The South
Korean phone maker will undoubtedly release their next-gen flagship
smartphone sometime in 2015 and even though the Samsung Galaxy S6
release date is several months away, we believe we can make some estimation
about its hardware platform and launch. Anyway, since the Galaxy S6 might
already be on Samsung’s work table, expect to see more reports about it over
the next couple of months.
The Samsung
Galaxy S5 is on the market for more than half a year, so the
media and Samsung fans area already turning their attention towards
the Galaxy S6. Based on Samsung’s previous launches and on the reports
that already surfaced online, we are hoping to give you an idea on what to
expect from the yet unannounced terminal.
Over the past
couple of years, Samsung introduced their Galaxy S flagships in March and
February, respectively. You should expect the Samsung Galaxy S6 release date to
be in the first quarter of the year, maybe at CES 2015 in January or MWC 2015
in February. Therefore, you might be able to actually purchase the smartphone
in March 2015.
A recent report has indicated that Samsung plans to start fresh with the Galaxy
S6, that’s why the smartphone will be rebuilt from scratch. The same report
said that the handset is known internally as Project Zero and that it might be
the best Galaxy S flagship we’ve ever seen. The reason why the South Koreans
are developing the S6 from scratch might be the poor sales of its
predecessors.
Early this
year, it was rumored that the Galaxy S5 will sport a Quad HD screen.
Samsung considered that a Full HD screen is good enough for their 2014
flagship, but it surely won’t be good enough for the Galaxy S6 given most
high-end smartphones launched in the second half of the year come with Quad
HD display. We are sure that the handset will feature a Quad HD (1440 x
2560) screen with Super AMOLED technology. The size will probably not grow
beyond the 5.2 inches of the S5, or else Samsung might cannibalize the
sales of the Note 4. They might also narrow the bezel around the display of the
Galaxy S6 resulting in an more compact body than the one of the S5.
We all know
that the recently-released Android 5.0 Lollipop OS has native support for
64-bit processors. Rumor has it that, as usual, the Galaxy S6 will be offered
with either an Exynos or a Qualcomm processor, depending on the market on which
is being sold. The Exynos chipset might be the new 64-bit Exynos 7420 with
a LTE-friendly Exynos Modem 333, while the Snapdragon 801 unit will
bring quad-core Cortex A57 and quad-core A53 with 64-bit support CPU and
Adreno 430 GPU.
In terms of
design, we might get to see the first metallic Galaxy S flagship ever. Samsung
has made big steps towards building premium smartphones. First we’ve seen the
Galaxy Alpha with its metallic edges, then the same metallic frame was used for
the Galaxy Note 4, and now the new Galaxy A series debuted with a
metal-made unibody. This might also mean that you will no longer have access to
the battery.
Memory-wise,
the Galaxy S6 will most likely bring 3 GB of RAM, paired with up to 128 GB of
native storage. It seems that the Asian phone maker is planning to ditch the 16
GB model and offer the S6 in three internal storage options: 32, 64, and 128
GB. Will they ditch the microSD card slot, too? Hopefully not.
We’ve heard
that the user-facing camera of the Galaxy S6 will be upgraded to a 5 MP sensor,
which might actually make sense given the recent ‘Selfie’ trend. As for the
rear-facing shooter, Samsung might stick to the same 16 MP camera of the Galaxy
Note 4, completed with optical image stabilization, phase detection autofocus,
UHD 4K video recording support, and slow-motion video capture. It looks that
the company is also planning to improve the low-light photography of the
sensor.
Since Apple’s
iPhone made the fingerprint sensor mainstream, Samsung would also want to
keep theirs in place. They will also keep the heart rate monitor and the
ultraviolet sensor since its they both represent an advantage over the
latest iPhones.
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