The
Samsung Galaxy S III is a
multi-touch,
slate-format
smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by
Samsung Electronics that runs the
Android operating system. It has additional software features, expanded hardware, and a redesigned physique from its predecessor, the
Samsung Galaxy S II. The S III employs an
intelligent personal assistant (
S Voice), eye-tracking ability, and increased storage. Although a
wireless charging option was announced, it never came to fruition. Depending on country, the smartphone comes with different processors and
RAM capacity, and
4G LTE support. The device was launched with
Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich", was updated to Android 4.3 "Jelly Bean", and can be updated to Android 4.4 "KitKat" on variants with 2 GB of RAM. The phone's successor, the
Samsung Galaxy S4, was announced on 14 March 2013 and was released the following month.