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ContentsArticles

iPhone 5 1Samsung Galaxy S III 9HTC One X 25Nokia Lumia 920 32

ReferencesArticle Sources and Contributors 36Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 37

Article LicensesLicense 38

IPhone 5 1

iPhone 5

iPhone 5

Brand Apple Inc.

Manufacturer Apple Inc.

Series iPhone

Compatiblenetworks

GSM, CDMA, 3G, EVDO, HSPA+, 4G LTE

Availability bycountry

Units sold Two million units in the initial 24 hours of pre-order[1][2]

Predecessor iPhone 4S

Related iPod Touch (5th generation)

Type Smartphone

Form factor Bar

Dimensions 123.8 mm (4.87 in) H58.6 mm (2.31 in) W7.6 mm (0.30 in) D

Weight 112 g (3.95 oz)

Operating system iOS 6.0Released September 19, 2012

SoC Apple A6

CPU 1.2GHz Apple-designed ARMv7 Apple A6

GPU PowerVR SGX543MP3

Memory 1GB LPDDR2-1066 RAM

Storage 16, 32 or 64 GB

Battery 3.8 V, 5.45 Wh (1,440 mAh)[3]

Data inputs Touch-screen

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Display 4-inch (100 mm) diagonal(nearly 16:9 aspect ratio),multi-touch display,640 × 1,136 pixels at 326 ppi,800:1 contrast ratio (typical),500 cd/m2 max. brightness (typical), Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front

Rear camera 8 MP back-side illuminated sensor, HD video (1080p)

Front camera 1.2 MP, HD video (720p)

Sound Speaker, 3.5mm audio jack

Connectivity All models:Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) (802.11n: 2.4 and 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS & GLONASS, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850,900, 1,800, 1,900 MHz), Quad-band UMTS/HSDPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1,900, 2,100 MHz).

• GSM model (A1428):Dual-band 4G LTE (Bands 4, 17: 1,700 (AWS), 700b MHz).

• GSM model (A1429):Tri-band 4G LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5: 2,100, 1,800, 850 MHz).

• CDMA model (A1429):Tri-band 2G CDMA (800 (CDMA over ESMR), 850, 1,900 MHz).Dual-band 3G CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (850, 1,900 MHz).Penta-band 4G LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25: 2100, 1,800, 850, 700c, 1,900 MHz).

Other Talk time: Up to 8 hoursStandby time: Up to approx. 9.4 days

Website www.apple.com/iphone [4]

The iPhone 5 is a touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Apple Inc, the sixth generation of the iPhone. It wasannounced on September 12, 2012,[5][6] and was released on September 21. It has a larger 4-inch screen and asmaller eight-pin dock connector than its predecessor, and is lighter, thinner, and contains the Apple A6 processor.[7]

It is the first iPhone that supports LTE or has a screen with a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.The reception to the iPhone was primarily positive as many reviewers praised the hardware improvements such asthe larger[8] and higher resolution screen and improved internal components. However, many negatively received thenew Maps application as it is reported to contain many serious errors. Additionally, the Swiss Federal Railways haveaccused Apple of copying without permission its iconic Swiss railway clock design for the iOS 6 operating systemused by the iPhone.[9][10]

History

The iPhone 5 was announced at the Yerba BuenaCenter for the Arts on September 12, 2012.

Speculation about the iPhone 5 and its specifications arose shortly afterthe announcement of the iPhone 4S. However, detailed rumours andleaks did not emerge until June 2012.[11] As early as July 30, 2012,reports pinpointed the exact date of unveiling and release of the phonealong with probable features.[12]

On September 4, 2012, Apple invited the media to an event scheduledfor September 12, 2012, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in SanFrancisco. Many sources speculated that this would be related to thenext iPhone due to a shadow of the number 5 that featured in thedesign of the invitations.[13] Apple subsequently announced a number

of new products including the iPhone 5, iPod Nano (7th generation), and iPod Touch (5th generation) at the sameevent.[5] The phone was available for pre-order on September 14, 2012.

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A few days after the iPhone 5 was announced over two million orders had been taken.[2]

Date Released

September 21, 2012[14]

September 28, 2012[14]

AustraliaCanadaFranceGermanyHong KongJapanSingaporeUnited KingdomUnited States

AustriaBelgiumCzech RepublicDenmarkEstoniaFinlandHungaryIrelandItalyLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayPolandPortugalSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerland

Features

SoftwareThe iPhone 5 uses iOS, Apple's mobile operating system.[15] The user interface of iOS is based on the concept ofdirect manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons.The response to user input is immediate and provides a fluid interface.[16] Interaction with the OS includes gesturessuch as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOSoperating system and its multi-touch interface. Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond toshaking the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it vertically (one common result isswitching from portrait to landscape mode).[16]

The 5 uses iOS 6, which was released on September 19, 2012.[15] It can act as a hotspot, sharing its internetconnection over WiFi, Bluetooth, or USB,[17] and also accesses the App Store, a digital application distributionplatform for iOS developed and maintained by Apple. The service allows users to browse and download applicationsfrom the iTunes Store that were developed with Xcode and the iOS SDK and were published through Apple.Many of the iPhone 5's features that work specifically with the included new iOS 6.0 operating system, will onlywork in certain territories on release.[18] Apple has said this is a rolling program, which will take longer toimplement across more regions.[19]

The iPhone 5 can play music, movies, television shows, ebooks, audiobooks, and podcasts and can sort its media library by songs, artists, albums, videos, playlists, genres, composers, podcasts, audiobooks, and compilations. Options are always presented alphabetically, except in playlists, which retain their order from iTunes.[20] The iPhone uses a large font that allows users plenty of room to touch their selection. Users can rotate their device horizontally to landscape mode to access Cover Flow. Like on iTunes, this feature shows the different album covers in a scroll-through photo library. Scrolling is achieved by swiping a finger across the screen. Alternatively, headset

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controls can be used to pause, play, skip, and repeat tracks. On the 5, the volume can be changed with the includedApple Earphones, and the Voice Control feature can be used to identify a track, play songs in a playlist or by aspecific artist, or create a Genius playlist.[20]

The iPhone 5 has a voice control system called "Siri",[20] that allows the user to operate the iPhone by spokencommands. For example, "What is the weather going to be like?" will generate a spoken response like "The weatheris to be cloudy and rainy and drop to 54 degrees today". Application software cannot respond to voice commands,for security reasons. The commands given do not have to be formulated using rigidly determined wording; naturallanguage can be used. Siri is accessed by holding down rather than tapping the home button.On the iPhone 5, texting can be aided by the voice assistant, which converts speech to text.[20] In addition to regulartexting, messaging on the iPhone 5 is supported by iMessage, a specialized instant messaging program and servicethat allows unlimited texting to other Apple devices running iOS 5 and 6. This supports the inclusion of content suchas images and sound in text messages, integration with the device's voice-controlled software assistant, and readacknowledgements for sent messages. Input to the device comes from a keyboard displayed on the multi-touchscreen or by voice-to text by speaking into the microphone. Entered text is supported by predictive and suggestionsoftware; there is a multi-language spell-checker which recognises many regional accents of different languages.[20]

The built-in Maps app uses Apple’s new vector-based engine that eliminates lag, making for smoother zooming.New to Maps is turn-by-turn navigation spoken directions, 3D views in some major cities and real-time traffic.[21]

Turn-by-turn navigation is only available for iPhone 4S or later and iPad 2 or later with cellular capability, while 3Dviews are only available for iPhone 4S or later, iPod touch 5th generation, and iPad 2 or later.[22]

iOS 6 brings the retrieval of documents such as boarding passes, admission tickets, coupons and loyalty cardsthrough its new Passbook app. An iOS device with Passbook can be scanned under a reader to process a mobilepayment at participating locations. The app has context-aware features such as notifications for relevant couponswhen in the immediate vicinity of a given store.[21][23]

Apple’s Siri intelligent personal assistant was improved to include the ability to make restaurant reservations, launchapps, dictate Facebook or Twitter updates, retrieve movie reviews and detailed sports statistics.[21] Facebook comesintegrated through Apple’s native apps with iOS 6. Facebook features can be directly accessed from within nativeapps such as Calendar which can sync Facebook events, or use Facebook’s like button from within the Apple AppStore.[21]

New privacy settings are available to the user. In addition to location services, the following have been added in iOS6: photos (already partially restricted in iOS 5), contacts (address book), calendars, reminders, bluetooth sharing,Twitter, Facebook, and Sina Weibo. iOS 6 also comes with a “Limit ad tracking” user control in the general settingsmenu to allow users the option to prevent targeted advertising. Apple’s Advertising Identifier replaces the company’sexisting UDID standard. Advertising networks not yet using Apple’s Advertising Identifier device identifier standardwould not be affected although Apple will require the standard in the future.[24]

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Hardware

Apple's A6 chip is 22% smaller than theA5 and consumes less power.

The iPhone 5 features an improved system on chip (SOC), called the AppleA6, which Apple says achieves twice the performance of the A5.[7][25] Thecamera has improved low-light performance, and is 40% faster than itspredecessors. The front (FaceTime) camera has a higher resolution, at 1.2megapixels. The rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery is built in andcannot be replaced by the user; it is rated at 225 hours of standby time and8 hours of talk time.

The display is 1,136 × 640 pixels with an aspect ratio of almost exactly 16:9.With a diagonal of 4" it has a display size of 1.96 square inches, compared to1.94 in iPhone 4 and 4S.

The iPhone 5's operating memory (LPDDR2-1066 eDRAM) was doubled,from 512 MB to 1 GB. Storage capacities available are fixed at 16, 32 or64 GB, the same as as the 4S; plug-in expansion memory is not supported.

The two color options are black (with black glass and slate-colored metal trim), and white (with white glass andsilver-colored metal trim); again the same color options (though differently implemented) as its predecessor the 4Shad.[26]

The phone takes a nano-SIM, smaller than the micro-SIM of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.[27]

All versions of the iPhone 5 are 18% thinner, 20% lighter, and have 12% less overall volume than its predecessor,the iPhone 4S. The phone's aluminum body is 0.30 in (7.6 mm) thick.The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S had stainless steel instead of aluminium due to Steve Job's preference for the metalwhich he claims, "looks beautiful when it wears".[28][29]

Apple claims it is the thinnest smartphone in the world at 7.6 mm, though that claim has been disputed as the OppoFinder is thinner and some other smartphones can be considered to be thinner, depending upon where thickness ismeasured. The Oppo Finder measures 6.65 mm at its thinnest point and 7.1 mm at its thickest point making it overallthinner than the iPhone.[30][31][32][33]

The iPhone 5 features a four-inch screen with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels. The pixel density remains the sameas the 4S model, which is 326 pixels per inch. Now, the matrix icons appear as a column 4 of 6 icons, includingthose located at the bottom. This gives an extra row of icons on the desktop. In-cell touch sensor technology fromSharp allows the screen to be thinner, allowing for a thinner phone. The screen's color saturation is 44% greater thanits predecessor.[34]

While not included in Apple's press conference announcement on September 12, 2012, there are actually threeseparate models of the phone available: one supporting CDMA and two GSM versions that differ only by the LTEbands they support.[35] This can have knock-on effects for which version of the device will actually work in whichcountries/regions.

Apple Lightning Connector

Apple Lightning connector

The iPhone 5, as well as the iPod Touch (5th generation), and iPodNano (7th generation), feature a new dock connector named Lightning,which replaces the 30-pin Apple Dock connector introduced in 2003by Apple on the iPod (3rd generation). The Apple Lightning connector

has eight pins and all signaling is digital. This new connector is smaller than the previous one, helping the iPhone 5

to be slimmer than its predecessors. Apple Lightning cables have duplicate pins on two sides of each plug, so it can be inserted either way round. Various accessories will be available to convert the Apple Lightning connector to the

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older 30-pin Apple Dock connector or USB,[36] although not all old accessories will work, as not all signals areavailable, in particular video output and the iPod Out feature for BMW automobiles.[37][38][39]

Reception

Critical receptionThe iPhone 5 received favorable reviews from commentators and reviewers. Tim Stevens from Engadget praised theiPhone 5 for its high resolution screen as it surpasses the screen of the iPhone 4S which he says is already one of thebest phone screens available on the market. Stevens however was critical of the introduction of the new dockconnector, which is not compatible with numerous gadgets that use the connector and cable supplied with the iPadand previous generation iPhones. The review also states that Apple fulfills most of the promises that were stated ontheir website such as "better battery performance", "two times the graphics performance" and "two times faster."[8]

David Pogue of The New York Times called the 4-inch Retina display a "nice but not life-changing change", andpraised the Lighting connector for its size, sturdiness, and reversibility, but criticized it because of its lack of supportfor older accessories. He added "Apple has a long history of killing off technologies, inconveniently andexpensively, that the public had come to love—even those that Apple had originally developed and promoted.Somehow, life goes on, and Apple gets even bigger."[40]

Many reviewers and commentators were critical of the new Maps app released with iOS 6 as it is reported to containmany errors such as the misplacing of landmark tags, directing users to incorrect locations and poor satelliteimages.[41] The application itself is also reported to be difficult to use.[42][43] Additionally, the Swiss FederalRailways have accused Apple of copying without permission its iconic Swiss railway clock design for one of the iOS6's new features, an integrated clock function.[9][10]

"People have always had lofty expectations for the iPhone 5, especially as the competition stiffens. In delivering afast, attractive, LTE-capable and larger-screen handset, Apple has met those expectations with a gem," writes EdBaig of USA Today.[44]

Commercial receptionJP Morgan's chief economist, Michael Ferol said that "sales of iPhone 5 could boost annualized U.S. GDP growth by$3.2 billion, or $12.8 billion at an annual rate."[45]

Techcrunch reported that the iPhone 5 sold out twenty times faster than the 4 and 4S models. Apple said that theywere "blown away by the customer response".[46] Phil Schiller, Apple's vice-president of worldwide marketing, saidthat over two million iPhone 5 orders had been received in the first 24 hours.[47] AT&T said that the iPhone 5 wasthe fastest-selling iPhone the company had ever offered.[48]

LTE reception and usabilityAT&T, Verizon, and Sprint will offer LTE access in the US,[49] while in the UK, only Everything Everywhere (EE)will be able to offer LTE access.[50] All carriers in Canada selling the iPhone 5 have their own LTE networks whichinclude Rogers Wireless, Fido Solutions, Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile Canada and Telus Mobility.[51] The onlycarrier with no LTE network is Koodo however testing of its prospective network is currently underway.[52]

42 officially recognized bands exist for LTE, however rollouts are coalescing around the more-popular bands byregion, based on what historically has been made available. In Europe, that means 2.6 GHz (the 3G-expansion band)and 800 MHz (cleared of analogue TV), with 1,800 MHz appearing in a few places including the UK. In Germanyonly T-Mobile network with LTE 1.8 GHz band will be supported and will not work in the whole country.[53][54]

Some countries in Europe — including Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, and others — will not be able to offer iPhone 5 LTE connectivity to their customers on their current LTE networks, as they have already deployed LTE in

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the 2.6 GHz band, which the iPhone 5 does not support.[55]

Unlike the iPhone 4S, which was the only "world phone" produced by Apple, there are three versions of the iPhone 5with regard to frequency and technology use. All three work on 2G GSM/GPRS and 3G UMTS/EDGE networks onboth the 800 and 1900MHz bands used in the Americas, and the 900 and 1800MHz bands used elsewhere. Oneversion also works on CDMA networks, such as Sprint and Verizon. Another has LTE only on the 2100MHz AWSband, and the 700MHz band recovered after the forced conversion to digital television in the United States (channels52 to 56), and so LTE is only usable on AT&T. A third works on several other LTE bands in other countries.

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Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III

Pebble Blue Galaxy S IIIManufacturer Samsung Electronics

Slogan "Designed for Humans (Inspired by Nature)"[5][1]

Series Galaxy S

Carriers 296, worldwide (July 2012)[6]

Compatible networks 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE – 850, 900, 1,800, 1,900 MHz[4]

3G UMTS/HSPA+ – 850, 900, 1700, 1,900, 2,100 MHz[4]

4G LTE – 700, 800, 1,700, 1,800, 1,900, 2,600 MHz (NA, JP, AU, and KR versions)

First released 29 May 2012

Availability by country 145 countries (July 2012)[6]

Units shipped 20 million (as of 6 September 2012)[7]

Predecessor Samsung Galaxy S II

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Related Samsung Galaxy NoteSamsung Galaxy Note IIGalaxy NexusSamsung ATIV S

Type Touchscreen smartphone

Form factor Slate

Dimensions 136.6 mm (5.38 in) H70.6 mm (2.78 in) W8.6 mm (0.34 in) D[2]

Weight 133 g (4.69 oz)

Operating system Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich"; released 29 March 2012Upgrades to 4.1 "Jelly Bean" (October 2012)TouchWiz "Nature UX" GUI

SoC Samsung Exynos 4 Quad (international, AU, and KR versions)Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 (NA and JP versions)

CPU 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 (international, AU, and KR versions)1.5 GHz dual-core Krait (NA and JP versions)

GPU Mali-400 MP (international, AU, and KR versions)Adreno 225 (NA and JP versions)

Memory 1 GB RAM (international version)2 GB RAM (NA, KR, AU, and JP versions)

Storage 16 or 32 GB flash memory (64 GB from October 2012)[8]

Removable storage Up to 64 GB microSDXC[1]

Battery 2,100 mAh, 7.98 Wh, 3.8 VInternal rechargeable li-ionUser replaceable

Data inputs

Display

Rear camera

Front camera 1.9 megapixelsZero shutter lagHD video (720p) at 30 frames/s[2]

Compatible media formats Audio MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC＋/eAAC＋, WMA, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, AC-3,apt-X[2]

Video MPEG-4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11, VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark[2]

Ringtones & notifications Vibration, MP3, and WAV[2]

Connectivity

Other

Development status In production

SAR • Intl version:0.342 W/kg (head)0.547 W/kg (body)

• US version:0.55 W/kg (head)1.49 W/kg (body)[2]

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Website Samsung.com/global/galaxys3/ [9]

The Samsung Galaxy S III is a smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Like itspredecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S II, the S III is a touchscreen-based, slate-format Android smartphone, withadditional software features, expanded hardware, and a redesigned physique. It employs an intelligent personalassistant (S Voice), eye-tracking ability, increased storage, and a wireless charging option. Depending on country,the 4.8-inch (120 mm) smartphone comes with different processors and RAM capacity, and 4G LTE support.[10] TheS III was launched with Android version 4.0, "Ice Cream Sandwich", and will be upgraded to version 4.1, "JellyBean", in the fourth quarter of 2012.Following an eighteen-month development phase, Samsung unveiled the S III on 3 May 2012 in London.[11] Thedevice was released in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries on 29 May 2012, before being progressivelyreleased in other major markets in June 2012. Prior to release, 9 million pre-orders were placed by more than 100carriers globally.[12] The S III was released by approximately 300 carriers in nearly 150 countries at the end of July2012.[6] More than 20 million units of the S III were shipped within the first 100 days of release.[7]

Due to overwhelming demand and a manufacturing flaw in the blue version of the phone,[13] there was an extensiveshortage of the S III, especially in the United States. Nevertheless, the S III was well-received commercially andcritically, with some technology commentators touting it as the "iPhone killer".[14] The S III played a major role inboosting Samsung's record operating profit during the second quarter of 2012.[15] As of September 2012, the GalaxyS III is a subject of a high-profile lawsuit between Samsung and Apple.

History

Design phaseDesign work on the S III started in late 2010 under the supervision of Chang Dong-hoon, Samsung's Vice Presidentand Head of the Design Group of Samsung Electronics. From the start, the design group concentrated on a trendwhich Samsung dubs "organic", which suggests that a prospective design should reflect natural elements such as theflow of water and wind.[16] Some of the results of this design were the curved outline of the phone and its homescreen's "Water Lux" effect, where taps and slides produce water ripples.[16]

Throughout the eighteen-month design process, Samsung implemented stringent security measures and procedures tomaintain secrecy of the eventual design until its launch. Designers worked on three prototypes concurrently whileregarding each of them as the final product. Doing so required a constant duplication of effort as they had to repeatthe same process for all three prototypes.[17][18] The prototypes, taking photos of which were forbidden, were lockedin a separate lab accessible only by core designers; the company's employees transported them instead of third-partycouriers.[18][19] "Because we were only permitted to see the products and others weren't," explained PrincipalEngineer Lee Byung-Joon, "we couldn't send pictures or drawings. We had to explain the Galaxy S III with all sortsof words."[20] Despite such security measures, specifications of one of the three units were leaked by Vietnamesewebsite Tinhte, although it was not the selected design.[21][22]

Speculation in the general public and media outlets regarding the handset's specifications began gatheringmomentum several months before its formal unveiling in May 2012. In February 2012, prior to the Mobile WorldCongress in Barcelona, Spain, there were rumours that the handset would incorporate a 1.5 GHz quad-coreprocessor, a display of 1080p (1,920×1,080 pixels) resolution, a 12-megapixel rear camera and a HD SuperAMOLED Plus touchscreen.[23][24] More accurate rumoured specifications included 2 GB of RAM, 64 GB ofinternal storage, 4G LTE, a 4.8-inch (120 mm) screen, a 8-megapixel rear camera, and a 9-millimetre (0.35 in) thickchassis.[23][24] Samsung confirmed the existence of the Galaxy S II's successor on 5 March 2012, but it was not untillate April 2012 that Samsung's Senior Vice-President Robert Yi confirmed the phone's name to be "Samsung GalaxyS III".[25][26]

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Unveiling

The Galaxy S III was launched at SamsungMobile Unpacked 2012 (3 May 2012)

After inviting reporters in mid-April, Samsung launched the Galaxy SIII during the Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 event at Earls CourtExhibition Centre, London, on 3 May 2012, instead of unveiling theirproducts earlier in the year during either the World Mobile Congress orConsumer Electronics Show.[11][27] One explanation for this decisionis that Samsung wanted to minimize the time between its launch andavailability.[28] The keynote address of the hour-long event wasdelivered by Loesje De Vriese, marketing director of SamsungBelgium.[29]

LitigationOn 5 June 2012, Apple filed for preliminary injunctions in the United States District Court for the Northern Districtof California against Samsung Electronics, claiming the Galaxy S III had violated at least two of the company'spatents. Apple requested that the court include the phone in its existing legal battle against Samsung (see Apple Inc.v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.), referred to in the media as Apple's "patent war,"[30] and ban sales of the S III priorto its scheduled 21 June 2012 U.S. launch.[31] Apple claimed the alleged infringements would "cause immediate andirreparable harm" to its commercial interest.[30] Samsung responded by declaring it would "vigorously oppose therequest and demonstrate to the court that the Galaxy S3 [sic] is innovative and distinctive", and reassured the publicthat the 21 June release would proceed as planned.[30] On 11 June, Judge Lucy Koh said that Apple's claim wouldoverload her work schedule, as she would also be overseeing the trial of Samsung's other devices; consequently,Apple dropped its request to block the 21 June release of the S III.[32]

In mid-July 2012, Samsung removed the universal search feature on Sprint and AT&T Galaxy S III phones withover-the-air (OTA) software updates to disable the local search function as a "precautionary measure" prior to itspatent court trial with Apple, which began on 30 July 2012.[33] Although Apple won the trial, the S III experienced asales spike due to the public's belief that the phone would be banned.[34] On 31 August 2012, Apple asked the samefederal court to add the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note into its existing complaint, believing these products haveviolated its patents; Samsung countered with the statement: "Apple continues to resort to litigation over marketcompetition in an effort to limit consumer choice."[35]

Features

Software and servicesFurther information: Android (operating system), TouchWiz, and S VoiceThe Galaxy S III uses Google's Android mobile operating system, which was introduced commercially in 2008.[36]

Its TouchWiz "Nature UX" graphical user interface (GUI)—which is influenced by the "organic" customer trend—ismore interactive than Samsung's previous GUIs, with the notable addition of the "Water Lux" effect, which producesripples upon contact.[16] To complement the TouchWiz interface, and as a response to Apple's Siri, the phoneintroduces S Voice, Samsung's intelligent personal assistant. S Voice can recognise eight languages includingEnglish, Korean and French.[37] Based on Vlingo, S Voice enables the user to verbally control 20 functions such asplaying a song, setting the alarm, or activating driving mode; it relies on Wolfram Alpha for online searches.[38]

The S III comes with Android version 4.0.4, officially named "Ice Cream Sandwich", which became commercially available in March 2012 with the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus.[39] Ice Cream Sandwich has a refined user interface,

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expanded camera capabilities, security features and connectivity.[40]

In mid-June 2012, Google unveiled Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean", which employs Google Now, a voice-assistant similarto S Voice, and incorporates other software changes. Samsung accommodated Jelly Bean in the S III by makinglast-minute hardware changes to the phone in some markets.[41] In September 2012, Samsung confirmed that JellyBean would start rolling out to the S III in October 2012.[42]

The S III comes with a multitude of pre-installed applications including standard Android ones such as YouTube,Google+, Voice Search, Google Play, Gmail, Map, and Calendar, in addition to Samsung-specific apps such asChatON, Game Hub, Video Hub, Social Hub and Navigation.[43][44] To address the fact that iPhone users arereluctant to switch to Android because the OS is not compatible with iTunes, from June 2012 Samsung offerscustomers of its Galaxy series the Easy Phone Sync app to enable the transfer of music, photos, videos, podcasts andtext messages from an iPhone to a Galaxy device.[45] The user is able to access Google Play, a digital-distributionmultimedia-content service exclusive to Android, to download applications, movies, music, TV programmes, games,books and magazines.[46]

Apart from S Voice, Samsung has directed the bulk of the S III's marketing campaign towards the device's "smart"features, which facilitate improved human-device interactivity. These features include: "Direct Call", or the handset'sability to recognise when a user wants to talk to somebody instead of messaging them, if they bring the phone totheir head; "Social Tag", a function that identifies and tags people in a photo and shares photos with them; and "PopUp Play", which allows a video and other applications to occupy the screen at the same time.[47] In addition, the S IIIcan beam its screen to a TV or be used as a remote controller (AllShare Cast and Play) and share photos with peoplewho are tagged in them (Buddy Photo Share).[47] Other software features include Smart Alerts, Smart Stay, and SBeam.[47]

The S III can access and play traditional media formats such as music, movies, TV programmes, audiobooks, andpodcasts, and can sort its media library alphabetically by song title, artist, album, playlist, folder, and genre. Onenotable feature of the S III's music player is Music Square, which analyses a song's intensity and ranks the song bymood so that the user can play songs according to their current emotional state.[48] With the release of the S III,Samsung debuted its proprietary music management and download application called "Music Hub", designed tocompete with Apple's iTunes, iCloud, and iTunes Match services. Music Hub's music catalogue contains over19 million songs.[49]

The S III was the first smartphone to support Voice Over LTE with the introduction of HD Voice service in SouthKorea.[50] The phone enables video calling with its 1.9 MP front-facing camera, and with support for the apt-Xcodec, improves Bluetooth-headset connectivity.[51] Texting on the S III does not embody any new significantfeatures from the S II. Speech-to-text is aided by the Vlingo and Google's voice-recognition assistant. Not unlikeother Android devices, there are a multitude of third-party typing applications available that could complement the SIII's stock keyboard.[52]

On 18 June 2012, Samsung announced that the S III would have a version with enterprise software under thecompany's Samsung Approved For Enterprise (SAFE) programme, an initiative that facilitates the use of privateAndroid devices by professional employees, also known as "Bring Your Own Device".[53] The enterprise S IIIversion would support AES-256 bit encryption, VPN and Mobile Device Management functionality, and MicrosoftExchange ActiveSync.[54] It was scheduled to be released in the U.S. in July 2012. The enterprise version wasexpected to penetrate the business market dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry, following the release ofsimilar enterprise versions of the Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab line of tablet computers.[54][55]

A separate "Developer Edition" of the S III was made available from Samsung's Developer Portal. It came with anunlockable bootloader to allow the user to modify the phone's software.[56]

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Hardware and design

The Galaxy Nexus (left) and the Galaxy S III

The Galaxy S III has a polycarbonate plastic chassis measuring136.6 mm (5.38 in) long, 70.7 mm (2.78 in) wide, and 8.6 mm(0.34 in) thick, with the device weighing 133 grams (4.7 oz).Samsung abandoned the rectangular design of the Galaxy S andGalaxy S II, and instead incorporated round corners and curvededges, reminiscent of the Galaxy Nexus.[57] The phone is availablein two basic color options: "Marble White" and "Pebble Blue";however, "Pebble Blue" has reportedly been altered to a metallicblue-grey shade.[58] A "Garnet Red" model was made availableexclusively to U.S. carrier AT&T from 15 July 2012.[59] "SapphireBlack", "Titanium Gray" and "Amber Brown" will also beavailable.[60]

The S III comes in two distinct variations that differ primarily inthe internal hardware. The international S III version hasSamsung's Exynos 4 Quad system on a chip (SoC) containing a1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 central processing unit (CPU)and an ARM Mali-400 MP graphics processing unit (GPU).[61]

According to Samsung, the Exynos 4 Quad doubles theperformance of the Exynos 4 Dual used on the S II, while using 20 percent less power.[62] Samsung had also releasedseveral 4G LTE versions—4G facilitates higher-speed mobile connection compared to 3G—in selected countries toexploit the corresponding communications infrastructures that exist in those markets.[63] Most of these versions useQualcomm's Snapdragon S4 SoC featuring a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU and an Adreno 225 GPU.[64] The SouthKorean and Australia versions are a hybrid of the international and 4G-capable versions.[65]

The S III has a maximum of 2 GB of RAM, depending on model.[63] The phone comes with either 16 or 32 GB ofinternal storage, with a 64 GB version to be available internationally; additionally, microSDXC storage offers afurther 64 GB for a potential total of 128 GB.[66] Moreover, 50 GB of space is offered for two years on Dropbox—acloud storage service—for purchasers of the device, doubling rival HTC's 25 GB storage for the same duration.[48]

The S III's HD Super AMOLED display measures 4.8 inches (120 mm) on the diagonal, making it Samsung's thirdlargest phone display, only exceeded by the Galaxy Note's 5.3 inches (130 mm) and the Galaxy Note II's 5.5 inches(140 mm).[67] With a 1,280×720-pixel (720p) resolution, its pixel per inch (PPI, a measure of pixel density) is arelatively high 306,[66] which is accommodate by the removal one of the three subpixels—red, green and blue—ineach pixel to create a PenTile matrix-display; consequently, it does not share the "Plus" suffix found on the S II'sSuper AMOLED Plus display.[68] The glass used for the display is the damage-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 2.[57]

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Back view of the Japanese S IIImodel, SC-06D

The S III has an 8-megapixel camera similar to that of the Galaxy S II. It can take3,264×2,448 resolution photos and record videos in 1,920×1,080-pixel (1080p)resolution. Samsung improved the camera's software over that of its predecessorto include zero shutter lag, and Burst Mode and Best Shot, which work togetherto quickly take numerous photos before the best-judged frame is selected.[69] Thephone can also take pictures while recording videos.[68] The rear-facing camerais complemented by a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera that can record 720pvideos.[69]

In addition to the 4.8-inch (120 mm) touchscreen, the S III has several physicaluser inputs including a home button located below the screen, a volume key onthe left side and a power/lock key on the right.[44] At the top there is a3.5-millimetre (0.14 in) TRRS headphone jack and one of the two microphoneson the S III; the other is located below the home button.[44] The S III isadvertised as having an MHL port that can be used both as a micro-USBOn-The-Go port, and for connecting the phone to HDMI devices. However, a retailer later discovered that Samsunghad made a modification to the electronics of the port such that only the adapter made specifically for this model bySamsung could be used.[70]

The S III's li-ion 2,100 mAh battery is said to have a 790-hour standby time when using 3G (900 hours in 2G) and11 hours of talk time in 3G (21 hours in 2G).[43] Built into the battery is near field communication connectivity,which allows users to share map directions and YouTube videos quickly using Wi-Fi Direct (through AndroidBeam), and perform non-touch payments at shops that employ specially-equipped NFC cash registers.[71] To helpminimize battery consumption, Samsung has introduced "Smart Stay", an ability to track a user's eyes and turn offwhenever the person is not looking at it.[38] The battery can be wirelessly charged using a special charging pad (soldseparately) that utilizes magnetic resonance to produce a magnetic field through which electricity could betransferred.[72]

CNET TV torture -tested an S III by cooling it to 24 °F (−4 °C), placing it in a heat-proof box and heating it to 190°F (88 °C), and submerging it in water—the S III survived all three tests. The phone also did not exhibit anyscratches when a key was repeatedly scraped against the display.[73]

Model variants

On 16 May 2012, NTT DoCoMo announced that they would sell an LTE model of the S III, using a QualcommSnapdragon MSM8960 SoC with an integrated on-die LTE-modem.[74] On 30 May 2012, several Canadian carriersannounced that they also would sell an LTE model of the S III with the model number SGH-i747 and the samespecifications as the one for NTT DoCoMo.[75] Within a week, on 4 June 2012, T-Mobile USA and AT&T[76]

announced that they would sell the same versions of the S III as the Canadian carriers announced on 30 May.Verizon, Sprint and U.S. Cellular sell a similar version with CDMA support. Thus the design and name of theGalaxy S III for North America is retained from the international version, marking a deviation from the previouscustomization of design and name for different carriers of the previous Galaxy S models.[77]

The South Korean LTE models—considered the ultimate Galaxy S III model[78]—share the 4G LTE support and2 GB of RAM of the North American and Japanese versions, but come with the international version's SamsungExynos 4 Quad SoC, in addition to the T-DMB module and antenna; this compelled Samsung to increase the model'sthickness to 9 millimetres (0.35 in).[65] A similar quad-core 4G LTE version of the S III is to be released inAustralia.[79]

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Model GT-I9300 SHV-E210K/L/S[65][80][81]

SGH-T999[v][75]

SGH-I747[m][75] SGH-N064

(SC-06D)SCH-R530 SCH-I535 SPH-L710 GT-I9305[T]

[82]

Countries International South Korea Canada, United States[83] Japan United States Australia

Carriers International KT, LG U+, SK Telecom T-Mobile USA,Mobilicity, Wind,

Videotron

AT&T, Bell,Rogers, Telus,

SaskTel, VirginMobile Canada

NTTDoCoMo

U.S.Cellular

Verizon Sprint Telstra, Optus

2G 850, 900, 1,800, 1,900 MHzGSM / GPRS / EDGE

850, 1,900 MHzCDMA

800,[84]

850,1,900 MHz

CDMA

850, 900, 1,800,1,900 MHz

GSM / GPRS /EDGE

3G 850, 900, 1,900, 2,100 MHzUMTS / HSPA+ (The SHV-E210L model for LG

U+ has CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A)

850, 1,700(AWS/Band IV),1,900, 2,100 MHzUMTS / HSPA+ /

DC-HSPA+

850, 1,900,2,100 MHz

UMTS / HSPA+

800, 1,700(Band IX),2,100 MHz

UMTS /HSPA+

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev-A WCDMA 850,900, 2,100 MHzUMTS / HSPA+

4GLTE

No 800 MHz[85] No 700, 1,700(AWS) MHz

800 MHz 700, 1,700(AWS) MHz

700 MHz 1,900 MHz 1,800, 2,600 MHz

Maxnetwork

speed

21 Mbit/s HSPA+ 100 Mbit/s LTE 42 Mbit/sDC-HSPA+

100 Mbit/s LTE

Dimensions 136.6×70.7×8.6mm

(5.38×2.78×0.34 in)

136.6×70.6×9.0 mm(5.38×2.78×0.35 in)[65]

136.6×70.7×8.6 mm (5.38×2.78×0.34 in) 136.6×70.6×8.6mm

(5.38×2.78×0.34 in)

Weight 133 g (4.7 oz) 138.5 g (4.89 oz)[65] 133 g (4.7 oz)

Operatingsystem

Android 4.0.4 with TouchWiz "Nature UX" graphical user interface Android 4.1 withTouchWiz "NatureUX" graphical user

interface[86]

SoC Samsung Exynos 4 Quad Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 Samsung Exynos 4Quad

CPU 1.4 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait 1.4 GHz quad-coreARM

Cortex-A9[87]

GPU ARM Mali-400 MP4 Qualcomm Adreno 225 ARM Mali-400MP4

RAM 1 GB 2 GB

Storage 16/32/64 GB[66] 16/32 GB[88] 16/32 GB 32 GB 16/32 GB

Release and reception

CommercialAccording to an anonymous Samsung official speaking to the Korea Economic Daily, the S III received more than 9 million pre-orders from 100 carriers during the two weeks following its London unveiling, making it the fastest-selling gadget in history.[89] In comparison, the iPhone 4S received 4 million pre-orders prior to its launch,[90] while Samsung's previous flagship phone, the S II, had 10 million handsets shipped within five months; Samsung has

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since sold more than 20 million handsets. Within a month of the London unveiling, auction and shopping websiteeBay noted a 119-percent increase in second-hand Android phone sales. According to an eBay spokesperson, thiswas "the first time anything other than an Apple product has sparked such a selling frenzy."[91]

The S III was released in 28 countries in Europe and the Middle East on 29 May 2012.[92] To showcase its flagshipdevice, Samsung afterwards embarked on a global month-long tour of the S III to nine cities, including Sydney, NewDelhi, and cities in China, Japan, South Korea and the US.[93]

The S III has helped Samsung consolidate its market share in several countries including India, where Samsungexpected to capture 60 percent of the country's smartphone market, improving on its previous 46 percent.[94] Withina month of release, Samsung had a 60-percent market share in France, while the company controlled over 50 percentof the German and Italian smartphone markets.[95] Over a similar period the S III helped increase Samsung's marketshare in the United Kingdom to over 40 percent, while eroding the iPhone 4S's 25 percent to 20 percent in thecountry.[96] The S III was scheduled to be released in North America on 20 June 2012, but due to high demand,some U.S. and Canadian carriers delayed the release by several days, while some other carriers limited the market atlaunch.[97] The S III's U.S. launch event took place in New York City, hosted by Twilight actress Ashley Greene andattended by dubstep artist Skrillex, who performed at Skylight Studios.[98]

Samsung estimated that by the end of July 2012, the S III would have been released by 296 carriers in 145countries,[6] and that more than 10 million handsets would have been sold.[99] Shin Jong-kyun, president ofSamsung's mobile communications sector, announced on 22 July that sales had exceeded 10 million.[100] Accordingto an assessment by Swiss financial services company UBS, Samsung had shipped 5–6 million units of the phone inthe second quarter of 2012 and will ship 10–12 million handsets per quarter throughout the rest of the year. An evenmore aggressive prediction by Paris-based banking group BNP Paribas says 15 million units will be shipped in thethird quarter of 2012,[101] while Japanese financial consultant company Nomura places the figure for this quarter ashigh as 18 million.[102] Sales of the S III may top 40 million by the end of the year.[103] To meet demand, Samsunghas hired 75,000 workers, and its South Korean factory is running at its peak capacity of 5 million smartphone unitsper month.[89][104]

A manufacturing flaw resulted in a large portion of the new smartphones having irregularities with the"hyper-glazing" process. The mistake caused an undesirable finish on the blue back covers and resulted in thedisposal of up to 600,000 plastic casings and a shortage of the blue model.[13] The issue was later resolved; however,Reuters estimated that the shortage had cost Samsung two million S III sales during its first month of release.[105]

On 6 September 2012, Samsung revealed that sales of the S III had reached 20 million in 100 days, making it three and six times faster-selling than the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy S, respectively. Europe accounted for more than 25

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percent of this figure with 6 million units, followed by Asia (4.5 million) and the U.S. (4 million); sales in SouthKorea, the S III's home market, numbered 2.5 million.[7] Around the same time of Samsung's announcement, sales ofthe S III surpassed that of the iPhone 4S in the U.S.[106]

Criticism

Technology commentator David Poguedeclared the phone "the crème de la Android",

lauding its display size, design, andcustomizability, although he noted the lack of

integration with an entertainment"ecosystem".[107]

Reception to the Galaxy S III had been particularly positive. Critics notedthe phone's blend of features, such as its S Voice application, display,processing speed, and dimensions as having an edge over its competition,the Apple iPhone 4S and HTC One X.[57][68] Vlad Savov of The Vergedeclared it a "technological triumph",[108] while Natasha Lomas of CNETUK lauded the phone's "impossibly slim and light casing and a quad-coreengine", calling it the "Ferrari of Android phones",[68] a sentimentaffirmed ("a prince among Android phones") by Dave Oliver of WiredUK and ("king of Android") Esat Dedezade of Stuff magazine.[109][110]

Gareth Beavis of TechRadar noted that the S III is "all about faster,smarter and being more minimal than ever before while keeping the speclist at the bleeding edge of technology."[111] Matt Warman of The DailyTelegraph said, "On spending just a short time with the S3, I'm confidentin saying that it's a worthy successor to the globally popular S2".[112]

Upon release, a number of critics and publications have made referencesto the S III, Samsung's 2012 flagship phone,[113] as an "iPhone killer",[14] responding perhaps to Apple's favourablecustomer perception. [114] The label owes itself to the S III's use of the Android OS—the chief rival of Apple'siOS—as well as its design and features that rival the iPhone 4S such as Smart Stay, a large display, a quad-coreprocessor, Android customizability, and a multitude of connectivity options.[115]

The S III was the first Android phone to have a higher launch price than the iPhone 4S when the Apple product wasreleased in 2011.[116] With the S III, Tim Weber, business editor of the BBC, observed, "With the new Galaxy S3they [Samsung] have clearly managed to move to the front of the smartphone field, ahead of mighty Apple itself."[92]

Conversely, reviewers have opined on the design and feel of phone, calling its polycarbonate shell "cheap"[117] andhaving a "slippery feel".[111] The S Voice was described as "not optimised" and "more rigid than Siri" with its poorvoice-recognition accuracy, with instances when it would not respond at all.[118][111] Another usage problem was amicrophone malfunction that resulted in difficulty communicating during a call.[119] Reviewers have noted thesomewhat abrupt auto-adjustment of display brightness, which tends to under-illuminate the screen[120] and itsinferior camera compared to that of the HTC One X; however, it has twice the battery life compared to the HTChandset, achieved partly through the dim display.[121][122] Others say the numerous pre-installed apps make the S IIIfeel "bloated".[123][124]

On September 19, 2012, security researchers demonstrated during Pwn2Own, a computer hacking contest, that the SIII can be hacked via NFC, allowing attackers to download all data from the phone; the event contest was held inAmsterdam, Netherlands.[125]

uSwitch, a UK-based price comparison and switching website, had ranked the S III as the most popular phone on itswebsite in March 2012.[126]

In late-July 2012 TechRadar ranked it as the No. 1 handset in its constantly-updated list of the 20 best mobilephones;[127] Stuff magazine also ranked it at No. 1 in its list of 10 best smartphones in May 2012.[128] The Galaxy SIII won an award from the European Imaging and Sound Association under the category of "European MobilePhone" of 2012–2013.[129]

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Notes

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HTC One X

HTC One X (international)

HTC One XBrand HTC

Manufacturer HTC Corporation

Series HTC One

Carriers AT&T (USA), Rogers (CA), Telus (CA), Vodafone (UK), Orange (UK), T-Mobile (UK), O2 (UK), Three, Optus, Vodafone,Telstra, AIS, SingTel, M1, StarHub, True Move-H, Celcom, Digi, Telecom (NZ), 2degrees, Mobily (Saudi Arabia)

Availability bycountry

Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines April 2, 2012[1][2][3][4]

United Kingdom April 5, 2012[5]

New Zealand April 26, 2012[6][7] Canada July 13, 2012[8]

Predecessor HTC Sensation XL

Related HTC One S, HTC One V, HTC Evo 4G LTE

Type Smartphone

Form factor Slate

Dimensions 134.36 mm (5.290 in) H69.9 mm (2.75 in) W8.9 mm (0.35 in) D

Weight 130 g (4.6 oz)

Operating system Android 4.0.3 with HTC Sense 4.0

SoC Nvidia Tegra 3

CPU 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9

GPU Nvidia ULP GeForce

Memory 1 GB RAM

Storage 32 GB; 26 GB available for user; 2 GB reserved for applications

Removable storage None

Battery 1,800 mAh Li-Pol

Display 4.7 in (120 mm) Super LCD 2 [9] with RGB matrix1280×720 pixels (312 ppi)Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0

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Rear camera 8 megapixel camera with auto focus, smart LED flash, BSI sensor, F2.0 aperture, 28mm lens, dedicated imaging chip,continuous shooting.1080p HD video recording, video stabilization, slow motion video capture (768 x 432 pixels).

Front camera 1.3 megapixel front camera (720p for recording and video chat)

Compatible mediaformats

.aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi

Connectivity 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE): 850/900/1,800/1,900 MHz3G (UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+): 850/900/1,900/2,100 MHzWi-Fi: 2.4/5.0 GHz, 802.11a/b/g/nNFC with Android BeamBluetooth: 4.0 with apt-XDLNAWi-Fi DirectWi-Fi Hotspot

Other accelerometer, gyrometer, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor

SAR 0.909 W/Kg@10g (Head) 0.706 W/Kg@10g (Body)

The HTC One X is a touchscreen-based, slate-sized smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC. It runs theAndroid 4.0.3 mobile operating system with the HTC Sense 4.0 graphical user interface. By date, it was the firstHTC phone to be equipped with a quad-core processor and made it the fastest HTC phone to date.[10] The One Xwas announced on February 26, 2012 at the Mobile World Congress, and considered as a flagship product of HTCOne series.[11]

Features

SoftwareThe One X features the Android 4.0.3 mobile operating system with the HTC Sense 4.0 graphical user interface.[12]

The upgrade to Android 4.0.4 with Sense 4.1 is available for most regions like Europe, Middle East, The Americasand Australasia. 25 GB of Dropbox storage is offered free for two years.[13]

Some users have noticed that multitasking does not work on the HTC One X as it does in stock Android 4.0 IceCream Sandwich since the system more aggressively terminates apps in the background. HTC has explained thatthey customized Android on the One X so that HTC Sense has priority over background apps when memory islow.[14][15]

On July 20, 2012, HTC confirmed that the One X, along with the One S, would be receiving a firmware update toAndroid 4.1 Jelly Bean, however did not announce a release schedule for these improvements.[16][17]

On September 21, 2012, TechRadar reported that the HTC One X, the company's flagship Android device, willreceive the anticipated Jelly Bean update in October.[18]

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HardwareThe One X features a NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC with a 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, 1 GB of RAM; a1,800 mAh battery, a dual-band 802.11n WiFi radio, Bluetooth 4.0 with apt-X, GPS, NFC, and 32 GB of internalstorage. The One X also features a standard array of sensors including a digital compass, proximity sensor,gyroscope, accelerometer and ambient light sensor.The One X has three physical keys; a power button on the top and higher and lower volume buttons on the right side.On the front of the One X are three capacitive touch keys for the Back, Home, and Recent Application functions.On the left side of the One X is a Micro USB 2.0 port. This port doubles as a MHL interface, allowing the One X tooutput 1080p content to an external display via HDMI through the use of an adapter. A 3.5 mm headphone jack islocated on the top of the One X as well as one of the two stereo microphones. The second microphone is located onthe bottom. The One X has two speakers, a loudspeaker on the rear of the phone and a speaker above the frontdisplay, serving as the earpiece. The front speaker grill also houses the notification LED, which flashes green fornotifications, flashes red for low battery, and illuminates red when the phone is charging.[19]

Display

The One X features a 4.7-inch (120 mm) 1,280x720 pixel (RGB matrix) IPS panel LCD display, with a pixel densityof 312 pixels per inch, covered by a single pane of Corning Gorilla Glass 2.0. In a review by The Verge, ChrisZiegler writes that the "One X's display is, without a hint of hyperbole, the best I've ever seen on a phone. Full stop.Seriously, I'm struggling to find fault with it in any way: it's got a near-perfect 180 degree viewing angle and perhapsthe most accurate color reproduction and color temperature available".[19] Brent Rose of Gizmodo writes, "By thebeard of Zeus, the screen! The 4.7-inch Super LCD2 is simply the best screen on a mobile device. Ever."[20] MyriamJoire of Engadget writes, "On the non-PenTile One X, colors seemed more natural and the whites were whiter thanon AMOLED devices like the Galaxy Nexus."[21]

Battery

The One X features an 1,800 mAh battery. For the One series, HTC spent thousands of person hours on a BatteryStamina Boost Project due to general consumer complaints about the notably poor battery life of previous HTCdevices.[22][23] HTC researched "the SoC, networking, display, operating system and preloaded applications" inorder to improve battery life.[19][24]

Audio

Image of the rear of the HTC One X

The device comes with Beats by Dr. Dre audio.[25]

While the One X typically includes a set of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, thedevice only comes with a standard set of white headphones in the UK, Sweden,Germany, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. In Canada on Rogers and the UnitedStates on AT&T, the standard retail packaging does not include any headset. InAustralia, the device includes a set of colour-matched HTC branded headphones.

Camera

The rear facing camera has an 8 megapixel back-illuminated sensor with amaximum aperture of f/2, autofocus, an LED flash dubbed HTC Smart Flash[26]

with five levels of brightness (determined by distance from the subject), and adedicated imaging chip. With a startup time of 0.7 seconds and 0.2 seconds pershot, it beats even the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in camera speed.[21] The camera

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can record 1080p video at 30 frames per second and 10 megabit/s[21] in h.264 with the baseline profile.[27] It can takefour photos per second while recording video.[12][25][25][28] It also has slow motion video capture and playback (768x 432 pixels). Shooting modes include High Dynamic Range (HDR) and panorama.[12] The One X does not feature aphysical camera button.The front facing camera has a resolution of 1.3 megapixels.[25] It is capable of 720p, 30 frames per second recordingat 5 megabits/s, also in h.264 baseline.[27][29]

The image processor is HTC's ImageChip, a part used in common with other devices in the HTC One series.[12]

According to HTC, ImageChip removes noise, balances color, and extends depth of field.[26] The software is HTC'sImageSense.[26]

Model variants

One X (North America)The HTC One X for North America has been carried in Canada since April 20, 2012[30] and the United States sinceMay 6, 2012[31] by Rogers and AT&T respectively. It is 0.4mm longer than the international model, and features a1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960) SoC with an integrated on-die LTE (4G) modem insteadof the Nvidia Tegra 3 which requires an external modem and is LTE-incompatible, and 16 GB of internal storageinstead of 32 GB.[32] Benchmarks have shown the battery life of the North American One X to be marginally betterthan the international model for various common tasks, except for web browsing where the North American modelplaced 15-30% better. This is primarily due to a smaller manufacturing process, 28 nm, of the Snapdragon S4 SoCcompared to 40 nm for the Nvidia Tegra 3 inside the international HTC One X.[24][33]

AT&T cites incompatibility between Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor and LTE radios currently available on the market asthe reason for the difference in processors.[34]

The AT&T version omits many apps, including Voice Recorder, Polaris Office, FM Radio, Flashlight, and Dropbox.It adds many AT&T apps, including AT&T Code scanner, AT&T FamilyMap, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Ready2Go,Device Help, Live TV, and myAT&T.[35]

United States import ban

On 15 May 2012, shipments of both the One X and the Evo 4G LTE were delayed by U.S. Customs by order of theInternational Trade Commission, to ensure that its software complied with an import ban imposed on HTC involvinga patent owned by Apple.[36][37] The patent covers software that converts phone numbers and email addresses in textinto links and presents a menu of possible actions when these links are tapped. On May 21, 2012, the Taipei Timesreported that the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE shipment had cleared US Customs and was entering theUnited States.[38] To comply with the ruling, the software on North American models will not follow Android'sdefault behavior of offering a menu of apps in these circumstances, instead certain apps are assigned by default andthe settings menu contains extra options for changing these associations.[37]

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One XLIn markets outside of North America where the international version is sold alongside it, the LTE version of the OneX is branded as the HTC One XL. The device is almost identical to the North American version, using a dual-coreQualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 SoC with an LTE-capable modem in place of the quad core SoC, but alsocontains 32GB of storage (unlike the American version, which only contains 16 GB)

Evo 4G LTEIn May 2012, Sprint released the HTC Evo 4G LTE. The phone features many similarities to the One X, including asimilar design and software, a 4.7 inch 720p display, and the same dual-core Snapdragon processor used in the LTEversions of the One X. However, the Evo 4G LTE contains other slight differences, such as a CDMA radio tosupport Sprint's wireless network, and expandable storage.[39]

Model comparison table

Model HTC EndeavorU HTC Evita

Marketing name One X One XL One X

Countries International Hong Kong, Australia, Germany[40] Canada, United States

Carriers International Telstra, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, O2Germany

AT&T, Rogers Wireless,Telus

2GGSM/GPRS/EDGE

850, 900, 1,800, 1,900 MHz

3G UMTS/HSPA+ 850, 900, 1,900, 2,100 MHz 850, 1,900, 2,100 MHz

4G LTE No 800,[41] 1,800, 2,600 MHz 700, 1,700, 2,100 MHz

Dimensions 134.36 mm (5.290 in)69.9 mm (2.75 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)

134.8 mm (5.31 in)69.9 mm (2.75 in)8.9 mm (0.35 in)

Weight 130 g (4.6 oz)

Operating system Android 4.0.4 with HTC Sense 4.1

SoC Nvidia Tegra 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960

CPU 1.5 GHz quad-core ARMCortex-A9

1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait

GPU Nvidia Geforce ULP Qualcomm Adreno 225

RAM 1 GB

Storage 32 GB25 GB available for user

2 GB reserved for applications

16 GB12 GB available for user

2 GB reserved for applications

ReceptionThe HTC One X has received positive reviews from prominent technology review sites. Chris Ziegler of The Verge gave the phone an overall score of 8.4 out of 10, listing the design, display and camera UI as the best features of the phone, while Sense 4.0, image/video quality, and battery life could be better.[19] He writes, "[the] One X isn’t just one of the best Android phones I’ve ever used — it’s one of the best mobile devices I’ve ever used, period."[19] Brent Rose of Gizmodo writes that "You could argue that the HTC One X is better than the iPhone 4S" and "The screen is most definitely better, the rest comes down to personal preference", conceding that to like this device, "you must like

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big phones."[20] As part of the leading flagship product in the Android smartphone market, HTC One X is oftencompared to the Samsung Galaxy S3.[42] UK's famous technology publication TechRadar ranked HTC One X 2nd ontheir 20 best mobile phones in the world on September 13, 2012.[43]

Reported problems• HTC has confirmed Wi-Fi connectivity issues as a hardware problem.[44]

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Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia Lumia 920

Manufacturer Nokia

Series Nokia Lumia

Carriers Various

Compatiblenetworks

GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900HSPA 850/900/1900/2100LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600Wi-Fi

First released Q4 2012

Predecessor Nokia Lumia 900

Related Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 820

Type Smartphone

Form factor Monoblock

Dimensions 130.3 × 70.8 × 10.7 mm

Weight 185 g

SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960

CPU 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait

GPU Qualcomm Adreno 225

Memory 32 GB internal flash1 GB RAM

Battery Rechargeable BP-4GW 2000mAh Li-ion battery, Qi semi-wireless charging

Data inputs Multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, Gyroscope, Magnetometer, 3-axisaccelerometer

Display 4.5" IPS LCD PureMotion HD+ capacitive touchscreen with Super Sensitive Touch,1280 x 768 pixels at 332 ppi,16.7m-color,Refresh rate 60 Hz,Polarization filter,Sculpted 2.5D glass,RGB Stripe,Luminance 600 nits,Aspect ratio 15:9,Gorilla Glass 2

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Rear camera 8.7 Megapixel PureView with Optical Image Stabilization,3264 x 2448 pixels,Short Pulse High Power Dual-LED flash,autofocus Carl Zeiss optics,1080p video capture

Front camera 1.3 Megapixel, 1280 x 960 pixels, 720p video capture

Connectivity Bluetooth 4.0,[1]

Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, NFC, microUSB v2.0

Other Talk time: Up to 10 hoursStandby time: Up to 400 hours (approx. 16.7 days)

Nokia Lumia 920 is Nokia's flagship smartphone powered by Windows Phone 8. It was announced on September 5,2012. Compared to its predecessor, it has a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait CPU and a 4.5" IPS TFT LCDdisplay using PureMotion HD+ technology with a super sensitive[2] capacitive touchscreen protected by a curvedCorning Gorilla Glass. It supports semi-wireless charging (it must be placed on a charging pad connected to a cable)compatible with Qi Wireless Charging standard and sports an 8 megapixel PureView camera, using an 8.7 megapixelsensor, with optical image stabilization for still images and videos. It comes with 32GB internal storage, but withouta card slot for external memory card.It is reportedly being released on October 21st, 2012 on AT&T, although there are no official confirmationsregarding its release date or price.[3]

HardwareLike its predecessors, the Lumia 900 and 800, and starting with the N9, the Nokia Lumia 920 features the signaturecolored unibody polycarbonate shell with glossy and matte finishes.

ScreenThe Lumia 920 features a 4.5-inch curved glass display running at WXGA (1280 × 768) resolution with an aspectratio of 15:9 using Nokia's "PureMotion HD" technology which Nokia claims to be the "world's best touchscreen". Ithas a refresh rate twice as fast as those on other screens which reduces motion blur considerably. Also, during thelaunch it was demonstrated how the Synaptics ClearPad touchscreen on the Lumia 920 can be operated wearing aglove, or with long fingernails. A new automatic activating system for adjusting brightness, colour and contrastdetails to compensate for lighting, is intended to deliver a clear viewing experience in sunny outdoor conditions.[4]

CameraThe Lumia 920 is the first Windows Phone device to feature Nokia's PureView technology on the rear camera, whichNokia claims it to be the best currently available on any smartphone capturing "five to 10 times more light thancompetitor devices" via a "floating lens technology that surpasses the optical image stabilization system of mostdigital SLRs."[5] The rear camera also features an 8.7-megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, Short PulseHigh Power Dual LED flash and 1080p HD video capture, while the front camera encloses a megapixel sensorcapable of capturing HD video at 720p.

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ConnectivityThe Nokia Lumia 920, like its predecessor, will have the 4G network LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology whichis the next generation from the 3G network and the speed is approximately five times faster than the 3G network.[6]

It is also one of the first devices to support the new 4G spectrum in the United Kingdom.[7]

It also supports NFC.[8]

Wireless chargingThe included battery has also been upgraded, with 2000 mAh and lasts for up to 400 hours in standby mode, 10hours of 3G talk time and up to 67 hours of music playback time.[9] The phone can be recharged wirelessly using theQi technology. Nokia has formed a partnership with major US coffee chain The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to installwireless charging stations at select major metropolitan cities[10], as well as Virgin Atlantic Airways, for UnitedKingdom's London Heathrow Airport[11] and New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport later thisyear.[12]

SoftwareAs with other Lumia devices, the 920 includes Nokia-exclusive apps, like Nokia City Lens, an augmented realitysoftware that gives dynamic information about users' surroundings.[13] It also has free of charge turn-by-turn voiceguided navigation, Nokia Drive 3.0, which can be also used without internet connection using preloaded maps.[14]

AvailabilityOn September 13, 2012, it was revealed that the Lumia 920 will be sold through China Mobile, the world's largestcarrier.[15]

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bluetooth-40-certification-comes-nokia-920-and-820-windows-phone-8-devices). . Retrieved September 19, 2012.[2] "Synaptics Introduces Advanced Touch Experience in Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820" (http:/ / press. nokia. com/ 2012/ 09/ 05/

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engadget. com/ 2012/ 09/ 05/ nokia-lumia-920-official-dual-core-1-5ghz-snapdragon-s4-cpu-wi/ ). September 6, 2012. . Retrieved September23, 2012.

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[14] "Nokia Drive 3.0 arrives with My Commute, your Lumia is no excuse for being late" (http:/ / www. engadget. com/ 2012/ 07/ 20/nokia-drive-3-arrives-with-my-commute/ ). Engadget AOL Inc.. . Retrieved September 10, 2012.

[15] Zachary Lutz (September 15, 2012). "Nokia to produce Lumia 920 with TD-SCDMA support for China Mobile" (http:/ / www. engadget.com/ 2012/ 09/ 15/ nokia-to-produce-lumia-920-with-td-scdma-for-china-mobile/ ). Engadget. . Retrieved September 16, 2012.

External links• Official page (http:/ / www. nokia. com/ global/ products/ phone/ lumia920/ )• Nokia developer - specifications (http:/ / www. developer. nokia. com/ Devices/ Device_specifications/

Lumia_920/ )• Pureview Club (http:/ / pureviewclub. com)• Nokia City Lens for Nokia Lumia: Augmented Reality Browser (http:/ / www. youtube. com/

watch?v=63lNPkl-EPE)• Nokia Lumia 920 Review (http:/ / www. cheapmonthlymobile. co. uk/ blog/ index. php/

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