- Manufacturer
- Samsung Electronics
- Type
- Smartphone
- Series
- Galaxy S
- First released
- 29 May 2012 ; 14 years ago ( 2012-05-29 )
- Availability by region
- 145 countries (July 2012)
- Units sold
- 9 million orders before release; 70 million total (as of 2017)
- Predecessor
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Successor
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Related
- Samsung Galaxy Note II , Samsung Galaxy S III Neo , Samsung Galaxy S III Mini , Samsung Ativ S
- Compatible networks
- 2G GSM / GPRS / EDGE : 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz , 3G UMTS / CDMA2000 / HSPA+ : 850, 900, 1700, 1800 (Korean Pcs LG U+), 1900, 2100 MHz , 4G LTE : 700, 800, 850, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2500, 2600 MHz, TD-SCDMA (China Mobile Variant) and GT-i9305
- Form factor
- Slate