We're not fans of how the S III handles folders.
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Like other Android Ice Cream Sandwich phones, the Recent Apps menu displays the apps you have open and lets you either open them with a tap or close them by swiping them off the screen. The main screen houses a weather widget up top powered by AccuWeather. The Galaxy S III features seven homescreens you can populate with widgets and shortcuts. From this one bar you can toggle everything from the Wi-Fi and Airplane mode to activating power saving settings. We appreciate the quick settings bar in the notification shade. You can also display a news ticker to keep up to speed on the latest headlines, though this option will eat up some power. Most of Samsung's additions are welcome, though you'll have to dig to activate or tweak many of the features.Ĭlick to EnlargeIn addition to sporting a fun pond theme on the lock screen that creates ripple effects with each touch, the S III provides four lock screen shortcuts you can swap out as you see fit. Samsung's updated TouchWiz interface rides on top of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on the Galaxy S III. Users can customize the equalizer when playing music. The S III also proved plenty loud when S Voice talked back to us and when providing spoken GPS directions. The S III's back-mounted speaker positively boomed when we streamed The Black Keys "Gold On the Ceiling." Patrick Carney's howling vocals were loud enough to fill a small room even at three-quarter volume, putting the iPhone 4S to shame. It's the rare smartphone that we can hear over a running shower. We also had some trouble reading the S III's display in direct sunlight. The S III registered 222 lux using our light meter, which is less than half the brightness of the HTC EVO 4G LTE (525 lux) but slightly better than the AT&T SIII (210 lux).
One onlooker said "It's no contest." Whites tend to have a blue cast on the S III's screen. When viewing the same trailer side by side, the Super LCD 2 screen on the HTC looked significantly brighter.
Unfortunately, the EVO 4G's screen is better in practically every way.
And like most AMOLED screens, the S III delivered wide viewing angles and excellent contrast when viewing "The Avengers" trailer on YouTube.
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The Super AMOLED panel offers full HD resolution (1280 x 720 pixels), which means you can see a lot of a webpage without scrolling and enjoy sharp-looking text. Click to EnlargeWe wouldn't call it an Achilles' heel, but the Samsung Galaxy S III's display certainly isn't best in class.