Samsung Galaxy S III
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![The Galaxy S III was launched at Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 (3 May 2012).](/Images/godic/202501/16/Samsung_Mobile_Unpacked_20125633.jpg")
![The Galaxy Nexus (left) and the Galaxy S III](/Images/godic/202501/16/Galaxy_Nexus_and_Galaxy_S_III_side_by_side5634.PNG")
![Back view of the Japanese S III model, SC-06D](/Images/godic/202501/16/Galaxy_S_III_SC-06D_Pebble_Blue_25634.jpg")
The Samsung Galaxy S III is a multi-touch, slate-format smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics that runs the Android OS by Google. It has additional software features, expanded hardware, and a redesigned physique from its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S II. The S III employs an intelligent personal assistant (S Voice), eye-tracking ability, and increased storage. Although a wireless charging option was announced, it never came to fruition. Depending on country, the 4.8-inch (120 mm) 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 2GB of RAM. The phone's successor, the Samsung Galaxy S4, was announced on March 14 2013 and was released the following month.