Samsung might be prepping the Galaxy S5 for launch as early as January, according to reports.
The word comes from Korean news source Naver, which cites Samsung insiders for the information.
According to said insiders, Samsung wants to launch a follow-up device much earlier than expected as the company is disappointed in sales of the Galaxy S4. Despite the fact that Galaxy S4 sales were actually quite robust, Samsung appears to believe it could do a better job and wants another crack at it.
This could, perhaps, be to do with the controversy surrounding its launch of the Galaxy S4 with a Snapdragon 600 chip just as the Snapdragon 800 and LTE-Advanced connectivity began emerging onto the market.
Talk quickly followed of Galaxy S4 models in development equipped with this newer hardware. Likewise, there has continually been gossip surrounding the idea of Samsung bumping up its material quality with premium carbon fibre or metal. Most recently, mention has been made of “Limited Edition” metal-built versions of existing models such as the Galaxy Note 3.
Previously Samsung launched the Galaxy S3 in May 2012, while this year saw the launch creep forward to March for the Galaxy S4.
It’s thought the company could debut its previously mentioned 64-bit processor architecture on the Exynos 5430 chip, an octo-core processor with Hetrogeneous multi-processing – in other words it can leverage all eight cores at once.
Another recently unveiled bit of Samsung tech which could make its way into the new flagship is the company’s 16-megapixel ISOCELL camera sensor with optical image stabilisation and better low-light capabilities.
Lastly, we’re wondering if we could see further implementation of Samsung’s flexible OLED tech. The company has already demonstrated it can get a full HD 1920x1080 pixel resolution on the curved display seen on the Galaxy Round. Although we wouldn’t expect a curved display on the flagship, some other creative implementation is possible, or, alternatively simply the fact that the curved OLED is supposed to be more durable.
We’ll be keeping an eye on the rumour mill to see if anything else pops up. It could all be nonsense, of course, so do keep your salt shakers handy.
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