14 DAY TRIAL // Galaxy S III, the latest Android-based flagship handset from Samsung, is now available for purchase in the United States through wireless carrier Sprint.
The smartphone, officially unveiled in early May, became available for pre-order at Sprint in the beginning of June, and was expected to hit shelves on the 21st of the month.
However, due to high demand for the device all around the world, Samsung was forced to push back its availability at some wireless carriers, and United States-based Sprint was one of the affected operators.
Sprint did manage to honor pre-orders in due time, but it didn’t have enough units to launch the device on June 21st, as initially announced.
On Sunday, Sprint finally managed to put the device on shelves, and its customers can now head to its various stores around the United States to grab one.
Two different flavors of the device are available for acquisition at Sprint now, one featuring 16GB of internal memory, and another with 32GB of storage inside.
The 16GB model can be bought for $199.99 with the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier, while the 32GB model costs $249.99. Galaxy S III is available in Marble White and Pebble Blue.
For those out of the loop, we should note that the Galaxy S III was launched with a quad-core application processor inside; the US model arrives with a dual-core CPU, but with 2GB of RAM accompanying it.
The smartphone features a large 4.8-inch HD touchscreen display, as well as an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with full HD video recording capabilities. It also comes with a 1.9MP camera on the front, great for making video calls.
In addition to the internal memory it comes with, Galaxy S III offers support for external storage, through an included microSD memory card slot.
Other specs of this smartphone include support for LTE networks, 3G connectivity, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS receiver, NFC, DNLA, and the entire range of sensors that high-end smartphones feature today, such as light, proximity and accelerometer.