With the iPhone 5 rumored to be released in the coming weeks, it seems like every company is ramping up their efforts to get their new products released as soon as possible. With some of the most Apple-competitive products, Samsung is letting new information on its Galaxy S3 drip out at a steady flow.

The latest rumor is that the Samsung Galaxy S3 is coming to MetroPCS. During an event in New York, MetroPCS apparently outlined their plans for the fall, including the release of the MetroPCS Galaxy S3 before the year is out.

The MetroPCS version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is currently in the testing stage, but does plan on offering the latest Android handset from the Samsung camp "later in the year."

During the event, MetroPCS showed off a rough sketch of four 4G enabled smartphones that the firm intends to deliver this year, and along with the Samsung Galaxy S3 shows another smaller Samsung handset that supports VoLTE, and looks like the Samsung Galaxy Mini.

Other handsets in the sketch include a ZTE smartphone sporting a 4.3-inch touch screen without any release schedule, and another device with a 4-inch touch screen called the Coolpad, that is said to possibly release sometime this week and command a price tag of $149.

Sadly though, other than that, there isn't much of information on the devices, and there is no specific release dates mentioned other than later this year. However for those customers that are faithful to MetroPCS, you at least know the Samsung Galaxy S3 will indeed be coming to MetroPCS at some stage.

As for specs on the MetroPCS Galaxy S3, one can presume it will still sport all the specs as other Galaxy S3 handsets such as that 4.8-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, 8 megapixel auto-focus rear facing camera with LED flash, front facing camera, and 1.4GHz quad core processor and the rest.

For the design, Samsung has said it was meant to reflect the simplicity of nature, at least according to the company.

"We wanted a more emotional, and stronger connection with our customers," Jacob Lee, Samsung VP for mobile design, said in a company video highlighting the phone (English translation).

As such, the various designers behind the phone claim they were inspired by different forces found in nature.

"I happened to witness the pebbles in a stream sparkling under the sunlight," product designer Hangil Song revealed. "And I tried to capture those elements into the design of the phone."

Specifically, the S3's screen was designed to evoke that same sparkling look and feel.

If that notion sounds familiar, you may have been tracking the high-tension trial of Apple v. Samsung. Samsung wanted jurors to hear from a designer on the team behind the F700 phone who, the company said, "was inspired by a bowl of water." But that testimony was blocked from the trial, which earlier this week was turned over to the jurors, with a verdict expected in the coming days.

To create the sounds for the Galaxy S3, sound engineer Joongsam Yun said the designers tried to make them sound like "a stroll in the forest," and like "drops of water."

For instance, those water droplets you hear when using the dialer aren't actually water drops at all - the sound you're hearing is actually orange juice drops falling into a small glass, because Samsung discovered that "liquids with a higher viscosity" were better for recording and simulating the sound of a water drop.

And user interface designer Jeeyeun Wang said that the unlock screen was designed to "create pleasant memories and let the users' imagination run" since it is the screen most often seen.

"So that not only the first impression is natural, but the experience becomes more meaningful the more you use the phone," Wang added.

VP of Hardware R&D Byeongkuk Lee says "We understand that the emotional satisfaction of the user is much more important than trying to emphasize the technology."

That being the case, Samsung naturally put a lot of work into making the phone look sleek, detailing the involved process of just getting the battery case to look good.