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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 review: one giant smartphone for mankind
The Samsung Galaxy Mega is a 6.3-inch woolly mammoth of a handset, and it reigns as the largest of its kind, even if only for a brief period of time.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 hits the FCC, sports AT&T-compatible HSPA+
Samsung's Galaxy Mega 6.3 still doesn't have an exact launch date, but it has made its way to the FCC. While the Mega was announced with LTE and HSPA+ radios, it appears that this version, model I9200, only has the latter onboard (I9205 is the LTE-equipped variant). It's a safe bet that this particular model won't officially make it stateside, but the reports seem to indicate that it'll play nice with AT&T's HSPA+ bands. In case you're thinking of importing this 1.7GHz device down the line, you can have a look at our hands-on here. Otherwise, you can have a look at the filing by heading to the source link.
Under the microscope: Samsung Galaxy S III's HD Super AMOLED display
By now you should already know that the brand-spanking-new Samsung Galaxy S III sports a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display. That's right: no "plus" here, which means this 720p panel is featuring the same old PenTile RBGB pixel arrangement -- just like the 4.65-inch version on the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S II HD LTE. Needless to say, this is again pure ammunition for the folks over at LG; but as we've mentioned before, HD Super AMOLED's superb contrast and higher-than-before pixel density outweigh its shortcomings in most cases. For now though, let's examine these sub-pixels with a 230x zoom USB microscope and compare them with other phones that we have in hand. Starting off with the HTC One X's 720p SLCD 2 above, you can see how its denser sub-pixels produce a finer picture, but ultimately it's still behind HD Super AMOLED when it comes to contrast, especially with black. Read on for more comparisons.
Samsung's GT-i9300 is probably not the Galaxy S III, as revealed by its low-res screen
Straight from the Dana Scully school of debunking, Android Community has poured cold water on the notion that the GT-i9300 is the quasi-mythical Galaxy S III. Having happened upon the user agent profile of the device bearing that codename, the stats reveal a lackluster 1024 x 600 resolution display that's easily beaten by the Galaxies Nexus and Note. We'll be keeping our eyes peeled at Mobile World Congress and hope that Samsung isn't planning to ruin the pedigree of the handsets that have previously born that code: the i9200 i9100 was the Galaxy S II and the i9250 was the Galaxy Nexus, after all.
Samsung GT-i9200 camera samples turn up online, possible Galaxy S successor?
With the Nexus S almost certainly called the GT-i9020 and the original Galaxy S falling in the GT-i9000 series, you might be wondering where the GT-i9200 fits into the puzzle. We won't really know until Samsung lifts the curtain -- possibly at CES or MWC next year -- but in light of the fact that we've got this Stealth V beast in the pipe and Eldar Murtazin is blabbing about a supposedly awesome GT-i9100, odds are good that the i9200 represents a higher-end Android device that succeeds the Galaxy S in one way or another. To that end, it's with great interest that we're seeing test shots taken with the i9200's camera -- seemingly in Korea -- posted up on Picasa, which would make sense considering Android's relatively tight Picasa integration. Unfortunately, none of the shots seem to be uploaded at the camera's native resolution so we can't eke out much of a spec sheet here, but it's just one more sliver of evidence that early 2011 is going to be another barn-burner for the Android camp.
