Samsung Galaxy S3

Though some will feel that the glossy coat looks a bit, well, plasticky. But it feels appealingly shiny and reassuringly solid despite a removable battery.The second generation Galaxy S2 was launched in 2011 and came with the usual improvements such as faster processing and an updated OS (Android 2.3 Ginger Bread vs 2.1 Éclair on the Galaxy S) but also had significantly improved image capturing capabilities. With an eight megapixel backlight-illuminated sensor and 1080p video capture the Galaxy S2 was one of the best specced smartphones, in terms of its photographic capabilities at its launch.The Samsung's excellent 4.8 inch screen is great for framing photographs but it inevitably makes the Galaxy S3 one of the largest smartphones around.The Galaxy S3's flash settings are very simple. You can turn it on, switch it off or set it to Auto mode and let the camera decide if it wants to use the flash. In video mode the flash LED can be used as a permanent video light. On the S3 camera app the LED does not provide any anti red-eye or focus light functionality but it can be useful for non-photographic purposes. There is a variety of apps out there that let you use it as a flash light. The Samsung Galaxy S III is the latest incarnation of Samsung’s hugely successful Galaxy S smartphone line and Samsung’s best-selling smartphone to date. The first model in Samsung’s flagship series, the Galaxy S, was introduced in 2010 and featured a five megapixel camera and a, for a smartphone at the time, innovative imaging feature set including panorama mode, smile-shutter and 720p video recording. Apart from the flash options the Galaxy S3 offers a range of shooting modes which cater for different shooting situations. There is an HDR mode which combines three exposures automatically in-camera in order to increase the dynamic range of the photograph. Other modes incluse a burst mode, of roughly 6fps, a panorama mode and a smile shot mode that takes a picture automatically when your subject smiles.

The S3 has gone big on innovation, with lots of new features the speculation hadn’t dreamed of. But the first thing you notice is the size.

Samsung offers Google's latest Android 4.0 software, dubbed "Ice Cream Sandwich," for a more intuitive menus and tabs, streamline views and usability improvements. And in many respects, the S3 is like every other Android 4.0 device -- running the same software, offering a similar cache of programs, with a decent mix of megapixels, gigabytes and megahertz.

Back to the size. If your hands can, er, handle it, the positive consequence is a superbly viewable screen.

Samsung also went the extra mile by giving the device many features that will make your life easier.

Picture taking, calling and sharing is smarter than ever with the Galaxy S3. Sometimes a new phone is only a gentle upgrade over the last model, but the S3 is streets ahead of the S2. The S3's multimedia features are unmatched -- at the moment. Apple is rumored to be offering new iPhone, packaging a similar 8-megapixel camera, a similar processor, and a similar 4G service. The S3 is designed for the most intense user -- and performs flawlessly and consistently in everything from 3D gaming to video streaming. But similar to all Android products, the selection of apps, usually, is of lower-quality than those on the iPhone.