Samsung Galaxy S4 to be revealed on March 14th

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is expected to be revealed on March 14th at an event in New York. Invitations to the Samsung Unpacked event were sent on Monday and brings the battle to Apple in its home market.

Samsung released the first Galaxy S smartphone during the CTIA mobile trade show in the U.S. in 2010. The subsequent version of the device, Galaxy S2, was launched at the MWC in Spain in 2011 while the existing Galaxy S3 was unveiled in London in May last year.

The reason / decision to launch the new smartphone in the United States was explained by Samsung Electronics' mobile division chief JK Shin:

'We introduced the Galaxy S III in London last year, and this time we changed the venue (to New York)... as we were bombarded with requests from U.S. mobile carriers to unveil the Galaxy S IV in the country.'

Rumors and expected features / specs of the Samsung Galaxy S4:

- A 4.99-inch Full-HD SoLux Display

- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor (1.9 Ghz)

- 2 GB RAM

- Storage capacity of 16, 32 and 64 GB

- A 13 Megapixel camera with Orb camera technology (1080p video capability)

- A 2 megapixel front-facing camera

- Dimensions of 140.1 x 71.8 x 7.7mm

- 138 gram weight

- Home button with touch buttons

- Plastic back with aluminium sides

- Removable battery

- Black and White color options


Will the Samsung Galaxy S4 live up to expectations? How revolutionary will the Samsung Galaxy S4 be? Can Samsung innovate the Galaxy S4? All these questions will have an answer to them at the Samsung Unpacked event on March 14th 2013 at New York!! 

Stay tuned here on the night of the event to watch a live stream at:
 
http://www.youtube.com/samsungmobile   (begins at 7pm EST on Monday / 12am GMT on Tuesday)


 

'See the future' of PlayStation - Sony PS4??

Sony has released invites to an event at New York City on the 20th February 2013 to let the world "see the future" of the PlayStation. Starting at 6pm EST, the event is definitely PlayStation related with rumors of a next generation PlayStation console, dubbed the "Orbis", being developed and dev kits being leaked.

It has been a long time since Sony has prepared such a big surprise announcement with a creation of a website for this special event, twitter + Facebook + PlayStation website all showing details of this event. Could this be the announcement of the PS4? PS Vita Slim? Who knows? We will have to wait untill 20th February to find out!

From engadget:

The Wall Street Journal has added more rumors to the mix, citing its always helpful "people familiar with the matter" who claim that not only will Sony debut its next gen console at the event, but that it will be released later this year. Additionally, it claims that Sony will integrate more social features into the console this time around (Home 2.0?), as well as changes in "how users interact with the machine."

https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/  (American version)

https://secure.eu.playstation.com/meeting2013/  (European version)