Rumored Samsung Galaxy S4 Specs, Set for March 15 Debut
Rumored once again for Samsung Mobile Unpacked event debut.
Samsung's Galaxy S4 is apparently scheduled for a debut on March 15, while a render and a new batch of rumored specs for the device have emerged.
SamMobile said a "trusted insider" claimed that March 15 is the date that the S4 will be unveiled. A European release will purportedly follow in early April. The unveiling itself is said to be taking place at a Samsung Mobile Unpacked event. Last year, the South Korean technology company announced the Galaxy S3 during an Unpacked event.
Invitations for the unveiling will apparently be sent out soon after the Mobile World Congress at the end of February. A new set of Galaxy S4 specs and a render, meanwhile, have also surfaced, as noted above.
Samsung, which has confirmed the existence of the Galaxy S4, previously said that the device will skip the aforementioned event. The smartphone itself was recently showcased in an alleged leaked press shot.

Oh...Apple is gonna HATE this beast...makes me smile just thinking about it.
Oh...Apple is gonna HATE this beast...makes me smile just thinking about it.
-Octo-core
-More RAM (2x)
-Better Battery
More cores does not help without threaded software to make actual use of them.
More RAM is a toughie since current 8Gbit chips are already stacked dies so jumping to 4GB would require twice as many RAM ICs until 8Gbit dies materialize.
Better battery is easier said than done in such constrained environments.
Personally, I would be more interested in reducing power than increasing battery size/capacity since phones and tablets tend to get uncomfortably warm around their SoC area when under prolonged load, which I personally find very annoying. If you could magically cram a 50Wh battery in a phone to feed a 10W SoC/APU, the phone would still be useless as a gaming/computing device since it would become unbearably hot when under non-trivial sustained load... unless you do not mind having to slap a HSF on your phone!
nah I think 2 gb of ram is more than enough for a phone. Its not like your going to be playing hardcore games or something.
may i ask where you would want those placed? i am ok with them, to each his own of course. But i agree that i sometimes push them accidentally.
bigger battery is nice, i don't mind a heavier phone as long as it has good battery. Being too light makes the phone feel cheap, imo.
the image looks good though, more classy than the s3, and own an s3
My Droid X had the power button on the top, smaller volume buttons on the side which I managed to not push ever (harder to push in) and a charge plug on the lower left side. I loved that setup and never hit any buttons on accident. It also let me prop it up in my car for GPS with the charge plug on the side.
The power plug on the bottom is bad design because you can turn a phone left or right so having it plugged in on the side doesnt effect anything. However, you cant turn a phone upside down (at least not that I am aware)... so plug on bottom limits choices when sitting the phone down.
I love the stereo speakers on the front as well. I just can't believe I just got my S3 4 months ago and now this is coming out. Oh well, in 20 months I get my upgrade
I keep pressing the volume buttons whilst putting the phone to sleep mode.
At the top right make sense.
lol.
There really is no advantages of a metal casing. It adds weight and doesn't protect the phone since plastic absorbs shock much better then metal. I wish Samsung went with their brushed aluminium plastic casing they have on their SSD devices. It feels good, is lightweight, and also looks gorgeous.
Also, is the Exynos 5450 their big.little octo core processor? Or is it the overclocked quad core 5250 processor? I personally want it to just be a higher clocked quad core processor. 2.0ghz amazing
Why go with the brushed-aluminium looking plastic if metal has not advantage? Why try to make it look like metal? Are you implying that some like the look of metal so they should just continue to fake it...or is it an interesting attempt to have the best of both worlds?
I'm not gonna lie, I wish they used aircraft-grade aluminium. I like the feel of metal, besides that it costs more and lends itself to a more premium feel. I prefer metal over plastic in my cars, computers, audio gear, watches, keys, on and on...I just like metal.
Silly me.
...but Samsung is not gonna use metal. Plastic is cheaper and, therefore, they prefer it and only use metal when they absolutely need to. Strangely, they did use metal on the stand of my $3,500 TV when lower-priced models use plastic...weird. Anywho, those that drop their phones often prefer plastic as it absorbs impacts more readily (I keep my phones in a case typically and I don't drop them (or plan to) so I don't really identify with the I-want-plastic-cause-I'm-gonna-drop-my-phone-but-I-don't-want-to-use-a-case lot).
Yes, all that prefer plastic will, again, be handsomely rewarded I'm sure. To me, metal is a more premium material (I'd much prefer to wear metal jewelry than plastic...but that may be just me) ...and, therefore, is applicable to higher-end products, but yes, it costs a little more.
Again, silly me. ...and apologies to all for my coffee-induced rant (as I look at my Note II and all its plastic with much affection).
I have a flip cover to protect my Note 2 screen. I see many iphone cases that have a hole in them so one can see the logo. I think that is quite funny.
I will be getting this phone for the wife by summer when her S2 is up for replacement. I wonder if I can use the S2 without it being active. It would make an excellent media player, camera, and toy for my six year old.
It would be a shame to recycle a phone as good as the S2. People pay $300 for an ipod and the S2 is bigger and has a better screen.