Is the P32,990 Samsung Galaxy S III really as powerful as it claims to be?

AnTuTu agreed, as Samsung’s flagship Android smartphone with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, a Mali-400MP GPU, and a 1GB RAM got a score of 12,022 when we put it through its paces.

Too bad we weren’t able to run AnTuTu on the other quad-core phone in the Philippine market, the similarly priced HTC One X, when we were at the Jump Experience Center in SM Megamall. For reference, though, the dual-core Sony Xperia S managed to get 6,252 in our review. Take note that you’re looking for a higher score here.

Quadrant also gave the Samsung Galaxy S III two thumbs up. When we got a chance to run it on the phone, Sammy’s “made for humans” device racked up 5,379 points. In comparison, the HTC’s flagship Android smartphone didn’t reach 5,000. In fact, in our test, the HTC One X scored just 3,174.

Again, the higher the score, the better a device supposedly performs. And the Samsung Galaxy S III’s numbers are the best we’ve encountered so far.

Granted that benchmarking doesn’t tell the whole story and that Quadrant, more than AnTuTu, may not be ready for quad-core devices yet, synthetic benchmarks hold up to our experience.

It seems that things like browsing and multitasking (see Pop-up Play demo here) are better done on the Samsung Galaxy S III than on the HTC One X. We just need to have the two smartphones at the same time to confirm this.

Sample pictures

The Korean giant’s entry to the quad-core phone arena is a powerhouse in the camera department as well. Take a look at the photos of the—what else?—(mostly) Samsung Galaxy S III taken with the Samsung Galaxy S III’s 8-megapixel cam.


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Check out the full-size images here.

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  • Iancarldizon

    hi, meron ba kayo alam na murang bilihan ng samsung galaxy s3 16gb white?so far sa
    dbgadget 26.7k http://sulit.com.ph/5825564 orhttp://dbgadgets.multiply.com/photos/album/81#photo=133
    greenhills 27k
    technovo 28k http://sulit.com.ph/5812855

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H76NOT6CJZNU4R6PTIUFNGQ3TE Radu Tanase

    My S3 results:  http://i.imgur.com/qnYbb.png :-s

    • http://twitter.com/aloraguerrero Alora Uy Guerrero

      If we just base it on AnTuTu’s worldwide results as of this morning, though, the first seven spots go to the Samsung Galaxy S3. Numbers 8 and 9 go to the ASUS Transformer Prime. Hehe.

  • Skwofh

    The camera looks like the galaxy note hahaha,the EVO lte gets 5000+ out of the box.

    • http://twitter.com/aloraguerrero Alora Uy Guerrero

      But the Samsung Galaxy S3′s camera is definitely better than the Galaxy Note’s. :)

  • Reyner

    its so made of plastic :(

    • http://twitter.com/aloraguerrero Alora Uy Guerrero

      All its phones are made of plastic. :)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H76NOT6CJZNU4R6PTIUFNGQ3TE Radu Tanase

      Grab one in a showroom, quick! If you can, remove the back cover and bend it. You WILL change your opinion about that plastic. :)

  • Ls2_297kw

    I got 5048 on my HTC One X.

    Yes still not as good as Samsung, but close and for the price difference HTC is not bad!

    • http://twitter.com/aloraguerrero Alora Uy Guerrero

      Hi! The “official SRPs” of the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S3 are the same. I do like the design of the former.

  • Gaf

    Hope they release the blue units soon :-)

  • LavonneDDecker
  • http://twitter.com/lancehrin Laurence Beruin

    TYA, siguro next year ang SGS4 quad core pa rin but w/ 2gb ram at android kettle corn. Astig ng SGS3! I hope makayanan ito ng iPhone 5.

    • http://twitter.com/aloraguerrero Alora Uy Guerrero

      Yeah, let’s see if okay rin ang iPhone 5/5S/6! :) October is just a few months away.