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Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300

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I was almost done with the review of the Samsung Galaxy S3 when the most unfortunate incident happened. But before I ramble on, let me share with you our unboxing photos and videos of the Galaxy S3, both in Pebble Blue and Ceramic White.

We initially got the Ceramic White variant from Samsung Philippines as a loaner. The following week, the good folks of Lazada.com.ph also gave us another unit, the one in Pebble Blue.

Since then, we’ve been testing a lot of the native features that Samsung introduced to the S3 — S Voice (which surprisingly supports the Philippines with location-based queries, unlike Siri), Smart Stay, S Beam, and Direct Call — all of which worked as smoothly as we expected it to be.

So as some sort of a teaser, check out our unboxing video below:

We’ve also taken a lot of sample shots and sample video recording at 1080p, just like this one (will include more in our final review):

We promise to post the full review by this weekend. We’re just swamped with so many phones to review this quarter. :)

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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chuful · 14 years ago

@Kei:

Kamusta naman ang multitasking?

Battery?

Lags?

Dun lang talaga ako worried, pero prefer ko talaga ang one x dahil nga sa design and UI nya.

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chuful · 14 years ago

ang ganda talaga ng s3!

ano kaya mas ok, s3 or one x?

ang gaganda ng mga smartphones ngayon!

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Marcelino · 14 years ago

Looks – HTC One X

Performance – Samsung Galaxy S3

I can’t wait for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and iPhone 5. Seems like the Note is Samsung’s flagship now.

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chuful · 14 years ago

hindi ba match ang performance ng one x sa s3?

Oo nga, malapit na ang release ng iphone5 at note 2. For sure bbagsak presyo ang one x at s3 pag lbas ng mga yun.

Ang concern lang ngayon sa android yung flash support mawawala na… Paano na manyayari sa android????

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Kei · 14 years ago

I currently own HTC One X so i might have a bias towards that handset. But before I bought the device, it was really a close call between the two devices.

I think it will all boil down to your personal preference. Reviews say that S3’s performance is better all in all. But once you use both, you can hardly notice the difference, unless you will use benchmark tools. Samsung has added more features (or gimmicks) on its UI which you may like, but I chose One X because of its premium feel, design and screen.

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mark · 14 years ago

i still love iphone :)

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Angelo · 14 years ago

Anyone with the SGS3 having the unit heating up in the lower right corner?

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donskie · 14 years ago

No problem here…. i think you need to have it checked on the store where you bought it.

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Angelo · 14 years ago

But my S3 only heated up when I was watching a Hi10p (10 bits) H264 MKV anime in 720p. Judging by the processing power of a PC to play rhat kind of video I guess the heat up is normal since it did play with little to no lag unlike my S2 where the whole video would lag

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razorous · 14 years ago

Nice!

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wp-developer · 14 years ago

Sir it would be nice to optimize your wordpress theme to a responsive theme for a better mobile experience for the users.

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powermac · 14 years ago

lahat ng nag dream ng SAMSUNGGALXY S3… Samsung Mobile Philippines is giving 5 brand new galxy s3..promo until july 10, 2012. ayan libre ko n sa inyo hehehhe.goodluck sa mananalo… hanapin nyo sa FB..yun original account na FB wag fake gamitin just incase namanalo kayo….

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donskie · 14 years ago

The phone is great…Bought my S3in the mid east and surprisingly its costs runs around 24+25k considering it was just also newly released there but this phone is awesome-superfast and smooth·I really the zero shutter lag in capturing videos :-)

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pink · 14 years ago

sir, ask ko lang po kung okay ba ang Samsung galaxy s 3 sa WEP?

thanks po…

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Berto Putik · 14 years ago

Na-miss ko ang tabing dagat sa province namin dahil sa sample video na ipinost ni Sir Abe, ang sarap pakinggan ng tunog nung dagat..

Thanks!

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Karen Bernarte · 14 years ago

Sir, share ur blessings. feeling close. haha gsto q nyan.

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ronald · 14 years ago

others would gladly have your kind of problem and call it a blessing. he he he

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sherwood · 14 years ago

lucky you! hahahha

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emansky · 14 years ago

air abe if your swamp with phones to review pwede kami magreview para maubos lahat ng irereview pramis ibabalik namin ung mga unit hahaha

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Wax · 14 years ago

Lufet! ^^

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Karen Bernarte · 14 years ago

Akin nalang ung nasira sir. :) hahaaaa

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Karen Bernarte · 14 years ago

How i wish i cud have one. :((((((((

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first · 14 years ago

First

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