Samsung launched this week the the most anticipated smartphone of the moment, the Galaxy S3. The phone was launched in London on Thursday evening during a special event.

Is the last days, I did some comparison test between the most popular smartphones of the moment (HTC One S, One X, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SIII and Sony Xperia S). All smartphones have been tested using Quadrant, SunSpider and BrowserMark software. Below, you can see the results.

Quadrant Samsung Galaxy S3 results

SunSpider Samsung Galaxy S3 results

BrowserMark Samsung Galaxy S3 results

Quadrant		SunSpider		BroserMark
Samsung Galaxy S III	5653	Samsung Galaxy S III	1482	Samsung Galaxy S III	169705
HTC One S	5016	HTC One S	1718	Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1	113252
HTC One X	4843	HTC One X	1746	Samsung Galaxy S II	111875
Samsung Galaxy Note	3535	Samsung Galaxy S II	1842	Samsung Galaxy Nexus	103588
Sony Xperia S	3113	Samsung Galaxy Nexus	1865	HTC One S	98445
Samsung Galaxy S II	3065	Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1	1895	HTC One X	96823
Samsung Galaxy Nexus	2327	Apple iPhone 4S	2219	Apple iPhone 4S	88735
		Sony Xperia S	2582	Sony Xperia S	74957
		HTC Sensation XE	4408	HTC Sensation XE	72478

As you can see, the new Galaxy SIII stands out clearly against its main competitors, HTC One S, One X, Sony Xperia S or iPhone 4S.

Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with Exynos 4 chipset developed by Samsung, which comes equipped with quad-core Cortex A9 CPU with 1.4GHz frequency and 32 nm technology, and Mali 400-MP graphic chipset.

When will be available on the market, Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available with two version of internal memory, 16 and 32GB, and soon we could buy a version with 64GB internal storage.

About connectivity, Galaxy S3 is compatible with 3G and 4G networks in countries where this networks are available, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth v4.0.

With Galaxy S3, Samsung has launched some new stuffs:

• S Voice – is similar with Siri from Apple. With S Voice you can control with voice your phone, dictate text messages or emails, you can enter new tasks in calendar or snooze the alarm by simply dictating the word snooze;
• another new feature of Galaxy S3 is Direct Call – if you read a text message and then put the phone on your ear, this function will automatically launch an call to the sender of that message, with the proximity sensor help.

of Galaxy S3 smartphone:

• Display: 4.8-inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, Corning Gorilla Glass 2;
• Memory: 1GB of RAM;
• Camera: 8-megapixels rear camera with autofocus, LED flash capable to record videos at 1080p resolution with 30 fps; 1.9 megapixels front-end camera capable to record 720p videos with 30 fps;
• Software: Dropbox (50GB storage), SNS integration, DivX, XviD codecs, TV-Out, Document editor;
• Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm;
• Weight: 133 grams;
• Battery: Li-Ion 2100 mAh.

Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available in UK starting with May 30, on Vodafone, Orange and O2 carriers. Vodafone and Orange offer the Galaxy S3 for free with a 2-year contract costing at least £38.50/month (for 800 minutes, 3000 texts) and £36/month respectively (for 600 minutes, 3000 texts). If you chose the O2 carrier, you must pay £99 and after that £37/month for unlimited text messages and 600 minutes. All prices are for version with 16GB of Samsung Galaxy S3.

For US customers, Samsung make a special website page for updates. You can enter your personal information to be sure you keep up to date with latest news about Galaxy S3 in your country.