Images Of T-Mobile Galaxy S III Surface, No Major Hardware Changes From Global Version

It was only a matter of time before we started to see something about the US variants of Samsung’s already wildly-popular Galaxy S III, and The Verge has scored a few pictures of what may be the first US GSIII. T-Mobile is the branding that is on the back of the white or blue Galaxy S III, and this device is something of a trend-breaker. In years past, Samsung’s Galaxy series was often altered on its US variants, with each US carrier getting a different look, and also a different name. Sure, the “Galaxy S __” was always still tacked on the end (or beginning) of the device’s name to ensure the branding was present, but other than that we’re used to seeing names like “Epic 4G Touch” or “Skyrocket LTE”.

We’re not sure what this T-Mobile GSIII will be called exactly, but we are noticing that there are very little, if any at all, changes made to this device. In fact, from the pictures shown this model is identical to the global version, save the T-Mobile branding of course. This is also the first time a hardware home button has made it to the States on a Galaxy device, as it is usually removed and replaced by four capacitive touch buttons (or 3 in Ice Cream Sandwich devices). Do we like that the device has stayed the same, though? Personally, I usually favor touch capacitive buttons as opposed to a hardware home button, but I sure don’t like giving up a quad-core processor in my brand new GSIII. Let us know what you think in the comments, and we’ll keep you updated on the T-Mo GSIII’s announcement and launch.

Source: The Verge