Samsung's Galaxy S4 is surely one of the most hotly anticipated upcoming devices, and new reports that surfaced on Tuesday claimed eager fans could have it in their hands as soon as April.
The Galaxy S4 was also said on Tuesday to have been given a new codename: "Altius," which replaced the previous codename "Project J."
The new Samsung Altius Galaxy S4 will be unveiled either at Mobile World Congress (MWC) at the end of February or at a separate event that Samsung will hold in March, according to Samsung blog SamMobile.
Another Tuesday report, this one at Slashgear, narrowed that rumor down further to a March 22 Galaxy S4 reveal at a press conference somewhere in the U.S.
Galaxy S4 release in April
SamMobile also claimed on Tuesday that Samsung's "Altius" Galaxy S4 will be released in April, more specifically at week 16, on April 15.
The Galaxy S4 will reportedly be available in two colors: the rather unimaginative black and white, though as the site pointed out, Samsung will no doubt spruce those up by calling them "Midnight Rush Black" and "Heavenly White" or something.
The site listed several other unconfirmed Galaxy S4 specs, including an eight-core Exynos 5 processor, an eight-core Mali-T658 GPU, a 4.99-inch Super AMOLED 1080p display, 2GB memory, and rear and front cameras at 13 and two megapixels and 1080/720p video capture, respectively.
More Galaxy S4 tips
Furthermore, SamMobile claimed on Tuesday to have received confirmation that Samsung's Altius Galaxy S4 will indeed support wireless charging.
This particular leak popped up last Thursday, when another site reported that Samsung would sell a wireless charging kit with a dock and back cover for the Galaxy S4.
The Galaxy S4's battery has been tipped at 2600mAh, reportedly up from the Galaxy S3's 2100mAh.
The latest report claimed that Samsung will releas the Galaxy S4's wireless charging kit "a couple of weeks" after the Galaxy S4 release itself, so likely by the end of April, if all these rumors pan out.
On the other hand, the only real official word on the Galaxy S4 came from Samsung Lebanon, which told a user over social media at the beginning of January that the S4 won't be released before May. So who knows?
Source : techradar[dot]com
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