Just like with every other update of the Android operating system, Samsung is planning to add some new features to its Touchwiz interface.

For example, when the Galaxy Note was upgraded to Android 4.0 earlier this year, users got a ‘premium suite’ that not only upgraded their phone to Android 4, but also gave users new features, programs and other improvements.

It looks like Samsung is planning to do the same with the upgrade of the Samsung Galaxy S3 towards Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

How we know? Last week an almost finished build of the update was leaked, which has given us some great new information on the upcoming update. In this post I will discuss some of the new changes and features.

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When the Samsung Galaxy S3 was announced, Samsung stated that it would be available with 16, 32 or 64GB of storage space. However, untill now you could only purchase the 16 or 32 GB versions.

Even if this isn’t enough space for you, there are various other ways to increase the storage space of your mobile phone (64GB micro SD cards are available on the market and supported by the Galaxy S3).

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While the Samsung Galaxy S2 has received numerous phone of the year awards, users where unhappy about the plastic feel of the Galaxy S2. Before the arrival of the Galaxy S3 one thing was almost certain, Samsung was planning to improve the S3 on this point by using a different material for the casing.

While everyone expected this material to be ceramic, when the phone was released it became clear that no ceramic material was used for the Galaxy S3. But what is the phone made out of?

Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S3 is made of Polycarbonate.

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While we wait for the official release that allows us to play with the phone ourselves, more and more new features show up around the web. Today we have found a video that shows us a great new feature that we haven’t seen before.

A new feature for the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the option to create your own vibration notification pattern. Why did nobody else come up with this before? For years we have been able to change our ringtones, but not the way our phones vibrated.

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More and more is getting known about the Samsung Galaxy S3. In this post we will have a look at the new camera software.

For the S3, next to a huge improvement hardware wise, Samsung has also done a great job improving the camera software for the Galaxy S3. In this post we will have a look at some of the new options the phone has to offer.
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With the presentation of the Galaxy S3 it became clear that Samsung’s focus hasn’t necessarily been on making the best phone spec wise, but making the most user friendly phone ever.

Samsung already started walking this path with the introduction of the Galaxy S2, which had some nice useability tricks. For example, you could zoom in or out by touching it with two fingers and tilting the device.

With the Galaxy S3, Samsung has taken it one step further with various new ways to control your device. In this post we will have a look at some of the new ways to control your device.

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In the past few months we heard the rumor that the Samsung Galaxy S3 could be charged without a wire numerous times. Yesterday Samsung confirmed that it is indeed possible to charge your Galaxy S III by using a wireless charging kit.

Of course, charging by wire is still possible (and probably faster), but you can also buy a special add on that will allow you to charge your phone if it lay’s somewhere near the kit.

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A lot of the rumors we have heard the last few months have been about the  Samsung Galaxy S3′s display. Most of those rumors where made by anonymous sources, all saying something different. This is why we still have no idea what kind of display the Galaxy S3 will use.

But on the 10th of April the OLED Association made some interesting statements. In a news report on their website they claim that the Galaxy S3 will feature an 4.6” Super AMOLED HD Plus display.

The reason this is interesting, is because the OLED Association is reputable source. They work close with Samsung (for example: the vice president of Samsung is part of the OLED-A) and other companies producing OLED’s.

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An Samsung exec has stated that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3 will use Samsung’s new Exynos 4412 quad-core processor. The quad core CPU will not only improve performance, but will also increase battery life.

But thats not all the Samsung manager had to say. Over the last few years, Samsung has also worked hard on improving its in house telecom chip.  Their newly developped chip will combine long-term evolution (4G-LTE), telecommunications and W-CDMA (=3G) functions. Untill now, Samsung was dependend on the modem manufacturer Qualcomm for providing these chips.

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