Samsung Galaxy S3 Launch in April: Will it Have 12MP Powerful Camera?

By Bhaskar Prasad: Subscribe to Bhaskar's

February 5, 2012 11:02 PM EST

The Samsung Galaxy S3, rumored to be the next flagship smartphone from the South Korean electronics giant, is expected to be launched in April according to the latest reports. A big selling point of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is going to be its particularly powerful camera, which is expected to be an impressive 12 megapixels.

A report in the Boy Genius Report has released the expected features of Galaxy S3 which is anticipated to have 12 megapixels camera. This is a 50 percent increase on both the forward facing cameras found on the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus, rated at just 8 megapixel.

The S3 camera is expected to have features like autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization features. Again a 1080p video recording is expected along with a 2 megapixel secondary camera.

In addition, the S3 will have a 4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen at 1280 × 720-pixel resolution supporting LTE. Also the S3 is expected to arrive with a version of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich release. In addition, it is expected that the Galaxy S3 handset is set to go 3-D. It is also expected to come with 2GB RAM.

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