An early look into the Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung‘s next flagship phone is launching early this year (most likely March or April), and what we have are only bits and pieces of rumors, speculations, leaks & patents. This allowed us to take all the preliminary information that we have on the Galaxy S5 and combine it to produce an early visualization of the next big thing.

Samsung Galaxy S5

Above is a render of what we were able to create using Samsung’s recent design patents & the leaked screenshots of the new TouchWiz UI. We also already reported that the said phone will be available in March or in April, packing an all new design & a possible inclusion of iris scanning technology. Looking at the Galaxy J & the current Galaxy S4′s features, these could not be too far-fetched. The metallic casing that everyone was hoping for may just be around the corner.

Also included in the reports is that the Galaxy S5′s design will highlight the display. Seeing that the Galaxy S series increases in display size & decreases bezel thickness each iteration & knowing that Samsung has their flexible display technology under their sleeves, we can say that there is a possibility of an edge-to-edge display. The 16:9 aspect ratio didn’t fit on Samsung’s design patent without having little bezel so we thought it could look like the one above. That means that physical buttons will be abandoned though – something Samsung loves to have on their Galaxies.

As for the specs, we’re thinking about it having 2K resolution (something Oppo has already announced for their flagship, the Find 7). 64-bit Exynos is probably on the way as well with a Snapdragon 805 variant in tow for 4G LTE. 4GB RAM is also expected & Samsung’s new ISOCELL imaging technology could debut itself in the SGS5. The rest could be just incremental updates.

Having seen the Galaxy S4, if Samsung really does shed the plastic & the bloat off their next phone, we could have a killer flagship phone for this year. Guess we’ll all just have to wait & see. Besides, companies like HTC are also preparing their next flagship phones & Apple is also just around the corner with their non-incremental iPhone 6.

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Samsung Galaxy Round now official, with curved display

Remember those flexible OLED displays that Samsung loved showcasing? Well it’s here now in the form of the Galaxy Round!

GALAXY ROUND

Basically, the company took all of their best internals and packed it with their OLED technology. It features a 5.7-inch flexible 1080p display, a Snapdragon 800 CPU, 3GB RAM & a 13MP camera in a thin and curved 7.9mm chassis.

SAMSUNG GALAXY ROUND PHILIPPINES

The phone is basically all things Galaxy Note 3, but instead it gives up the stylus functionality for the curvaceous feature set of the device (seen below, “roll effect”). It even has that fake stitched leather back.

Samsung Galaxy Round specs:
5.7-inch full HD flexible Super AMOLED display @ 1920×1080 pixels, 386ppi
Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 2.3GHz quad-core
Adreno 330 Graphics
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD card
LTE
WiFi
Bluetooth
NFC
IR Blaster
GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
13MP rear camera, BSI sensor
1080p @ 60fps, 2160p @ 30fps
1.9MP front-facing camera
1080p video @ 30fps
2,800mAh Li-Ion battery
7.9mm thin
154 grams
Android 4.3 Jellybean

The phone will be available in South Korea for a price of around Php44k converted. We still have no details regarding an international launch.

Update: The phone will only be available in South Korea. Samsung has no plans to market it yet internationally.

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