After the underwhelming reception that greeted the Galaxy S5 last year, Samsung is back to the drawing boards for a radical reinvention of its next iteration. And the results are shaping up to be something pretty spectacular, as far as we know for now.
From a CPU that’s 50% faster, to an incredible quad-HD display, Samsung is set to hit every angle with this year’s flagship phone. It will also have a payment feature which works with magnetic and NFC terminals, incredible cameras, and a gorgeous glass and metal body.
Bloomberg reports that Samsung has decided to drop Qualcomm’s next generation 64-bit Snapdragon 810 chipset from the Galaxy S6 due to ongoing problems with overheating. Instead Bloomberg claims Samsung will use its own Exynos chips. Then SamMobile claims the Galaxy S6 is likely to feature an Edge variant with a curved display. All in all, it is shaping up to be a salm dunk, if even half of the following specs are true:
- 64-bit eight-core 14nm CPU which is 50% faster
- 1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a 577ppi density, stunning outdoor visibility, super dim mode for late night.
- A huge 20 megapixel OIS camera sensor and a 5 megapixel f/1.8 front-facing camera with real-time HDR
- 32 / 64 / 128GB of storage
- 2550mAh battery
- Built-in wireless charging
- Four hours of usage on a 10 minute charge
- Quick connect charging
- Samsung Pay: works with 90% of existing magnetic stripe payment terminals, and NFC payment terminals
- Metal and glass body
- Gorilla Glass 4
- Cat 6 LTE
Like the Galaxy S5 all roads point to a launch during Q1 2015 in and around MWC 2015.