Samsung’s launching the Galaxy S III this week in London — or if it isn’t, it’s going to be looking at a lot of exceedingly annoyed Samsung fans the world over.
It’s one of the oldest hype tricks in the book; let people know something big is coming, but not what it is. Today’s user of the trope is Samsung; its mobile division is running a countdown clock with (at the time of writing) twelve hours to go.
Samsung’s Galaxy SIII is due to launch officially on May 3rd. We’ve already seen some blurry images of what might be the phone — but now an even more convincing example has surfaced in Vietnam.
Your Sunday smartphone rumour is courtesy of Telstra which, according to a source “in-the-know” speaking to Ausdroid, has revealed that the Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Galaxy S II 4G have popped up in the telco’s “internal systems” and could be out and about in the “near future”.
The problem with having a teaser Android app — as Samsung did for its IFA surprises via its Samsung Unpacked app — is that enterprising folks may just have a peek at what’s inside the APK. That’s exactly what’s happened, and while not all of Samsung’s surprises have been uncovered, it turns out that the logos for at least three new Samsung products were already lurking in there.
I certainly hope not. Fresh on the heels of the Unpacked campaign with its mystery-glowing-brick-object-that-looks-just-like-a-smartphone, Samsung’s announced a slew of new Android handsets, all bearing the Galaxy name in one way or the other. OK, it’s not September 1st, Samsung, but hopefully you’ve got something better up your already glowing sleeves. Details on the new phones after the jump.
For today only Sydneysiders can get hands-on with the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v before its April release. In front of Customs House, Samsung has erected a pop-up cafe for the day, complete with free coffee and free Adriano Zumbo macaroons in a special Gingerbread and Honeycomb flavour. Get it?
Samsung’s latest high-end LCDs are minimal beauties. But you know what else the D7000 and D8000 do? They use their second tuner to stream live television directly to the company’s line of Galaxy tablets. Let’s see the iPad do that. [Pocket Lint via Slash Gear]