Samsung Galaxy S3 Options For US Consumers

Samsung Galaxy S3

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It appears that US consumers will have a good number of choices when the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3 is finally released into the United States.

Reports have indicated that a total of eighteen different models of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be made available for US consumers depending on the color and internal storage of the much-awaited device. The upcoming Android 4.0-powered Samsung Galaxy S3 is anticipated to become available in the United States within the month of June.

AT&T will offer at least three color options for its customers including the red-colored option which will be offered exclusively by the US-based carrier. However it appears that the Samsung Galaxy S3 models that AT&T will offer into the market will have a limited internal storage of 16GB, which would make it necessary for users to acquire a microSD memory card to increase the available storage for the device.

Pre-orders for the AT&T models of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will start on June 5 although the specific release date remains uncertain.

Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon will be offering two color options for the Samsung Galaxy S3 along with two storage options, 16GB and 32GB. Pre-orders for the device will start on June 5 and June 6 for Sprint and Verizon respectively. It remains uncertain when T-Mobile will be accepting pre-orders for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3.

Although US Cellular will be offering two color options for the upcoming smartphone, the 32GB model will only come in the white color option. Pre-orders for the device will be accepted by US Cellular by June 12.

The price tag for the AT&T model of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is at around $200 while both Sprint and Verizon will be offering the 16GB and 32GB models of the device at around $200 and $250 respectively. No price tag was made available for the T-Mobile and US Cellular models of the upcoming smartphone.

Verizon has the upper hand in connectivity as it is offering 4G LTE support for the Samsung Galaxy S3 in 258 markets. AT&T and US Cellular are offering 4G LTE support in 39 markets and 6 markets respectively. Sprint has yet to finish setting up its 4G LTE network while US Cellular is offering HSPA+42 support for its customers.

These are just some of the options that potential buyers of the Samsung Galaxy S3 have once the upcoming Android 4.0-powered smartphone will finally enter the US market before the end of the month.