The much awaited Samsung Galaxy S3 is now available in Europe. Already Samsung’s smartphones are climbing up the ladder when it comes to being the best beating Apple this year and giving a tough competition the last year when Apple’s iPhone 4S was released. Samsung has been declared the best smartphone company by far, if customers’ choices are taken into consideration. Now the wait for the new Samsung Galaxy smartphone is over as 28 European countries, including the UK and Germany has received it on May 29.

It has a 4.8-inch touchscreen and an 8-megapixel rear-facing and 1.9-megapixel forward-facing camera. These features alone are impressive, but on top of it, the new smartphone has the latest version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich. The smartphone has high quality eye-sensors that won’t turn the screen off when you are looking at it. This option is what adds to the comfort it provides and the ease that comes with its use.

For the rest of the world, around 145 countries, including Pakistan, the device is expected to reach markets by July this year. Around 296 carriers around the world can operate the device. What would be interesting to see is the next smartphone from Samsung. If these features are pretty satisfying for you, wait till you see the next model. Though the rumour mills about the next Samsung smartphone has not yet started, but rest assured both the rumours and the smartphone itself are in the making.