Samsung Galaxy S3 to launch in July

The Samsung Galaxy S3 could hit the stores in South Africa in July according to some of its national carriers. Both Cell C and Virgin Mobile have confirmed they could have the Galaxy S3 in stores as early as July 2012. Neither carrier was able to offer any further details on the hotly anticipated handset which is expected to pack a quad-core processor and HD screen. Jonathan Newman, a Virgin Mobile spokesperson did say: "no pricing is available yet but it is likely to come in where the Samsung Galaxy S2 was priced at launch". Delayed to avoid a delay Another South African carrier MTN has also confirmed it will offer the Samsung Galaxy S3 in its mobile range, after snubbing the first Ice Cream Sandwich-toting phone the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Initially Samsung were expected to unveil the Galaxy S3 at MWC 2012 in Barcelona. It quashed those rumours saying it was opting for a later launch, which is now rumoured to be sometime in March. Suggestions have been made that Samsung has delayed the launch to reduce the time between the handset being announced and the Galaxy S3 going on sale in the US after a delay was experienced with the Galaxy S2 last year.