Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300

Q: Key Point 1: I was almost done with the review of the Samsung...

I was almost done with the review of the Samsung Galaxy S3 when the most unfortunate incident happened.

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 Olandres

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.

https://www.yugatech.com

46 Comments

first says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

First
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Karen Bernarte says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

How i wish i cud have one. :((((((((
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Karen Bernarte says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

Akin nalang ung nasira sir. :) hahaaaa
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Wax says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

Lufet! ^^
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emansky says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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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sherwood says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

lucky you! hahahha
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ronald says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

others would gladly have your kind of problem and call it a blessing. he he he
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Karen Bernarte says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

Sir, share ur blessings. feeling close. haha gsto q nyan.
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Berto Putik says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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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pink says:

13 years ago

🥉 Bronze🏆1

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

thanks po…
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donskie says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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 smoothÂ·I really the zero shutter lag in capturing videos :-)
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powermac says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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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wp-developer says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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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razorous says:

13 years ago

🥉 Rookie🏆1

Nice!
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Angelo says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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

mark says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

i still love iphone :)
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chuful says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

ang ganda talaga ng s3!

ano kaya mas ok, s3 or one x?

ang gaganda ng mga smartphones ngayon!
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Marcelino says:

13 years ago

🥉 Rookie🏆1

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.
chuful says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

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????
Kei says:

13 years ago

🥉 Rookie🏆1

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.

chuful says:

13 years ago

🌱 Noobs🏆1

@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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