Samsung is aware that the display is their main advantage over the iPhone. So far, all the Galaxy flagships outmatched their Apple rivals when it came to web browsing, watching videos and gaming experience courtesy of their bigger displays and I am confident that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will make no exception. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4Release Date
So will the Samsung Galaxy S4 come with a bigger display? Probably yes, but certainly not bigger than 5-inches or else it would trespass Galaxy Note’s territory, and some of the company’s customers might choose the S4 over the company’s phablets. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
But because the Samsung Galaxy S4 could feature a 5-inch display doesn’t mean the terminal will be bigger. By implementing an edge-to-edge display and a buttonless front panel with three Android-specific soft buttons, the GS4 would provide an experience similar to the one of a 4.8-inch display. The rest is marketing. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date Earlier this month Sharp introduced a 5-inch display with full HD resolution developed for mobile devices. The Japanese have opened a road, and if their display catches on, Samsung might also build one of their own, so we might actually get a full HD Super AMOLED display on the next-gen Galaxy flagship. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
As about the flexible displays the South Koreans presented at CES 2011 I don’t think we’ll see them on the Samsung Galaxy S4. I just don’t see Samsung taking such a risk and test the flexible AMOLED display on one of their flagships.
Processor
Well, the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be a challenge for the company’s hardware engineers. We’ve all heard that the dual-core processors based on ARM Cortex A15 technology can outscore the quad-core processors underpinned by ARM Cortex A9. I know that, you know that, the tech savy guys know that, but it would be almost impossible to persuade the public that a dual-core is actually better than a quad-core. It’s like trying to tell them that having two double-cheeseburgers is better than four cheeseburgers, which in fact it is, as you get to eat less bread and enjoy the same amount of tasty meat and cheese. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release DateEven though Samsung officially introduced the new Exynos 5 Dual SoC, based on two Cortex A15 cores clocked at 1.7 GHz, the South Korean company will probably not use it on its next-gen flagship smartphone out of pure marketing reasons. This SoC will be probably licensed to other manufactures or maybe used for one of the company’s mid-range smartphones. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4Release Date
The Galaxy S4 will most likely sport a Samsung proprietary quad-core Cortex A15 processor (probably named Exynos 5 Quad), a response to Qualcomm’s quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro that uses the Krait design, which is yet considered the most powerful CPU on the market, helped by an Adreno 320 GPU which scored an impressive 132 fps in GLBenchmark tests compared to Galaxy S3′s 99 fps. You will find the Snapdragon S4 Pro solution fitted inside high-end smartphones like the LG Optimus G. see more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
The Exynos 5 Dual processor also comes with a quad-core Mali-T604 GPU, but the quad-core version designed for the Samsung Galaxy S4 will probably be helped by a Mali-T628 unit with eight cores which provides up to twice the graphics and GPU compute performance of the Mali-T624, helping the GS4 enter the playground opened by Nexus 7. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
Connectivity
The 4G is a major selling point for any high-end smartphone model and even Apple figured it out and integrated an LTE chip inside its iPhone 5. Both Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2, the latest high-end apparitions from Samsung come with 4G support, so the Samsung Galaxy S4 is bound to get it, too. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4Release DateIn my opinion Samsung made a mistake with the Exynos 4 Quad chipset fitted inside the international Galaxy S3 model which, unfortunately doesn’t come with 4G support. Since many of the North American customers want to have LTE on their smartphones, Samsung ditched the Exynos 4 Quad processor and replaced it with a dual-core Snapdragon S4 solution on the US variant that, as consolation, comes with 2 GB of RAM. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
The maker of the Galaxy figured where the mistake was really quick and fixed the problem on the 1.6 GHz Exynos 4 Quad that powers the Galaxy Note 2, which is now optimized for the US LTE networks.
Samsung showed they are capable of learning from their mistakes, so I am pretty confident that the processor that will underpin the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be compatible with the US 4G networks. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release Date
Of course, Samsung Galaxy S4 will come with WiFi in all standards, WiFi Direct, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth, microUSB and 3.5 mm audio jack, and definitely a NFC chip. Maybe the South Koreans will to something funny and interesting with the NFC, as those Tags have some potential.
Memory
Well, nothing out of ordinary will happen here. We will see the same model with three different internal storage options: 16, 32 and 64 GB of storage. Since the first Samsung Galaxy S hit the market the company have provided support for microSD cards, and the Galaxy S4 will certainly have one of those slots inside it. See more: Samsung Galaxy S4 Release DateThe Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with 2 GB of RAM in North America, South Korea, Australia and Japan. On the other hand Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will sport 2 GB of RAM on all the markets, including Europe, so you should expect the Samsung Galaxy S4 to come with 2 GB of RAM, as well.
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