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(PICTURE CREDIT: Samsung Mobile US / Twitter) Galaxy S4: Official image ‘leaked’ by Samsung on Twitter before March 14 launch
Even as smartphone enthusiasts and their mothers-in-law patiently await the launch of the #NextBigThing from Samsung on Thursday, the South Korean giant has published a teaser image of a smartphone on Twitter, leaving fans and aficionados gasping for more.
“The countdown for #TheNextBigThing has begun. Who’s ready for the Global Unpacked Event on March 14?,” Samsung Mobile US (@SamsungMobileUS), the American unit of the company, asked in its Twitter update, and happily attached the silhouette of the new smartphone waiting to be unveiled on Thursday.
That was more than enough to create a frenzy among Samsung fans – the update has been re-tweeted 1,587 times already, with 350 of Samsung Mobile US’ 4.26 million followers marking the update as their ‘favourite’.
Even though the picture show the smartphone in a shadow, and only the top half of the handset is discernible, the phone does resemble the unofficially leaked images of the Galaxy S4 that were first published on a Chinese forum.
As we have pointed out earlier, the device looks strikingly similar to the Samsung Galaxy S3α (alpha). The rather convincing images leaked on the Chinese blog showed a 5-inch smartphone, similar in styling to the Galaxy S3α, and a fair deal of details in terms of the oblong button and a glossy reverse cover, presented in a stylised background.
Information published on the forum claimed that the phone has a 1080p display, runs Android 4.2.1, has a 1.8GHz Universal5410 processor and 2GB of RAM.
The good news for eager fans is that the soon-to-be-officially-revealed smartphone has some serious specifications upgrade from the current generation of the Galaxy smartphone, the S3, including eye-tracking software that will help you scroll through the phone with the twitch of your eyes, and a literal “green screen” with energy-saving PHOLED material in its AMOLED display.
In addition, it is rumoured to be available with a wireless charger and floating touch technology (i.e., you do not need to actually touch the touch-screen for it to function). You can read all about it here: Galaxy S4 vs iPhone 5S: Compare specs, release dates and pricing.
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