Samsung Said to be Producing Galaxy S3 Successor's Chip
Galaxy S4 rumored for an unveil during February, 2013.
Samsung has purportedly commenced its production of the application processor that will power its successor to the Galaxy S3.
According to a report published by Korean newspaper Digital Daily, the Galaxy S4 is currently scheduled for a release during the first half of 2013.
The next-generation smartphone's first system-on-chip, which is codenamed Adonis and will feature the Exynos 5400 series moniker, will be tested during the closing stages of 2012.
The SoC itself will apparently be a quad-core model that utilizes a 28nm high-K metal gate process and will be based on the Cortex-A15.
Speculation has suggested that Samsung will announce the Galaxy S4 during February 2013 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, with a global launch due to follow a month later in March.
The Galaxy S3 itself is one of the best-selling Android smartphones of all time, with the device selling 20 million units in its first 100 days of sale. The commercial success of the handset spearheaded Samsung's profits to over $7 billion.

I have a touchscreen dumbphone (cannot install apps) that I only use for phone calls. The battery life is usually around 1-3 days.
My decade old Nokia Cingular phone's battery life is around 1-3 weeks under the same usage.
I have a touchscreen dumbphone (cannot install apps) that I only use for phone calls. The battery life is usually around 1-3 days.
My decade old Nokia Cingular phone's battery life is around 1-3 weeks under the same usage.
I actually dislike the concept art. Especially the back. What's with this two tone stuff?
That's actually not a lot. Modern very long battery life phones designed for emerging markets easily last a month with moderate use. Over 2 months if used only to text occasionally which is the primary usage for these markets.
Maybe they use the same chip for their next Note 10.1, like they did with the S3 and first Note 10.1. Economies of scale I suppose.
Sort of missing the point. He's saying he'd like if current smartphones would last that long. They don't.
I only hope that they will put in a better headphone amp, and better audio DAC. And then an option in the audio settings to switch between high power mode (high quality full range audio) or low power mode (to improve battery life).
It is so difficult to find a good portable player these days.