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Diana D'Cruz
The Japanese will be entitled to a more powerful version of the Galaxy S III with the Alpha model. Its specifications are similar to those of the Galaxy Note II. For the occasion, it is incumbent mobile operator NTT DoCoMo who propose in December on the Japanese archipelago.
Internationale/GT-I9300 version (read our review ) was an opportunity for Samsung to introduce its new SoC into a finished product. The Exynos 4412 is built around a quad core Cortex-A9 architecture. If the latter is clocked at 1.4 GHz on the S III, it will be on 1.6 GHz Alpha S III as is the case on the Galaxy Note II has the same chip. Note the resemblance II who also goes by the amount of RAM: 2GB on it against 1 GB on international S III. Only with most versions of the 4G LTE S III have 2 GB of RAM, a built Snapdragon SoC with dual-core processor. Version i9305 S III has however Exynos 4412 SoC and 2GB (read our article ). However, its processor is clocked at 1.4 GHz.
The new version of the S III will be available in titanium gray and black sapphire. Remember. Samsung has introduced the new colors in late August: black sapphire is " inspired stones used by the ancient peoples of India and Persia to protect themselves with the belief that they will strengthen. "But if you won more titanium gray , know that " expresses the feeling of modernity and wisdom providing futuristic element on the phone. "And Samsung also specify that the gray comes as" a symbol of intelligence, insight and curiosity. "message fogged in a marketing campaign in which the philosopher's stone and the stones of Stonehenge have escaped our great relief.
Improved hardware with RAM and CPU frequency and cosmetics with color choices, but also software adaptations that make the Alpha S III rather attractive. It will have effect in Android 4.1, aka Jelly Bean, preinstalled instead of Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich). An update of the Android OS that comes with new features via Touchwiz. And multi-screen functionality present on the Galaxy Note II is also part of the Alpha.
Finally, there remain several outstanding issues regarding this enhanced version of S III. With the support of 4G LTE and its CPU frequency 14% higher, the Alpha S III may he not be cramped in its 2100 mAh battery? The dynamic power dissipated by a processor is proportional to the frequency. A 2400 mAh battery would have been minimal. Still, it is probably difficult to place in the same volume.
If the Alpha S III will land in Japan, Samsung did not say if it will leave then in other markets (Europe, USA ...).
