Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S III had both brains and brawn

01 December 2019
This shiny pebble was one of the most powerful phones of 2012 with many forward-looking features and became one of the best sellers for the year.

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  • Anonymous
  • LhW
  • 01 Dec 2019

I'mPhone, 01 Dec 2019Samsungs were a hit until few years ago this stopped being ... moreI still trust Samsung more than the chineese manufacturers

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    • wasox
    • 8V}
    • 01 Dec 2019

    I had one of these, I absolutely loved it, I passed it to my son, who enjoyed it as much as I did, it worked really fine untill it was stolen, in 2016

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      • Levy
      • q{r
      • 01 Dec 2019

      That phone was positively meretricious.

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        • StillSilverS
        • BPq
        • 01 Dec 2019

        I love these flashback articles. They jump me back to reliving the past moments.

          I had S3 mini. I do not worry myself on buying cases because of its sturdy build!

            Ho lovely it felt to hold it in hand. What a display, what a camera for that day an age.

              I never owned the standard S3, but I did used to have an S3 mini before. I flashed LineageOS 14.1 to it, and it was a great experience. Sadly, I lost that phone.

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                • I'mPhone
                • 61x
                • 01 Dec 2019

                Samsungs were a hit until few years ago this stopped being so (just like Apple devices). The reason is not only because Chinese competitors stepped in, it's because the phone is starting to either lack innovation or innovate gimmicks. Punch hole on the S10 series was a bad idea. Flip camera on the A80 is meh. Doesn't mean they sell poorly, just not as successful as it used to be. Plus that price to pay with the branding.

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                  • AnonD-889996
                  • 61N
                  • 01 Dec 2019

                  An inspired-by-a-soap phone.

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                    • AnonD-558092
                    • 45}
                    • 01 Dec 2019

                    Anonymous, 01 Dec 2019Touted as the first quad core phone. Has only 1gb ram. N... moreSome models had 2GB of RAM. Namely those who got KitKat, which are also LTE models.

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                      • MasEnha
                      • y$i
                      • 01 Dec 2019

                      I own the first version of Pebble Blue, working flawlessly until the IMEI partition missing on last year. I might be not the first one owning this phone in Indonesia, but I'm the first one that posting this phone after 5 minutes of hands-on in the largest forum in Indonesia (at that time people dont brag goods on socmed). Well, that's bring back some memories.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • M9r
                        • 01 Dec 2019

                        Great great phone. And a stepping stone for Samsung's plan to be number 1 ln smartphone sales in Europe (and since the world).
                        I had a Galaxy S2, S3, S4 and a Galaxy Note 1 and 2, but the Galaxy S3 is the one that overall was the best I think

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                          • Anonymous
                          • vry
                          • 01 Dec 2019

                          Touted as the first quad core phone. Has only 1gb ram.

                          Now bankrupt Pantech put them in place with their Vega counterpart that Sammy had to put out a Korean variant with 2gb ram.

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                            • AnonD-558092
                            • 45}
                            • 01 Dec 2019

                            I still have one. But here we had the Snapdragon LTE model. It was amazing really. Even got KitKat.

                              The current President of the United States seems to have loved that phone.

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                                • boss573303
                                • GAI
                                • 01 Dec 2019

                                Bought the S3 as soon as it launched, had it for 3 years

                                Amazing phone, Amazing camera, back then it was a big screen phone but now it can be termed compact