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Samsung’s Galaxy S and Galaxy S II have sold more than 30 million units since first launching at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. To put that into some perspective, that’s happened over a span of 20 months, so that’s an average of 1.5 million units sold every month. The original Samsung Galaxy S was incredibly controversial since it was one of the first devices on the market with a 4 inch screen. Back then that seen as absolutely gigantic. Still, it was a hell of screen to look at. Thanks to the Super AMOLED technology that Samsung used, the colors popped, the blacks were ultra black, and battery life was simply amazing. Just one year later the successor to the Galaxy S was announced, aptly called the Samsung Galaxy S II. It sported an even larger 4.3 inch screen that used Super AMOLED Plus technology, which increases the number of subpixels per pixel from 8 to 12, making images appear sharper and with better color accuracy. They also added a second core to the thing, making it blindingly fast.
Following that pattern of announcing one device every year, can we expect to see a Samsung Galaxy S III announced in four months at the 2012 Mobile World Congress? We’ve already seen rumors that suggest the Galaxy S III will feature a 1.8 GHz dual core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 12 megapixel camera, and a 4.6 inch 720 p Super AMOLES Plus HD display. Compared to the Galaxy S II, that’s 600 MHz extra per core, twice the RAM, 4 more megapixels, and 0.3 inches more screen. Said device will probably use the new Samsung built Exynos 4212 processor that was announced late last month. It’s built using a new 32 nanometer process, has a graphics chip that’s 50% faster than the one in the Galaxy S II, and … that’s about it.
Let’s pace ourselves though, first let’s see Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of Google Android, and then we’ll worry about devices.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
