It's time for another round of Galaxy S III rumors. Sorry, I don't have a fake picture or an official release date so settle down. The latest involves some design elements, which I don't think will shock anyone out there. Apparently the Samsung team has been torn with keeping the hardware home button that's been synonymous with the Galaxy S and Galaxy S II. It's either that or no hardware buttons much like the Galaxy Nexus. It looks like the home hardware button has won so you can expect to see it on the final product. The other interesting tidbit is that they will go with a five column layout for icons, which is basically how the Galaxy Note is. Just about every other device has a 4 column layout. The Galaxy Note is a 5.3-inch screen so it made sense to go with five columns. We certainly don't expect the Galaxy S III display to be that large, but it could be in the neighborhood of 4.8-inches to make it work.
source: ddaily
via: pocketnow
boo hiss to the hardware home button! I one the render of the s3 turned sideways with the screen watching a video using the extra space where the button would have been.
It’s a good thing that it will feature a 5 column layout for icons.
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It looks like the home hardware button has won so you can expect to see it on the final product.”
That’s very very disappointing.
I comfortably use 5 columns on my Desire HD so it’s about time devices with larger screens and resolutions did it as standard.