Samsung has literally just taken the wraps off of their new flagship Galaxy S III smartphone, and we have all the details, specs, and hands-on video. One of the many new impressive features is S-Voice, a Siri rival specific to Samsung's Galaxy S III. With voice actions similar to what we've already seen in Google Voice Actions, but taken a step further.
Samsung has improved on Google's already available voice actions to take on Apple's Siri with its S-Voice system. Which allows you to unlock the phone with a customizable verbal command, and then instruct it to load apps, set calendar appointments, do searches or other tasks simply by speaking at the phone. "What's the weather for today?", "I want to take a picture" and "Cheese!" are all supported. If you're listening to music, you can tell S-Voice to skip, go back, play and pause, with the Galaxy S III automatically spotting your commands in among the music.
One important feature that is a step above Siri is the fact that with Samsung's S-Voice you can actually open and launch apps with your voice, not just check the weather and set an alarm. While driving you can launch Spotify to stream music, open Google Maps, and many other things all with S-Voice. This brings total hands-free usage to an entirely different level that Samsung has imagined daily users can truly use and enjoy. Don't get me wrong, Zooey Deschanel is cute in that Siri commercial, but I want Kate Upton in a Samsung S-Voice commercial then we'll really be rocking.
Check out all of our Samsung coverage, pictures, videos and everything else from the timeline below. Who wants the Galaxy S III? I know I do!
Story Timeline
- Android Siri alternative Iris partners with ChaCha for info database
- The latest Siri clone, Evi, is actually worth checking out
- Google "Assistant" coming late 2012, will best Apple's Siri
- Samsung Galaxy S III hands-on [Video]
- Samsung Galaxy S III revealed: 4.8-inch quadcore monster
- Samsung Galaxy S III vs HTC One X hands-on
- Samsung Galaxy S III coming to multiple US carriers
- Samsung Galaxy S III has Pentile AMOLED screen
- Samsung details Galaxy S III accessories
- Samsung's first Galaxy S III commercial: watch it here
- Samsung Galaxy S III hits the UK on May 30th
- Samsung Galaxy S III Wrap-Up
- Samsung Galaxy S III Accessories Hands-on
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Device Specifications and Information
Device Info Device Name : Galaxy S III
Manufactuer : Samsung
Carrier : NA
Announced Date : May 03, 2012
Release Date : May 29, 2012
Also Known As : The Next Galaxy, SGSIII
Display - Screen Size : 4.8 Inch
- Resolution : 720×1280
- Screen Type : Super AMOLED HD
Dimension & Weight - Height : 5.37 Inch
- Width : 2.77 Inch
- Depth : 0.33 Inch
- Weight : 133 Grams
Battery & Power - Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 2100 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : NA
Software - Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- AMR
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- h.263
- h.264 / AVC
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
Hardware CPU : Exynos 4 Quad
CPU Clock Speed : 1400 Mhz
Core : 4
Ram : 1024 MB
Internal Storage : 32 GB
Front Facing Camera :
Camera Resolution : 8 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- MicroSDHC
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- 1080p Video Recording
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
QWERTY :
Cellular Network - GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
Device Connectivity - Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- A2DP
- Bluetooth 4.0
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
FM Radio :
NFC :
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