The galaxy s III will come with a dual core in the US. The reasoning was that the Samsung exynos quad core processor did not work well with the LTE.
So they opted for a Qualcomm dual core. As far as i know a quad core Samsung exynos won't hit the US until later this year or next, as they are working to get the LTE issues resolved.
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