Galaxy S3 is the fastest-selling pre-order phone of the year, reported The Telegraph UK, citing Carphone Warehouse, a retailer of Samsung phones.

Graham Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer at Carphone Warehouse, reported to The Telegraph, "Pre-order demand for the new Galaxy S3 has surpassed expectations since the handset was first unveiled two weeks ago. The first 24 hours alone saw thousands placing their pre-order at Carphone Warehouse."

"The Galaxy S3 is without a doubt the fastest selling pre-order of 2012 so far. We're gearing up for an exceptionally busy launch day at the end of the month as the handset lands on shelves at our stores across the UK," Stapleton further added.

Last week, reports indicated that the latest Samsung smartphone has generated a whopping 9 million pre-orders from more than 100 global carriers. The Korea Economic Daily on Friday reported that Samsung currently is running at full capacity and producing 5 million Galaxy S3 units every month, but the company anticipates that with the kind of response that the latest Galaxy phone has generated, two months' production will be exhausted in no time.

Galaxy S3, which has generated lots of buzz much before its launch has still maintained the same enthusiasm among the smartphone lovers even after the Korean electronics giant made official announcement of the phone. Now that the latest Galaxy phone is expected to release in a week (on May 29), anticipation surrounding the phone has reached a new height. Why this sensation? Check out the five features of Galaxy S3 that according to us, are the best and do most to make it the best smartphone of our time.

1. Display: A whooping 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD screen that gives true, perfect color with ultrafast response time.

2. Processor: Samsung unveiled its 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor few weeks back and the new processor has been featured along with ARM Cortex A9 in the "next Galaxy phone." The company also announced that it would use quad core processor only with devices launching in Europe and Korea. While the European version will run on 3G, the same device will run on LTE in Korea. But for the US market, the company will launch only dual core (not the quad core) Qualcomm processor. The Japanese version of the phone is expected to come with 2GB RAM while other global versions will have 1GB RAM.

3. A Monster battery: Samsung has provided a monstrous 2100mAh removable battery.

4. Wireless Charging: This revolutionary wireless charging used with a special charger that would be sold separately.

5. The Human Element: The Korean tech giant has given some extraordinary feature that will keep the phone ahead of any smartphone in coming days. The list of features include S Voice (a customized voice recognition system that recognizes a variety of commands like turning on snooze mode, launching the camera application, play and control music, control volume, compose text and email and more), Smart Stay (using the front-facing camera, the phone monitors your eyes and maintain a "bright display for continued viewing pleasure"), S Beam (an enhanced version of Android Beam system that will allow content to be shared easily, and works with NFC and Wi-Fi Direct), Pop Up play (to let user watch a video while using other apps like browsing web), Direct Call (it will allow users to make a call to the person they are texting simply by lifting the phone to their ear), Smart Alert (this feature will inform you of missed calls, messages, or emails by vibrating gently when you pick up the after keeping it idle for some time), Social Tag (it recognize faces in photos and links with social media information directly from the gallery), AllShare Media and more.