The Samsung
Galaxy S3 has been named the best smartphone of the last 12 months, as Samsung’s
virtual mantelpiece becomes more and more crowded with
trophies.
The
tech giant picked up the award for the year’s finest high-end handset at the
Global Mobile Awards, held this week at the Mobile World Congress gadget expo in
Barcelona.
According
to the GSM Association, which sponsors the award, the 40 million-selling S3
merited its win for the “world beating smartphone experience” if offers, as well
as its “uncompromised performance”.
The
S3 also scooped the prize for best smartphone at uSwitch Tech’s 2012 mobile
awards while T3 magazine garlanded the handset with the title of ‘Phone of the
Year’ at the tail end of 2012.
JK
Shin, Head of IT and Mobile Communications at Samsung, said: “2012 was a
defining year for Samsung that saw us set new records in the mobile
industry.
“The
judges have recognised Samsung’s innovation across multiple categories. At
Samsung we are committed to changing the way customers around the world
experience mobile technology, in all categories and markets.”
Next
month is set to see the launch of the S3’s successor at a press event in New
York. Informally dubbed the Galaxy S4, the handset is expected to feature a
larger, five-inch Super AMOLED fHD display and eye motion-sensitive
controls.
It’s
also rumoured to sport an eight-core processor - in select territories at least.
That’s double the core count of its predecessor and would make the S4 the
world's most powerful smartphone by some distance.
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