Samsung Galaxy S III

06 December 2012

Samsung Galaxy S III

The Galaxy S III was a must-have phone for NFC trials and early commercial launches as 2012 was closing out.

Presentation

Samsung Galaxy S III

Work horse for late 2012 trials and early commercial rollouts.

NFC Specs

Release date:

May 2012

OS Platform:

Android

OS Version:

4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

Secure Element:

Embedded

Certified for Payment:

Visa, MasterCard

NFC Chip:

NXP PN65

Added Features:

S-Beam

Projects

Australia: Major Bank Launches Small Internal Trial with Galaxy S III

Czech Republic: Visa and Czech Telco Announce M-Payments Project with Galaxy S III

Articles

UK: Telecom Italia Tests Interoperability of Olympics Phone

UK: Olympics Phone to Get Tryout for London Games

Visa Europe to Send Out Olympics Phone Next Week in Prep for Games

Samsung to Embed Secure Element in Galaxy S III, Other NFC Phones

Samsung Unveils Galaxy S III, Supporting NFC Payments and Enhanced P2P

China: Unicom Announces Planned NFC Payments Launch with Merchants Bank

China Unicom and Merchants Bank Announce Plans for NFC Payments Launch

Vodafone Plans NFC Payments Service in Australia

MasterCard Trials Online Payments Secured on NFC Phones

Hong Kong Bank and Telco Announce Plans for NFC Rollout

Read more http://nfctimes.com/nfc-device/samsung-galaxy-s-iii