 A manufacturing flaw resulted in a large portion of the new smartphones having irregularities with the " hyper @-@ glazing " process . The mistake caused an undesirable finish on the blue back covers and resulted in the disposal of up to 600 @,@ 000 plastic casings and a shortage of the blue model . The issue was later resolved ; however , Reuters estimated that the shortage had cost Samsung two million S III sales during its first month of release . 
