Official Canadian Galaxy SIII Thread

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31/05/2012:

The official specs for the Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3:

Processor:

Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz
Qualcomm MSM8960 Chipset

OS (Shipping): ICS 4.0.4

Data: LTE (SGH-i747 variation) and HSPA+ 42 (SGH-iT999 variation)

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Dimensions: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm

Weight: 133g

Memory: 16/32GB internal memory (SGH-i747)/ 16GB internal memory (SGH-iT999)
Expandable microSD up to 32GB

Display: 4.8 HD Super AMOLED 1280x720 (306ppi)

Connectivity: NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, MHL Video Out

Camera: 8MP Rear-facing, 1.9MP Front-facing

Battery: 2100 mAh

Other features:

TouchWiz with Motion UX
S Beam
AllShare Play enhance functionality
MP3/ACC+/WAV audio player
DivX/Xvid/MP4/WMV/H.263/ H.264 Video Player

Release Information:

"Beginning June 20th, the Samsung GALAXY S III will be available through leading Canadian wireless carriers and authorized national retailers." (Source)

It'll be carried by the following carriers: WIND Mobile, Videotron, SaskTel, Virgin Mobile, Bell, Rogers, and TELUS, as well as the following retailers: GLENTEL, Best Buy, and Future Shop. (Source)

Bell also has a sign up page for the GS3. They too are getting the lte version.

I'll wait and see how development is for the bell version. If international roms are compatible, sans radio, I might get it, even though lte coverage here is f*** all, or I might just get the international version regardless.

Can't wait to play with one when they hit Canadian stores.

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Knowing how Canadian variants are never compatible/has a tiny dev community, I simply have decided to buy the international version instead.

Originally Posted by eXecuter.bin

Knowing how Canadian variants are never compatible/has a tiny dev community, I simply have decided to buy the international version instead.

The Bell/Virgin version for the Galaxy S I & II was the international version though.

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Originally Posted by eXecuter.bin

Knowing how Canadian variants are never compatible... I simply have decided to buy the international version instead.

As far as I know, unless the Canadian version is the international, it usually coincides with it's American counterpart. Thus, I have a lot of ROMs I can flash to my Rogers Captivate, because the AT&T Captivate has a lot of ROMs as well.

But you can't go wrong with the international version. I personally don't mind getting the S4 chip in lieu of the Exynos, because I'm upgrading from my Cappy, so the increase in performance will be substantial regardless of whether the Exynos outperforms the S4 or not.

Plus I want to experience LTE. I have 6 GBs of LTE data that my non-LTE phone hasn't been able to make use of.

Damn. The HST is killing the price for the S3. I'm in Vancouver. I might have to settle with getting it at mobileDNA in Richmond. Cash, no tax.

June 20th?? First Day of Summer!!!

Samsung did say in time for the summer at their London Event.

Samsung’s Galaxy S III is one of the most anticipated Android devices ever made. It’s coming to Canada on basically every carrier ”this Summer,” TELUS, Bell, WIND, Videotron, SaskTel, Mobilicity, Virgin Mobile and Rogers. We reported last week that Samsung will start a Canadian trek on May 30th to give employees and retail outlets the “Galaxy S III interactive training sessions.”

We’ve been hearing several launch dates, such as the June 20th date that’s listed in the above screenshot. The first day of Summer is June 20th and would ever so smoothly fall in line with what Samsung’s official press release quoted “in time for the summer.” Future Shop and Best Buy also confirmed that they will have the GS III available when it launches and we’re also hearing that pre-orders will go live on May 30th.

From Mobilesyrup

Won't let me most post link but there is an ad that has all the major carriers in Canada and the Galaxy S III of course.

Originally Posted by desilla

June 20th?? First Day of Summer!!!

Samsung did say in time for the summer at their London Event.

Samsung’s Galaxy S III is one of the most anticipated Android devices ever made. It’s coming to Canada on basically every carrier ”this Summer,” TELUS, Bell, WIND, Videotron, SaskTel, Mobilicity, Virgin Mobile and Rogers. We reported last week that Samsung will start a Canadian trek on May 30th to give employees and retail outlets the “Galaxy S III interactive training sessions.”

We’ve been hearing several launch dates, such as the June 20th date that’s listed in the above screenshot. The first day of Summer is June 20th and would ever so smoothly fall in line with what Samsung’s official press release quoted “in time for the summer.” Future Shop and Best Buy also confirmed that they will have the GS III available when it launches and we’re also hearing that pre-orders will go live on May 30th.

From Mobilesyrup

Won't let me most post link but there is an ad that has all the major carriers in Canada and the Galaxy S III of course.

Here's the link if anyone wants to read it: http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/05/24/sa...ing-june-20th/

OP updated with article and image.

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Originally Posted by hbk19

OP updated with article and image.

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Nice find.

Time to call in to Telus to talk about contract renewal.


Now to decide between white and blue... which are you guys leaning towards and why?