Size	4.8-inch
Resolution	1280x720px, 306 PPI
Technology	Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body	65.82 %
Colors	16 777 216
Features	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass)

Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960
Processor	Dual-core 1500 MHz Krait
GPU	Adreno 225
RAM	2GB (DDR2)
Internal storage	32GB
Storage expansion	microSDXC up to 64 GB
OS	Android (4.4.2, 4.3, 4.1, 4.0.4), Samsung TouchWiz UI
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Battery
Capacity	2100 mAh
Type	Li - Ion

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	8 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.6 Sensor size: 1/3"
Flash	LED
Video recording	1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps) EIS, Video calling
Front	1.9 MP
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Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	4.0
Wi-Fi	802.11 a,b,g,n,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0
Hearing aid compatible	M4
HDMI	Yes
Location	GPS, Glonass
Sensors	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer
Other	NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features	Album art cover, Background playback, Custom equalizer, Preset equalizer
Screen mirroring	DLNA,MHL
Additional microphone(s)	Yes

Cellular
4G (FDD)	Bands 2(1900)
Data Speed	LTE
SIM type	Micro SIM

Phone Features
Notifications	Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval	Date approved: Jun 01, 2012 FCC ID value: A3LSPHL710
Measured SAR	Head: 0.42 W/kg Body: 1.10 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.44 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg

Availability
Officially announced	Jun 04, 2012

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Alternative variants

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage	16GB
Video recording	Video calling, EIS

Carrier Availability

Discontinued

Boost Mobile

News

The Samsung Galaxy S III has proven to be an extremely popular handset, one that still finds buyers even when it is two generations old. On Friday, Sprint customers toting the former flagship model received an update to Android 4.4. While the update ...

Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S III gets KitKat update

Sprint today revealed that some if its Samsung Android devices will be officially updated to Android 4.4.2 KitKat in the (hopefully near) future. As you may know, the carrier’s Samsung Galaxy S4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 already received KitKat...

Sprint confirms Android 4.4.2 KitKat updates for Samsung Galaxy Mega, Note II, S III and others

Boost Mobile is sponsoring a contest on Instagram and the grand prize winner gets a Samsung Galaxy S III signed by hip hop artist 2 Chainz. To win, you need to send a video to Boost via their Instagram page, showing them what it means for you to #BeH...

Win a Samsung Galaxy S III signed by 2 Chainz, from Boost Mobile

Back toward the end of last month, we told you that Boost Mobile was going to offer the Samsung Galaxy S III. But at the time, we had no pricing information, nor did we know the date of availability. Now, the pre-paid carrier has announced that it wi...

Samsung Galaxy S III coming to Boost Mobile June 12th for $399.99

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Overall User Rating

(7 reviews)

8.7

Build quality

Camera quality

8.7

Performance

Display

9.3

Battery life and charging

8.3

vincetwen

Arena Apprentice

great phone, fewer problems than GS2

Edited: Jan 20, 2014, 7:31 PM

Phone owned for less than a month

This phone is not as oversensitive as GS2. It has great 4G LTE features. Better than my past GS2 and ZTE warp phone. With the original battery, it charges every 18 hours. Better battery management than GS2.

wrestla88

Arena Apprentice

Great Phone

Posted: Nov 22, 2013, 1:22 PM

Phone owned for more than a year

I love it, however I dont use all of the stock stuff so Im slightly biased.
I use Nova launcher and Swiftkey for a keyboard.

After having the phone for over a year Im still impressed with the battery life.
Any problems I have are Sprint related.

Jack58221

Arena Apprentice

better than your average free phone.

Edited: Feb 23, 2013, 9:06 AM

Phone owned for less than a year

got the phone in November an sale for $50. I still feel like I got ripped off. All I got was an entry level phone with a very large screen. for a so-called high end phone you get a camera that is comparable to the flagship phone's of 2009, in a cheaply built phone.

Build quality

Camera quality

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

What I like

the front half is built strong
better than average battery
gorilla glass

What I don't like

can't turn off camera sound effects
cheap built on the back half of the phone
volume and power button push to easily. prop the phone up on its side for a video and the phone own weight will mute or power down the phone.
BSI sensors for camera are cheap. Really poor pictures compared to similar price phone's.
ghosting on hdr pictures is really bad, even if phone is mounted and taking a picture of something stationary.
sensors for back and menu keys are tooclose to the screen. try and rich a point on the edge ofthe screen and sometimes it will pop up the menu, or back you out of what you were doing.
sensors for the screen to turn out of when making calls need some work. screen will stay on for some calls and the phone gets to hot then shuts down to prevent over heating. the screen is not stuck on though because sometimes in a call you need to press 1, but can't because it thinks a finger is a face and turns the screen off before you can press it
Samies text input has a small vocabulary, and always picks the wrong word. none of the other Swype programs work right on it either. I had to manually enter all the spaces between the words because they automatically get deleted right away.

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