Galaxy S III to Be Incredibly Thin When Launched in May

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is gearing up for the release of a new flagship device in the Galaxy S line, supposedly called Galaxy S III.

The smartphone did make it to the headlines a few times before, but some more info on it is now available, complemented by details on its possible release.

Apparently, Samsung could have it launched sometime in May, and is expected to have it available on shelves soon afterwards.

Rumor has it that this device would pack a quad-core application processor, and that it will run under Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

This device will be launched as the successor of Galaxy S II, and should be slimmer and more appealing than the current flagship Android handset.

According to ETNews, Samsung decided last year that it was high time it started to pack its devices with 10- to 20-percent thinner components than before, and that the PCB would be trimmed as well.

This will result in Galaxy S III being only 7mm thin, it seems. The company’s currently best-selling handset is 8.49mm thick.

However, the smartphone will feature an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, which is expected to present a bump on the profile.

The specs list of the upcoming device will also include a 2-megapixel front facing camera, great for making video calls while on the go.

The handset will also provide users with full HD video recording, as well as with the possibility to playback HD videos via HDMI. The device might also include support for LTE networks.

However, it will sport all of the usual connectivity capabilities found in Android devices these days, such as WiFi and Bluetooth, along with 3G, GPS receiver, 3.5mm headphone jack, and the like.

Samsung was initially expected to make the new mobile phone official at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, but the company announced that the successor of Galaxy S II would be a bit late to the party, but that it would still arrive in the first half of the current year.