Samsung Galaxy S5 Could Be Announced in January 2014
Might want to take the GS4 off your holiday wishlist, just in case the GS5 comes just after.
With mobile technology continuing to evolve at breakneck speed, it has become the norm for phone companies to update their flagship devices every year. But could Samsung update its famous Galaxy S phone before the GS4 is a year old?
The latest scuttlebutt says Samsung's Galaxy S5 could arrive as soon as January. Korean site Naver reports that Samsung is gearing up for a January launch of the Galaxy S5. Rumored specs include a 16-megapixel camera and Samsung's own Exynos chip. Though Naver doesn't provide a source for its report, Mashable reports that the site is run by former Samsung employees.
Samsung's GS4 was announced last March and went on sale in April. The first model went on sale in June the year it was announced, while the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S III both had May launches. Looking at that track record, Samsung doesn't really have a clear pattern for launching new Galaxy S phones. With sales of the GS4 slowing, it seems the company is hoping that a whole new model will bring in more sales. Naver says Samsung will tease the device in mid-January and then launch in February.
Samsung, of course, has yet to comment on the rumors, but if they're true, we'll likely be hearing more about the new Galaxy S5 as the holidays approach.
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As the novelty of the iPhone 5S wears off, S4 sales will pick up again.
As the novelty of the iPhone 5S wears off, S4 sales will pick up again.
First, the camera is not way behind, but slightly behind Nokia and Sony, and that is one of the last things someone should care about. Go buy a professional camera if that is what you want. I'll take screen quality and processing power over a camera any day.
Next, what LG phone are you talking about that beats the specs of the S4? The S4 has a faster CPU and better GPU than the LG Optimus G Pro. The Optimus shouldn't even be compared to the S4, as it is more in the Phablet Note III class, but even against the S4 it falls short. It's only advantage is a 1/2" bigger screen. The screen itself isn't nicer.
Which brings me to my next point. The S4 screens is one of the best on the market, with only the Note III having a better one. It might not be the best in sunlight, but the the blacks of an OLED screen are amazing for watching movies. The only way I would forgo the infinitely better contrast is if I used my phone outside a lot, which very few people do. Samsung makes most of the other phone manufactures screens. There is a reason they chose to go the route they did.
Finally your cheap construction comment just reeks of your ignorance, Do you really think the aluminum used in soda cans is some exotic material? Plastic is lighter and more impact resistance. Not to mention no one gets to see their shiny aluminum finish under their phone case. Plastic allows for quick and easy battery and SD card changes.
I hope Samsung tries something a different with the S5 kinda of like what HTC done with the latest offering (HTC one, with it's unibody and high quality speakers), with greater battery life or high quality finish like you get with a iPhone of One.
It's still beat the shit out of Snapdragon 800
http://gigaom.com/2013/09/19/tests-show-iphone-5s-a7-chip-is-dual-core-still-beats-quad-core-android-competitors/
First, the camera is not way behind, but slightly behind Nokia and Sony, and that is one of the last things someone should care about. Go buy a professional camera if that is what you want. I'll take screen quality and processing power over a camera any day.
Next, what LG phone are you talking about that beats the specs of the S4? The S4 has a faster CPU and better GPU than the LG Optimus G Pro. The Optimus shouldn't even be compared to the S4, as it is more in the Phablet Note III class, but even against the S4 it falls short. It's only advantage is a 1/2" bigger screen. The screen itself isn't nicer.
Which brings me to my next point. The S4 screens is one of the best on the market, with only the Note III having a better one. It might not be the best in sunlight, but the the blacks of an OLED screen are amazing for watching movies. The only way I would forgo the infinitely better contrast is if I used my phone outside a lot, which very few people do. Samsung makes most of the other phone manufactures screens. There is a reason they chose to go the route they did.
Finally your cheap construction comment just reeks of your ignorance, Do you really think the aluminum used in soda cans is some exotic material? Plastic is lighter and more impact resistance. Not to mention no one gets to see their shiny aluminum finish under their phone case. Plastic allows for quick and easy battery and SD card changes.
There is so much mis-information in your post, it is unbelievable. The anodized aluminum is significantly stronger than the plastic on S4. The blogs on the net say it is, multiple drop tests prove it, why is it so hard to understand through your fanboyism that aluminum is better??
Also, I gotta say that the screen on the S4 is great, but not the best. So what if it has great blacks. Many tests that compare it to the iPhone 5 say that the iphone 5 is less over-saturated and has better natural colors. But I will still say the S4 screen has many other improvements over the iPhone 5's screen to say the IP5 screen is better.
First, the camera is not way behind, but slightly behind Nokia and Sony, and that is one of the last things someone should care about. Go buy a professional camera if that is what you want. I'll take screen quality and processing power over a camera any day.
Next, what LG phone are you talking about that beats the specs of the S4? The S4 has a faster CPU and better GPU than the LG Optimus G Pro. The Optimus shouldn't even be compared to the S4, as it is more in the Phablet Note III class, but even against the S4 it falls short. It's only advantage is a 1/2" bigger screen. The screen itself isn't nicer.
Which brings me to my next point. The S4 screens is one of the best on the market, with only the Note III having a better one. It might not be the best in sunlight, but the the blacks of an OLED screen are amazing for watching movies. The only way I would forgo the infinitely better contrast is if I used my phone outside a lot, which very few people do. Samsung makes most of the other phone manufactures screens. There is a reason they chose to go the route they did.
Finally your cheap construction comment just reeks of your ignorance, Do you really think the aluminum used in soda cans is some exotic material? Plastic is lighter and more impact resistance. Not to mention no one gets to see their shiny aluminum finish under their phone case. Plastic allows for quick and easy battery and SD card changes.
There is so much mis-information in your post, it is unbelievable. The anodized aluminum is significantly stronger than the plastic on S4. The blogs on the net say it is, multiple drop tests prove it, why is it so hard to understand through your fanboyism that aluminum is better??
Also, I gotta say that the screen on the S4 is great, but not the best. So what if it has great blacks. Many tests that compare it to the iPhone 5 say that the iphone 5 is less over-saturated and has better natural colors. But I will still say the S4 screen has many other improvements over the iPhone 5's screen to say the IP5 screen is better.
For every drop test you could find showing the S4 loosing to some other aluminum phone, I could find one showing the S4 beating that same phone. Even the best of these drop tests fail under the slightest bit of scientific scrutiny. The results are so inherently random and the price of these phones so high that a large enough sample population is never used. The results are meaningless, even the ones showing the S4 winning.
One thing can be proven though. The impact resistance of plastic is a far greater than aluminum. When was the last time you saw an aluminum football or motorcycle helmet? Jabroni.
One thing can be proven though. The impact resistance of plastic is a far greater than aluminum. When was the last time you saw an aluminum football or motorcycle helmet? Jabroni.
Yeah, I studied as a structural engineer in college. Plastic and metal are just different. Whether or not one is better depends on your application. I do get a sense that the iPhone fares better than the S4 in drop tests, but I mostly attribute that to the lower mass (112g vs 130g) and smaller size (shorter lever arm when dropped on an edge or corner, resulting in smaller torques - the rotational analogue to forces). If you could enlarge an iPhone to S4 size, or shrink an S4 to iPhone size, I suspect they'd perform pretty similarly in drop tests.
The problem with metal in crashes is that it's very rigid. Rigid structures transmit all the acceleration forces directly to the internal components. A flexible material helps spread those forces out over time, reducing the acceleration forces. If you want a crash-friendly metal body, you need to design in collapsing tubes which absorb energy by crumpling in a pre-designed way. The downside being once it's crumpled, you need to replace it with a new one. With plastic, the parts which bent simply unbend once the force is removed. (Electronics can easily survive several hundred g's, so by "components" we're mostly talking about the screen here. And Samsung/LG are well on the way to solving that problem with flexible screens.)
Also, the iPhone's colors are more accurate because it's pretty obvious Apple is color calibrating them. The iPhone screens are not magical - most of them are made by Samsung or Sharp so it's not like they have better hardware. Android simply does not yet support color calibration. Samsung lets you pick different color schemes, and as Anandtech's reviews have shown, the Movie profile is very close to spot on accurate. The oversaturation in OLEDs is also a desirable trait (if you can calibrate it). It means the screen has a very large color gamut (can display purer colors). So if Android would just add support for color profiles, the OLED screens would completely blow away LCDs in terms of color. (LCDs still win out in max brightness.)
Now about the s5... Not happening. April at the soonest
I'll admit I'm considering picking up a Nexus 5, but that's just because I'm an enthusiast and like the Nexus line. A normal user would have absolutely no reason to upgrade unless they want to play the absolute latest games or just have to have the latest and greatest thing.
If you compare the LG G2 to the launch S4, yea its better in one way which is the processor which is a Snapdragon 600 vs 800. But the S4 LTE-A has a Snapdragon 800.
Honestly phones are not very unique. Short of software and maybe some design queues like screen or button placement/materials they all use the same processors for the most part.
Its all about the feel. The S4 is a great phone. The HTC one, LG G2 are also great phones.
Until there is another CPU design it wont be anything more than one company releases, the next releases a few months later with a bit better CPU/camera etc.