Specs are Less Cool Part of Samsung Galaxy S III

Don't get me wrong - specs are top of the line. But what was more amazing during today's presentation were new features and services. It is mixture of what Samsung forgot to copy from iPhone last time and new and original stuff. These I liked the most:

Face recognition. On cameras, it meant that camera can recognize where faces are. On mobile, it recognizes whose face it is, like on social network. That gives some cool features. You can:

• open person from picture
• share picture with people who are on it
• group gallery by person

S voice. It has Apple lawsuit written all over it. It is very similar to Siri, but - wait for it - it can understand French guy speaking English with accent without problem. It also supports more languages.

Smart Stay. Staring contest. Screen timing out while reading? Not anymore. Phone detects when you look at it and keeps screen awake. Freaky.

Wireless charging. Just short-range. Nothing Tesla-style.

Connection with medical equipment. With right peripherals, you can track glucose level and other stuff that bothers you.

AllShare. Share screen content on other devices and vice versa.

Music Hub. As I explained earlier, I'm living in less popular country. Among other things, that means that I cannot buy music from popular services. Samsung promised support for many countries, so there is still hope.

There are many more, but I'm sure you'll read about them in months to come.

I was surprised how well presentation was done. We usually don't expect show and marketing hype from Asian companies, but this one was really good, except for some parts that were overkill.

Launch date: 29th of May.

Photo credit: Samsung Electonics Co., Ltd