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)