Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Hits Sprint Store Today

by Joshua Gulick — Sunday, July 01, 2012, 08:49 PM EDT

As of this morning, Sprint customers can stop by a local store to see what all the fuss is about. A little more than a week after the Samsung Galaxy S III's planned June 21st launch date, the 16GB flavor is for sale in stores. Both the 16GB and 32GB models are ready to go on Sprint's online shop today, and have been shipping to those who pre-ordered.

Sprint isn't the only carrier dealing with tight supply. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are facing similar issues, thanks to Samsung's production delays. Even so, Samsung has said that it expects shipments (to carriers) of the Galaxy S III, which has been for sale in Europe since May, to reach 10 million by the end of the month. That number would likely make the Galaxy S III Samsung's best-selling smart phone. If you haven't checked out our review of the device, you owe yourself a little slice of downtime bandwidth.

As expected, your color options are Pebble Blue or Marble White for either model. (The Pebble Blue casing is one of the parts that played a role in the smartphone's supply problems.) A two-year contract knocks the price of the 16GB S III to $199.99; the 32GB model sets you back $50 more.

Tags: Samsung, Sprint

Joshua Gulick

Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.