Samsung Galaxy S III

The **Samsung Galaxy S III** (or **Galaxy S3**) is an Android smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics. It was launched in 2012. It was sold about 70 million units by 2015 with no recalls ever recorded. It was the third smartphone in the Samsung Galaxy S series.

It has additional software features, more hardware, and a redesigned design from its model before, the Samsung Galaxy S II, released the previous year. The "S III" employs an intelligent personal assistant (S Voice), eye-tracking ability, and more storage. Although a wireless charging option was announced, it never came to fruition. However, there are third party kits which add works for Qi wireless charging. Depending on country, the  smartphone comes with different processors and RAM capacity, and 4G LTE support. The device was launched with Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich", was updated to Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean", and can be updated to Android 4.4 "KitKat" on variants with 2 GB of RAM. The phone's replacement model, the Samsung Galaxy S4, was announced on 14 March 2013 and was released the following month.

Following an 18-month development phase, Samsung launched the S III on 3 May 2012. The device was released in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries on 29 May 2012, before being progressively released in other major markets in June 2012. Prior to release, 9 million pre-orders were placed by more than 100 carriers globally. The S III was started by approximately 300 carriers in nearly 150 countries at the end of July 2012.  More than 20 million units of the S III were sold within the first 100 days of release and more than 50 million until April 2013.

Samsung Galaxy S III was replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S4 in April 2013 when came out.

## Infobox (mobile phone)

- **codename**: i9300 for International model and d2tmo, d2spr, d2usc, d2att, d2vzw, and other carrier initial names for carrier models
- **unitssold**: 9 million orders before release; 70 million total (as of 2017)
- **memory**: 1 Gibibyte, GB Random-access memory, RAM (international version)
 2 GB RAM (LTE versions, selected markets)
1.5 GB RAM (GT-I9301I Neo)
- **storage**: 16, 32, or 64 GB flash memory
- **networks**: 2G GSM/General Packet Radio Service, GPRS/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz

3G UMTS/CDMA2000/HSPA+: 850, 900, 1700, 1800 (Korean Pcs LG U+), 1900, 2100 MHz

4G LTE (telecommunication), LTE: 700, 800, 850, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2500, 2600 MHz
TD-SCDMA (China Mobile Variant) and GT-i9305
- **battery**: 2,100 ampere hour, mAh, 7.98 Wh, 3.8 V Lithium-ion battery, Li-ion
 User replaceable
- **size**: H
 W
 ( on S. Korea model) D
- **type**: Smartphone
- **cpu**: 1.4 Hertz, GHz Multi-core processor, quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore, Cortex-A9 (Samsung GT-I9305, GT-I9300)
1.3 GHz Multi-core processor, dual-core Krait (CPU), Krait (U.S. & Canada & Japan variants)
1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 (GT-I9301I Neo)
- **predecessor**: Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S II
- **successor**: Samsung Galaxy S4
- **related**: Samsung Galaxy Note II
 Samsung Galaxy S III Neo
 Samsung Galaxy S III Mini, Samsung Galaxy S III Mini
Samsung ATIV S
- **sar**: * Int'l version:
0.490 W/kg 1 g (head)
1.02 W/kg 1 g (body)
1.02 W/kg 1 g (hotspot)
* U.S. version:
0.55 W/kg (head)
1.49 W/kg (body)
- **gpu**: Mali-400 MP4 (GT-I9300)
Adreno 225 (U.S. & Canada & Japan variants)
Adreno 305 (GT-I9301I Neo)
- **soc**: Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (GT-I9300)
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 (U.S & Canada & Japan variants)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8228 (GT-I9301I Neo)
- **name**: Samsung Galaxy S III
- **series**: Samsung Galaxy S series, Galaxy S
- **logo**: Samsung Galaxy S III logo.svg
- **logosize**: 200px
- **image**: Samsung Galaxy S III.png
- **imagesize**: 160px
- **caption**: Galaxy S III in white
- **manufacturer**: Samsung Electronics
- **slogan**: "Designed for humans, inspired by nature"
- **form**: Slate phone, Slate
- **available**: 145 countries (July 2017)
- **status**: Discontinued
- **display**: HD Super AMOLED (720×1280)
- **rear camera**: 8 megapixels
- **front camera**: 1.9 megapixels
Zero shutter lag
High-definition video, HD video (720p) at 30 frames/s
- **os**: **Original:** Android (operating system), Android Android Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"
**Current:** Android Android Jelly Bean, 4.3 "Jelly Bean",
 Android Android KitKat, 4.4 "KitKat" (2 GB RAM variants and Samsung GT-I9305, GT-I9301I Neo only)
**Unofficial:** Android Android 11, 11 "R" via LineageOS 18.0 Unofficial for Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300 Exynos Variant