Galaxy S4 Will Boost the S3's Sales When It Is Released

 Instead of digging up the rumor mill to search for some fishy Galaxy S4 news, I will dedicate today's article to another business analysis of Samsung's Galaxy business model. In this article we will try to explain how the S4 will not just help Samsung make money by selling this device to the loyal consumers, but will also help boost the S3 sales as well! Additionally, this concept will spoil Apple and BlackBerry smartphone sales, but there is a lot of competition out there that Samsung needs to think about as well. Additionally, you can expect a lot of people to upgrade to the new S4 as soon as it comes out!

Samsung's best seller is in for another frenzy?

 As things currently stand, a lot of people have a contact for the Galaxy S3 that will be expiring sometime in April or May, which is an ideal time for a Galaxy S4 launch. If the timing is good, then a lot of people will be able to easily upgrade to a new device and extend their contracts or even switch their provider. However, aside from the people rushing to buy the new flagship, a lot of people will go crazy over the older S3 model, especially once the price drops down a bit which is fairly logical.

 Of course, this can happen only if Samsung really puts out a good quality product! Towards the end of 2012 a lot of iOS users have switched to Android thanks to the S3 which has done its job quite well. It is needless to say that the new flagship smartphone from the Korean tech giant will have big shoes to fill and expectation are rather high!

 Should the rumors about its specs and features be true, this will be a very good device that will be able to blow the Apple iPhone 5 out of the water as well as outsell the new BlackBerry and Sony devices. Hopefully for Samsung their engineers won't let their previously won fame hit them in the head to much and they will actually do their best to create another best-seller in the mobile industry. Samsung certainly has the resources and their chance to take the spotlight in the mobile industry for a second year in a row are quite high.

 While we wait to see how things roll out, make sure to follow this blog for more Samsung Galaxy S4 news!

Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry10: Sammy playing dirty?

 What we knew as RIM for so long no longer exists as they have officially changed their name to BlackBerry and released two new devices which might be a threat to the Samsung Galaxy S4. If you are searching for a Galaxy S4 vs BlackBerry 10 comparison that will not be the purpose of this article. Instead, our task here will be to outline some of the business strategies that the two companies will be using to market and sell their products effectively. Once we know more about the S4 we will do the first comparison of the phone next to what BB 10 has to offer! So, let's see what Samsung has been doing about the BlackBerry 10 launch event that was held in London yesterday. Let us start with this screenshot.

Samsung stealing ad BlackBerry 10 ad space via Google Ads

 So, let us start with explaining in short how these Google ads work. Basically, you choose a set of keywords that you want to advertise for and you pay as much is needed to outbid the competition. So, Samsung chose to advertise their products to users who were clearly searching for BlackBerry 10 news. While the new devices and the OS that good- ol' RIM has released will be the talk of the day, Samsung didn't allow the spotlight to fully leave their stage! Samsung has also done the same on Twitter and they bought a lot of ad space on sites such as CNET and Mashable in order to do their best to stop the news of the new BlackBerry 10 from spreading across the Net.

 Another important thing is that Samsung is no longer focusing on targeting a "regular user" and their priority now seem to be businesses, entrepreneurs, developers and so on. This is because BlackBerry 10 will be focusing on those user groups and Samsung has to try not just to control the damage that the new-old kid on the block might do their business model, but also try to steal their customers as soon as possible. How will this reflect on the Galaxy S4, you might ask? Well, I do have several predictions, although we will have to wait and see how likely these will be.

Leaked promo of the two new BlackBerry 10 models

 The first thing that Samsung will try is to buy as much advertising space as possible so that BlackBerry cannot promote their new products as much as they would like. Samsung's budget is much bigger than theirs which means that this won't be much of a problem. The next step is for Samsung to probably try and come up with new ads for their S3 and Note 2, which will try to show that Samsung's phones are superior.

 Another tactic that we can expect Samsung to use is to flood the Internet with 'anonymous leaks' about the Galaxy S4 and the Note 3 so that people who were interested in the BlackBerry 10 decide to wait it out until they see the new flagship devices that the Korean tech giant will release. Finally, Sammy might even step their plans up a bit and release their S4 a lot sooner than they might have originally planned.

So, their readership, what do you think of all of this? Do you agree or disagree that Samsung will do their best to beat BlackBerry in a marketing war? Either way make sure to subscribe to our blog, follow our RSS and/or share this article (if you liked it of course!)

Galaxy S4 Release Date in April?

 The latest Samsung Galaxy S4 news for this past week were mostly concentrated around the release date hysteria. People have given up from claiming that we will see the new flagship during the Mobile Word Congress 2013 and have instead started focusing on an April release date. This is mostly a result of the fact that many major tech blogs have mentioned this rumor along with the leaked stylus pen information so naturally, the rumor mill did its job. Non the less, it is the sworn duty of this blog to cover all of these rumors and give you guys and girls an easy breakdown of the most popular S4 rumors. So, shall we start?

A site by the name of PhonesReview UK recently posted that we should expect the Samsung Galaxy S4 release date to be set after the MWC 2013 and that it will likely be somewhere between April 15 and 22. Naturally, this isn't their original story and it is just a remake of similar stories of the Internet which have not given us the name of their source. This time it is a source that is close to major UK retailers which really doesn't tell us that much. I will however agree that is no longer possible to think that the Galaxy S4 release date is set to be during the Mobile World Congress this year as this is just way too soon. I willing to admit though that I am hopping that Samsung might show a Galaxy S4 prototype or at least present some of the new technology that will surely be a part of this device.

A fan made render of the new device

 I am ready to bet my five cents, however, that the Samsung Galaxy S4 release date will have to be announced during a Samsung Unpacked event. The company organizes several of these events each year in different parts of the world, but the biggest one will no doubt be the one where they will showcase their latest premium device. The same thing has been done in the past for the Galaxy S3 smartphone during the London Samsung Unpacked and for the Galaxy Note 2 during the Berlin Samsung Unpacked.

 So, that reminds me, do you remember the fake Galaxy S4 release invitation? I criticized a lot of the elements that were just wrong on that photo. For example, it was obviously a picture of a laptop that was displaying a poorly designed attempt at fooling the people on the Internet. But the truth is that we will be seeing real invitations to an event like this one eventually. Usually only the press gets invited to events like this so don't hope to get one of these in your mailbox!

 So, dear readers, when do you think the Galaxy S4 will be released? And in what town will Samsung hold the Unpacked event where this device will be presented? We would love to hear from you, so leave us a reply bellow this article!

Galaxy S4 S Pen and Holder Kit (rumor update)

 So, we have been hearing for past week that the top Galaxy S4 news on the Net are the reports that claim that the S4 will feature a stylus pen. I find it interesting how a lot of media sites and users are focused more around the S Pen feature then about the more important details such as the CPU, GPU, chip sets and other technical details. Of course, not everyone is a tech wiz who cares about all of these things and the S Pen is something that we all understand and love, but it is really a necessary feature for a smartphone? A few years back I would have said that it was a bit stupid, but only now do I see how much people love larger screens and their stylus pens!

Fake Galaxy S4 with S Pen feature

  The Samsung Galaxy S4 will feature a 4,99 inch screen - this is nothing new, however, this is a good starting point when talking about the rumored S Pen feature. A large screen like this can function fairly good without a stylus, however, it would still be great to have one. The S Pen provides a totally different approach and a whole new user experience - so, why not include it into the S4 design plan?

 However, if we are to have a S Pen functionality, then a holder kit accessory is really something that will be a must! This will probably be very similar to the kit that was introduced with the Galaxy Note series, which is all quite standard.

 This kit costs around $60 for the Galaxy Note, so we can expect a similar price range for Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone.

Samsung Galaxy S4 with S Pen in April?

 We mentioned that the Galaxy S4 might be featuring an S Pen a long time ago and this is hardly fresh Galaxy S4 news, however, this time around we have some new details, along with a supposed release date of the new device. Western blogs across the web are reporting that Korean media has announced a report that the S4 will have S Pen functionality along with a 4,99 inch full HD display screen. This beast is expected to arrive in April 2013 and Enuri (a Korean media) has reported that Samsung is already hard at work in order to actually meet this deadline. 

Fake promotion poster of a 'Galaxy S4' with the S Pen

Korean media suggests that Samsung has already developed most of the technology that they plan to integrate inside of the Galaxy S4's hardware and that we have already seen some of these technologies in action. For example. the SGS4 is expected to come with a 4,99" Super AMOLED Full HD screen which is something similar to what we have seen on the Galaxy Note series. Samsung is expected to offer a great display resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels which means 441 pixels per inch. This is quite impressive, but is is something brand new that we have not yet seen? Not, it really isn't and if Sammy hopes to sell 10 million units a month they will have to dish out something far more impressive if you ask me!

 Another detail that was revealed is that we should expect the Galaxy S4 to be a bit thicker with 9.1 mm of thickness which is a big bigger when compared to the Galaxy S3's 8.6 mm of thickness. Honestly though I would quite like this change as I am not such a huge fan of thin mobile devices and I prefer bulkier models. This if of course a matter of preference, but most people will hardly tell the difference.

So what say you dear readership? Are you excited about the Galaxy S4 coming out with an S Pen?

Samsung Galaxy S4 to Sell 10 Million Units a Month? Is It Possible?

 So far we talked about the rumored Galaxy S4 news, photos, leaks and specs, but it is as though we are forgetting one of the most important things. For us, this is quality, but for Samsung? Well, it has to be profit, after all they won't be handing out the S4 for free to people on the street! So, how much profit is the Korean tech giant expecting to get out of their upcoming flagship device? And how many devices can they even sell? The title of this article may have ruined the surprise: reports are claiming that Samsung hopes to sell 10 million units per month once the device is launched. So, the question we are asking is whether or not this is possible. We will give our own answer in this article, but we would like to hear what you this via the comments down bellow.

The S3 sold quite well in 2012, is it time for the S4 to take over?

 Before we can answer whether or not Samsung can sell 10 million units per month we should look at the previous success that this company has had. For good measure, let us compare those sale figures with other ones as well. From what I have seen, CNET reported mid January that Samsung had sold over 40 million Galaxy S3 devices in total (here is the article) which means that sales are indeed going well, but not that well to actually predict that Samsung can sell 10 million units per month! After all, the S3 was released about 7 months ago, which means it sold roughly 5,7 million units per month on average. Can Samsung really sell double the amount of S3 devices that they have sold? If so, then that will really make some interesting Galaxy S4 news a year from now.

 On other hand, we have Apple, a company that has sold 47.8 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2012 which is quite impressive and a type of number Samsung will probably want to get passed in the coming seasons.

 My personal opinion is that Samsung might be able to sell more than 10 million of these devices during the first month of the Galaxy S4 release. However, sales will gradually start dropping and if Samsung really hopes to sell 10 million each month, then I am afraid that this will hardly be the case. However, Samsung has people working on their plans and these people are far smarter than me, that's for sure! I doubt a Samsung official has given this statement and I feel that this is just another fake rumor.

 So what do you guys and girls think?  In the meantime, follow our RSS feed to keep updated with the latest Galaxy S4 news and updates!

Samsung Galaxy S4 Design and Photos

 Galaxy S4 photo leaks are not a trustworthy thing on the Internet as 3D and Photoshop experts will not have a hard time designing and faking a render/model. There have been plenty of these leaks already and people seem to take them for granted, while the truth is that we are perhaps nowhere near what the device will actually look like. However, let us base our opinion on what we know so far about the S series and what rumors are suggesting to create our own theory of what we should be expecting. Sounds like fun? Since there are really no Galaxy S4 news this week, let us try to do this together.

 So, let us start from the latest Galaxy S4 leaked image:

 The second phone is obviously the Galaxy S3, while the first one is the rumored photo of the Galaxy S4 which highlights its visual and design difference from the previous model. We are expected to notice that the phone will be larger and that it will feature a 4,99" display. The image also suggests that the phone will keep its physical Home button and that it will feature physical volume buttons. Round edges have been a feature of the Galaxy S series and this design approach seems to be a hybrid between the S3 and S2. 

 To be even more accurate, the S4 photo we posted above resembles the Galaxy Note 2 more than any of the S series smartphones. So, here are some Galaxy S4 news and tips for you: expect a lot of fake images in the following months!

 So, can we create any prediction of our own? It would certainly be possible to guess, but it is hard to say anything that nobody has mentioned yet. What we are betting strongly on, however, is the 4,99" inch display which is bound to be a feature of Galaxy S4. Another thing to expect is that Samsung will stick to some basic white and black color combinations for their first few models before they release other design variations. 

 Also, it is easy to expect a stylus pen to become a part of the Galaxy S4 accessory kit and some websites such as SamMobile are even betting on it. Due to the predicted larger screen size this would make perfect sense, although this is something we can live without.

 Make sure to follow this blog for regular Galaxy S4 news and updates!

Galaxy S4 Early Presentation in February? Not a Release Date!

 It seems a lot of journalists can't tell the difference between a presentation and an actual release date. The current story is that the Galaxy S4 would be presented at the end of February at the World Mobile Congress (WMC) which I honestly find difficult to picture. I am not doubting that Samsung has been hard at work creating the latest flagship smartphone for their Galaxy S series, but isn't it too soon? Of course, if Samsung does give us a look at the S4 in February, this doesn't mean that the device will immediately be ready for sale the next week. 

A fake, fan render of the Galaxy S4

 However, in all honesty, the Galaxy S4 is a phone that has elite status in the mobile industry due to the success of the previous models. A device like this isn't something that Samsung will just present at WMC, this a sort of device that deserves its own event, and another rumor is that we will see a special event for the Galaxy S4 somewhere in mid-March or at the start of April. A popular blog called SamMobile posted that April the 15th is the day when the S4 will be revealed to the general public and presented. Personally, I wouldn't trust this report, but April seems pretty possible for a presentation date. After all, Samsung is under a lot of pressure since other companies are catching up to the pace and offering powerful smartphone and phablet devices of their own.

 In other Galaxy S4 news, the reports last week focused more on the device's appearance. These reports are claiming that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 will originally come to the market in two colors - black and white, which is a classic approach. Although you can expect for their designer to come up with some fancy names such as Midnight Rush or something along those lines. Another thing you can expect of Samsung is to release additional colors several months after the release like they did with the S3. Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing something like Sapphire Black on the S4, but that is just personal opinion. What do you guys and girls think about the role that design will play in selling the Galaxy S4?

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Galaxy S4 Specs According to AnTuTu Benchmark

 Hey guys and girls, ready for some new Galaxy S4 news and rumors? Yeah, more rumors that are probably not true but you want to hear anyway! Well, at least this time we won't be starting an article with "an anonymous source claims that" , instead we will focus on a report from AnTuTu Benchmark who has leaked screenshots which showcase some of the Galaxy S4's features. The main focus here is the Exynos 5 Octa, the eight-core processor which will, according to this report, certainly be featured on the Galaxy S4.

One of the mean leaked renders of the S4 that is probably fake

 The Samsung Galaxy S4 will have the model number GT-I9500 when it comes to international as well as the model code SHV-E300S for South Korea. The device will, as the report suggest, certainly  pack Samsung’s newly announced eight-core processor, the Exynos 5 Octa. This processor is running at 1.8GHz. Aside from this hardware report, AnTuTu Benchmark also shows that the S4 will proudly sport Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean OS out of the box.

 This news, unfortunately, doesn't reveal anything extremely new and exciting and it should still be taken with a grain of salt as we never know just how reliable these source are. This being said though, I am quite confident that this report is pretty accurate. The Exynos 5 Octa has a lot of buzz around it and it is already creating a good marketing campaign for the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3. As for the OS, obviously Samsung will try to bring in the latest stable OS version to their users when it comes to their flagship device. Perhaps Key Lime Pie 5.0 will come just in time to be featured on the S4 instead of Jelly Bean?

 Either way, make sure to follow our blog to keep updated with the latest Samsung Galaxy S4 news, rumors and leaks!

Qualcomm CEO Calls Samsung’s Eight-Core Exynos 5 Octa a Publicity Stunt

 A few days ago we told you that Samsung presented the Exynos 5 Octa, which is an eight core processor that is bound to provide brilliant performance and might be prt of the next Galaxy S4. However, I personally don't think it is fair to exactly call it an eight-core processor and Qualcomm CEO agrees, but uses much harsher words. In fact, Dr. Paul Jacobs called the whole project a publicity stunt whose aim is to mislead the public into thinking that the Exynos 5 Octa is something new, unique and better than what other companies have to offer.

 Personally I agree and I think that this is the start of a great marketing campaign for the Galaxy S4 as well as the Galaxy Note 3. The Exynos 5 Octa doesn't really earn its name due to the fact that it doesn’t operate all eight cores simultaneously which is something most people will be thinking. The fact is that this processor has a bank of four advanced A15 or four smaller A7 cores. Depending on the needs of the programs(s) that are being ran the processor will choose between the two banks in order to provide the best experience possible while saving needless battery drain.

 The Tegra 3 is just Tegra 3, in spite of the fact that if you counts its extra power-saving core it should actually be called a five-core chip. Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs doesn’t seem too pleased with how Samsung is trying to position this chip, and had a few choice words about the Exynos 5 Octa while speaking to reporters in Beijing.

 However, this is how the tech industry and smart advertising coexist and function, it is nothing new and is quite normal of Dr. P. Jacobs to defend the interests of his company and their Smartdragon processor. What we should really be waiting for is the benchmark results to see how well the Exynos 5 Octa performs - that is what really matters. Or at least it should!

Galaxy S4 to sport a 4,99 inch full HD screen?

 It seems that the motto "the bigger the better" is the official slogan of the mobile industry giants this year. It isn't just Samsung with their Galaxy S4 who will be doing the 5-inch flagship trick, but just about every other company out there! Sony is no stranger to the rule with their new Sony Xperia Z nor is HTC with their Butterfly. It is only natural to assume that Samsung would follow this trend right? Oh, but this rumor isn't just based on speculation, but it is neither backed-up by a "leaked Galaxy S4 prototype". The truth is we just got some hints from Samsung themselves about some things in Las Vegas, at CES 2013.

The evolutions of Samsung's display

 Namely, they presented a working prototype model of an unknown  device which used a curved display that had a full HD screen. A lot of people scream "OMG that must be the Galaxy S4 prototype", but sadly this isn't the case. However, what is true and will become reality really soon, is that Samsung will be massively producing 4,99 inch screens in 2013. These will be full HD with 440 pixels per inch which should guarantee a supreme user experience.

Galaxy S4 + an 8-core processor? Take my money!

Exynos processors have been used by various Samsung mobile phones and the the Korean giants has presented a brand new model, Exynos 5 Octa at CES 2013. Octa? Octas, as in eight? Yep, that's a processor with eight cores and the rumor is that we can expect to see it powering the Galaxy S4. Samsung claims that this new processor will offer the levels of processioning power that has never before been seen in the mobile industry. Now, I do agree that this is extremely impressive, however, I still have some concerns with all of this.

Photo from CES 2013. Credits to Mashable for the photo

 My first concern is whether or not Samsung will be putting the Exynos 5 Octa into work this year. All the major press say things such as "this processor will enable brilliant user experience, speed and performance". What troubles me is the time tense, if this is something that is certainly finished, why use the future tense? Is this a technology that Samsung has fully mastered and is ready to massively produce or is it a work in progress just like their flexible display technology?

 My second concern is how much battery consumption this processor will cause. The Galaxy S3 can proudly say that it has a very reliable battery and you can easily get a few portable batteries to switch between if you are going on a trip and don't have time to charge your phone. I can  expect that Samsung would come up with some major improvements to the battery if they actually chose to stick the eight-core processor into their Galaxy S4 flagship.

  PC Mag did a nice job of explaining how this processor actually works. Apparently it uses something know as ARM's Big.Little technology, which pairs the small, energy-efficient ARM Cortex-A7 chip with a larger, more powerful Cortex A-15 multicore chip. This technology also addresses the problem of power consumption as benchmarks show that it actually lowers battery drain by half which is really something! This apparently works because "the little guy"  handles the easy stuff while the big processor chip is offline to reduce battery consumption. So that means that the A-15 multicore chip activates when we do something that really requires some muscle - such as graphic-intensive gaming or HD video streaming.

 We will update you if anything new about the Galaxy S4 comes up, until then we encourage you to follow our feeds & Twitter network.

Galaxy S4 with Tizen OS? We Disagree!

 Like we told you guys - mainstream media loves clinging on to rumors and feeding people fake stories so that these could become viral and bring in more profit. One such news is the rumor that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be coming out in April 2013 with Tizen as its operating system. So what is this Tizen OS you ask? Well, it is another open-source Linux-based mobile operating system that is being developed by Samsung and Intel and some of their other partners including Vodafone. The two partners have announced that this year there will be several new mobile devices that will use Tizen OS for the first time, and of course a lot of "reliable mobile websites" have already posted that the Galaxy S4 and the Note 3 will run on Tizen OS. Oh, for the love of God!

 Alright, everybody has a right to their opinion and there are a few valid points in this theory. For example, since everyone will be interested in what the new Galaxy S4 has to offer, this will be a great chance to show Tizen OS. Yes, that is true, but how many people will actually like that fact that this premium device is running on an operating system that has not yet become something that we are used to? And do you really think that Samsung would let down their high-budget, Android fans like that? It wouldn't be a very good move on their part.

Fake Galaxy S4 render

 Finally, thing about this, if the Galaxy S4 running Tizen OS doesn't fit-in with all our expectation then people will start pointing fingers at this new operating system, saying that it is the reason why this awesome piece of hardware isn't working like we expect it to. Putting an operating system that just got out of beta on a flagship device? Now that sounds like a horrible move, and I can assure you that this is something that Samsung is not going to do. It just not a smart move.

 Does this mean that Tizen OS is bad? Of course not! I have no idea how successful this software will be nor how good its quality will be compared to Android. For all I know it might be the best mobile operating system yet, but the world won't be ready to see it launch for the first time on a high-end device like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and this is just how things work.

 Another thing to consider about the Tizen OS is that this isn't Samsung's personal project and that there are several other companies involved. One of the biggest in this partnership is Intel which has been trying to get into the mobile industry for quite some time now. The Galaxy S4 won't be using anything by Intel, and the rule of thumb suggests that Tizen OS phones will have to have Intel's great chipsets or processors in them. See the connection?

 All in all, we will just have to sit tight and wait! Until then you can follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our RSS feed. Have a great day!

Further reading: Will the Galaxy S4 run on an Exynos 5, 8-core processor?

Galaxy S4 Fake Event Invitation - Do These People Ever Get Bored?

 Just like last year, there is a new rumor/fake/leak/photo every day and this is slightly getting annoying. Right now its hard to separate the Galaxy S4 news from fakes and fan-made stories. However, this one leak will not fool us! A Korean member of the SamMobile forum posted a photo of what appear to be a invitation to the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch event which should (as the card) says, take place on March 4, 2013. A closer look at the photo will help you see the edges of a computer or laptop screen on which this digital fraud is located. We did a little zoom in as well and saw that this was done on a LG device. Of the irony! Have a look for yourself:

 Do you want some more reasons why this Galaxy S4 invitation is fake? Well, here are a couple:

• If this were an official invitation it would have a much cleaner design and much better tagline. Samsung is known for making nice designs and commercials and this tagline/invitation just doesn't seem like anything they would make.
• Why would Samsung be creating invitation for the press so soon? Even if the Galaxy S4 was to be released in March, why make invitations now? A company like Samsung can't even be 100% if the the release date that they do decide on will be the best one.
• What idiot would be leaking device photos and official invitations? It's not like Samsung would have a hard time figuring out who did it, and once they do find out, that person would risk their entire career. All for a few photos? Hardly worth it.
• March the 4th? Come on people, we all know that is a bit too soon for the Samsung to throw out the Galaxy S4.
• Samsung has been able to hide a lot of details about their Galaxy S3 and none of the rumors came even close to the final product. You can expect the same for the S4.
• A Samsung employee with a LG laptop? Talk about irony.
• The slogan and overall design look quite like the work of an amateur and Samsung doesn't hire such people for projects of this scale.
• And finally - just about anyone could have created this! All you need is Photoshop or even GIMP and the proper fonts and you are done! A perfectly good Samsung Galaxy S4 release date invitation fake!

 The things above could be said about the previously leaked Samsung Galaxy S4 photo, but at least that looked quite impressive for a while. Of course, you have a right to disagree with us. Perhaps you see or know something about these photos that we do not? Or maybe you have other inside stories to share? Well, feel free to post in the comments bellow!

Samsung Galaxy S4 to feature a S Pen

 The rumors surrounding the Galaxy S4 are constantly pointing out that the device will have a 5 inch screen and the latest rumor is that the device will come along with a S Pen. Personally, I do not like either of these features as I was hopping for the Galaxy S4 to actually become a bit smaller while the Galaxy Note series become Samsung's phablet flagship, but it seems that this will not be happening. 

 In fact, the rumors across the Internet are continually raising this question and it is becoming quite obvious that the 5-inch Super AMOLED full HD Galaxy S4 is already in the works. The fan-made photograph/render of the Galaxy S4 bellow this paragraph best displays what this might look like, expect that the size of the smartphone is still a bit too small for a 5-inch Galaxy S4, but we can let this slide pass!

A fan-made picture of a "Galaxy S4" along with a S Pen

 As far as the release date rumors are concerned there is really nothing for us to report other than what most people are assuming already. Most analysts will tell you not to expect the new Galaxy S4 anytime soon and that it will certainly not come out before May. A lot of people are hoping that an early prototype of the device will be presented at the CES conference in a couple of days, but this is highly unlikely. As news continue to surface we will keep in touch with you via this blog so make sure you follow us!

Thrilling Galaxy S4 Fan-Made Video Ad

 Hey guys and girls, this post isn't exactly about any Samsung Galaxy S4 news, but we will from time to time share some awesome fan-made creations with you guys. Today we are presenting the Galaxy S4 video ad that was made by Bob Freking who has done an excellent job of highlighting some impressive features that the S4 might have. The dramatic music, the simple design and the beautiful galaxy-related graphics all fit together quite well and this video advert is overall quite impressive and a pleasure to watch. Have a look for yourself and enjoy Bob's work!

 The specs that Bob mentions in the video are actually the rumored performance specs for the Galaxy S4 which you can view in-depth on the Galaxy S4 specs page. We also suggest that you follow our RSS feed so that you can stay in touch with the latest news and rumors about the Galaxy S4!

Galaxy S4 Photo Leaks!

The prestigious mobile conference event CES will begin on the 10th of January and a lot of people are wondering whether it is too early for the Samsung Galaxy S4 to appear at this event already! Unlike Apple who takes its time to clear stock before throwing out a new product, Samsung is hard at work and they do not live on old fame! No matter what the truth about the upcoming event is, we are still happy that somebody has leaked some first photos of the Galaxy S4 device. I am already quite sure that these will turn out to be fake, but let us give the poster a benefit of doubt! Here is the leaked press render/ photo:

A leaked photo of the Samsung Galaxy S4?

 Once again I remind you to take everything that you read here with a grain of salt since last year we had tons of fake and fan-made Galaxy S3 images and it was a bit annoying. However, some were actually quite similar in many way to the final product and honestly I do not mind seeing all the Galaxy S4 renders that people can come up with. Eventually, there will be one that we can look back on and that one will be very similar to the final product! The render above looks more like the artist played a bit with the current design of  the Galaxy Note 2 and the S3 mobile phones.

 In case this handset on the image is really the Samsung Galaxy S4 what news does this photo bring to us? Well, it doesn't say a lot about the internal "clockwork" (hardware specs and software), but it does show us that the Galaxy S4 might feature edge-to-edge display and that the physical Home button will be gone. As a fan of the Galaxy phones I am must say that this design does not appeal to me, especially the edge-to-edge display feature which is something I find a tad-bit revolting!

 So what do you think about this first 'official' Samsung Galaxy S4 leaked photo? Is the phone starting to look like something you like? You can browse through the rumored Galaxy S4 specs here if you are interested what the phone might have under the hood. We also advise you to follow our RSS feed or Twitter for regular updates!