Samsung’s much-anticipated new Galaxy S III smartphone is scheduled to launch on all four of the major U.S. carriers, plus U.S. Cellular, but so far only T-Mobile USA is actually selling the phone. Today the carrier is offering the Galaxy S III on its website for $280 for the 16GB model and $330 for the 32GB model. Those prices are higher than those of other carriers offering the phone, but T-Mobile seems to be the only one that is actually shipping the S III to customers at this time. Samsung says the others will have the phone in stores and online within the next several weeks.
Sprint’s website says that pre-order is currently closed for the Galaxy S III but the pre-order option is still available on the other carriers’ websites. Verizon’s site says the phone will not ship until July 11.
Samsung Mobile says it is creating its largest-ever U.S. advertising campaign for the Galaxy S III. The campaign will include an interactive 3D game at select movie theaters across the country. Samsung says the audience will be able to interact with a 3D phone on-screen and move the images with hand motions to score points. The company says moviegoers will be able to start playing the game this summer. Hopefully their phones will arrive in time.
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