| Peter Del Bosque | 05/09/2012 10:23 PM
In a world driven by vast amounts of information and a demand for devices intelligent enough to deliver the world to your fingertips, Samsung is seizing the moment. No more are the days of waiting at home for your 'landline' phone to ring and where waiting 6-8 weeks for a cereal-box toy to arrive via snail mail is accepted.
At the dawn of the smartphone age, Apple saw a untapped niche and thus the iPhone was born. Well, who ever said 
Apple could be the only one in the smartphone industry? Samsung stood their ground and developed the Samsung Galaxy in 2007. The first Samsung Galaxy was the i5700 and later the i7500. They were impressive but couldn't compete with the iPhone. In fact, for the next few years, no one could compete with Apple's ingenious simple yet powerful iOS platform. Although there were plenty of updates fixing vital flaws and updates to combat jailbreaking and unlocking, the 
fact of the matter is, the iOS has constantly been evolving to be more streamlined and efficient compared to the Android platform which has been completely reworked several times. Here is a list of the Android OS versions since their debut, (Beta 2008, Cupcake – Donut – Eclair 2009, Froyo – Gingerbread 2010, Honeycomb – Ice Cream Sandwich 2011).
In May 2011, Samsung hit the jackpot. They finally produced a 
smartphone that could nip at the heals of Apple's dominant iPhone 4/4S. The iPhone 4 and 4S were and still are a huge hit among people demanding a high performing phone, but there were several issues with the iphone 4 platform, first of all, people became increasingly tired of the redundant iOS layout. Yes your iPhone was better looking and performed faster, but when it came down to it, the darn thing basically had the same home-screen layout as the first 2G iPhone. Of course that's a minor problem, but another issue was its sheer size. Samsung had come out with a larger more vibrant looking Galaxy S II whereas Apple's new creation kept it's screen relatively the same size as it's predecessors. 
Yet another issue was it's glass screen's uncanny ability to shatter with the slightest drop. I experienced such an episode and let me tell you, my heart sank. A $500 beautiful iPhone looked like yesterdays garbage in an instant. It was as if I had been carrying around a fragile Faberge egg all along.
The Samsung Galaxy S II on the other hand was bigger slimmer and had strong Gorilla Glass technology developed by Corning. With these simple yet amazing differences, I decided the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket would be the phone for me. Although switching from an iPhone to a Skyrocket was as awkward as learning to write with your left hand when all your life you've been right handed, the benefits outweighed that obstacle. Now I can proudly say I'm a lefty. 
With that said, I'm anxious to get my hands on the Samsung Galaxy S III here in the US later this June. Here are a list of it's anticipated new features.
Color options – Marble white and pebble blue.
Smart Stay – The screen remains on if you're looking at it and turns off if you look away.
Direct Call – When texting, put phone up to ear to immediately call that person.
Pop Up Play – Video and other activities can be on the screen at the same time.
S Voice – Similar to iPhone's Siri, (speech recognition and personal assistant).
Buddy Photo Sharing
These are but a few amazing features of what to expect on the new Samsung Galaxy S III. Please watch the video down below for more info.
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