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10 years of Samsung Galaxy S flagships: Looking back at the Galaxy S III

Welcome to part three of our 10 years of Samsung Galaxy S flagship series, in which we here at SamMobile talk about our experiences and memories of each of the nine Galaxy S flagships that have come before the Galaxy S10. Today, we look back at the Galaxy S III. The Galaxy S III was the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Facebook integration in Gallery and other apps ending June 30 for old Samsung devices

Starting June 30, users of Samsung's Android smartphones launched between 2012 and 2014 will no longer be able to access their Facebook pictures and information in apps such as Gallery, Calendar, and the Briefing widget for the home screen. We're told the affected devices are mostly those that ran Android KitKat, Lollipop, or Marshmallow. Devices […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S III LTE (GT-i9305N) gets Android 4.4.4 update

The original Galaxy S III isn't getting any update love from Samsung ever since the device reached the end of its 18-month support period, but its international LTE variant, launched a few months later, is surely on the top of Samsung's support list as it has begun getting an update to Android 4.4.4. The update […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

South Korean version of Samsung Galaxy S3 gets Android 4.4.4 KitKat update

At last, the South Korean version of the Galaxy S3 is being updated to Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Ten months after it received the Android 4.3 update, the Galaxy S3 SHV-E210S is being receiving the Android 4.4.4 update with build number E210SKSUKNI3 via OTA as well as via Kies. It might take a couple of days for it to […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

Why Galaxy S III doesn’t get KitKat with 1 GB RAM but other devices do with even 512 MB RAM

Ever since Samsung announced that the Galaxy S III (the international model) would not be getting Android 4.4 KitKat, we've seen an avalanche of comments from (rightly) disgruntled users who thought their beloved S III was worth at least one more update. Two recurring points we've seen many people making is that KitKat should run […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

KitKat update rolling out to AT&T and Canadian variants of Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II

Multiple Galaxy S III variants are on track to be updated to KitKat starting today. The update will begin rolling out to AT&T's variant of the Galaxy S III in the US later today, and should also be available from carriers Bell, Rogers and TELUS over in Canada. The update will bring the software version […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

SamMobile Recap: Lots of KitKat updates, Simband health platform, 7-inch phones

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the mobile industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours or so, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. Samsung launched […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

US Cellular Galaxy S III also getting Android 4.4.2 KitKat update today

It seems US carriers have chosen today for updating quite a few of Samsung's phones to Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Sprint will be rolling out KitKat to the Galaxy Note II as we reported just moments ago, and it turns out that the Galaxy S III on US Cellular will be getting the update as well, […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

SamMobile Recap: Galaxy Note 4 features, Samsung’s Virtual Reality headset, and more

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened over the weekend, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. We published exclusive info on some […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

US Cellular to update Galaxy S III to Android 4.4 KitKat soon?

We've already seen US carrier Sprint roll out the KitKat update to the Galaxy S III, and it looks like US Cellular could soon be doing the same. If you head over to the US Cellular page for the Galaxy S III, the phone is mentioned as running “Android™ KitKat” out of the box – […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

SamMobile Recap: Unofficial Galaxy S III KitKat ROM, Gear Glass rumors, Fake leather battery packs

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours or so, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. A new […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung says no KitKat for Galaxy S III, community devs say otherwise

A few days back, Samsung announced that the Galaxy S III wouldn't be getting updated to KitKat, which naturally raised quite a few angry responses. Samsung touted memory issues as being the reason, but it's something the devs over at XDA weren't willing to accept. As a result, a few devs namely Kryten2k35, arter97, forumber2 and JustArchi, have […]

By Martin R.
11 years ago

Opinion: Samsung needs to update its multimillion selling devices for longer than 18 months

Google has a simple policy that all Android manufacturers follow: any Android device will get a software update for 18 months after its launch. That is usually enough to get every flagship device two major updates, something that has been true for all of Samsung's flagship phones since the original Galaxy S took the smartphone […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

SamMobile Recap: No KitKat for Galaxy S III, Apple trial to be fruitless

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the tech industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down. Well, it was a […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Samsung officially confirms no KitKat for Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) and Galaxy S III mini

Here at SamMobile, we get asked all sorts of questions, and in recent months, a recurring query has been about whether the Galaxy S III would be receiving an update to KitKat. There were many signs that it had been cancelled, but then recently, Sprint started rolling out KitKat to its variant of the Galaxy […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

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