Samsung on Thursday launched its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone in India, according to reports.
The latest release in the Galaxy lineup is priced at 43,180 Indian rupees, or $768, The Wall Street Journal reported. India is one of Samsung's top three strategic markets, after the U.S. and Europe.
Samsung intends to grab a 60 percent share of India's smartphone market this year. Last year, the South
Korean electronics giant nabbed roughly 46.5 percent of the Indian smartphone market.
The latest release in the Galaxy lineup made its debut earlier this week in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Samsung plans to kick off a World Tour to show off the Galaxy S III as it's launched around the globe, but to start, the company has several pop-up stores in London. There's still no word as to when the coveted smartphone will hit U.S. stores.
The Galaxy S III boasts a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED 1,280-by-720 display, and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It features an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and 1.9-megapixel front-facing one.
The Galaxy S III also includes Samsung's new iTunes-esque service called Music Hub, which launched on Tuesday. It lets users buy music and upload songs to the cloud for access on a PC and up to five mobile devices. The music service is initially only available on the Galaxy S III in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and the U.K., but Samsung promised it will "soon" be offered on other devices.
The free version of Music Hub gives users access to a catalog of 19 million songs that are available for purchase. Purchased music is stored in the cloud and pushed to all a users' devices.
Users can also pay 9.99 pounds or euros per month for a premium membership, which offers unlimited streaming from songs in the Music Hub catalog. Premium members can also upload their entire music collection to the cloud.
Meanwhile, among the other features available on the Galaxy S III is "Smart stay," which will keep the phone's screen illuminated when someone is looking at the device by recognizing facial features. S Voice, meanwhile, allows for voice-activated commands, while S Beam lets users transfer files by tapping two Galaxy S III devices together. AllShare Play allows for file transfers at greater distances.
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