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"We've been hearing the rumors for months, and now Samsung has gotten official with the newest member of its Galaxy line of smartphones, the Galaxy S III. \nSamsung announced the most anticipated Android handset of the year Thursday at an event in London. The phone is the third-generation in a line of popular smartphones created by Samsung.\nThe phone has a 4.8-inch touchscreen, 8-megapixel rear-facing and 1.9-megapixel forward-facing camera, and comes running the latest version of Android \u2014 Ice Cream Sandwich. Much like the HTC One X, the camera has zero shutter lag so you can capture photos instantly. The camera is also capable of taking 20 photos at once in burst mode, and a feature called \"Best Photo\" will pick the best shot out of a group of eight.\nThe NFC-capable Galaxy S III has a Super AMOLED HD (1280x720) screen, offering more subpixels than other screens, resulting in improved colors as well as better visibility in bright situations.  \n\u201CWith the GALAXY S III, Samsung has maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability,\u201D said JK Shin, President and Head of IT &amp; Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. \u201CDesigned to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind. What makes me most proud is that it enables one of the most seamless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows you to live a life extraordinary.\u201D\nThe phone is powered by a 1.4GHz Samsung Exynos 4 Quad processor (see video below). The Exynos 4 has twice the processing capability of the older Exynos 4 Dual used in previous Galaxy phones, and it consumes 20% less power. To achieve this level of efficiency, Samsung has implemented on-off switching as well as dynamic voltage and frequency scaling for each core. All that means the processor will consume exactly the amount of power it needs under any given workload.\n\nA new feature called 'Smart Stay' on the phone detects your voice and motions, and recognizes how you are using the phone \u2013for instance reading an e-book or browsing the web \u2013and keeps the phone on while you're using it. So, if you're reading a book you don't have to worry about having to constantly wake the screen up.\nIf you're texting someone and decide to call them instead, a feature called 'Direct Call' will call that person as soon as you lift your phone to your ear. \nA new feature called 'S Voice' enables the phone to listen an respond to your words, and provides Siri-like search and voice control. You can ask the phone to \u201Csnooze\u201D when your alarm goes off in the morning and you need a few more Zs, can be used to play your favorite songs, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and emails, organize your schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture a photo.\nA feature called Buddy Photo Share will recognize your friends faces in a photo, and offer to send them the photo automatically.\nWith the Galaxy S III Samsung is unveiling a new 'S Beam' which expands on Android Beam, allowing you to share a 1GB mobile file with a friend in just 3 minutes, or transfer a 10MB music file in just 2 seconds\u2014without using WiFi or a cellular signal \u2013 by tapping your phone together with another Galaxy S III.\nA feature called \u201CAllShare Cast\u201D lets you connect your Galaxy S III wirelessly to your television to view content. The service can also be used to share files between your Galaxy S III and  your tablet, PC, and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices. \nThe Galaxy S III will be available in 145 countries, on 296 mobile operators around the world, making it the largest launch in Samsung history. Available in 'Pebble Blue' and 'Marble White,' the phone will be available from the end of May in Europe before rolling out to other markets globally this summer.\nUpdate: We originally misidentified the spec for the front-facing camera. The correct spec is a 1.9 megapixels. 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