Samsung Galaxy S6 Release Date & Features Rumors Update: New, Different Spec Leaks Appear, So Which GS6 Should We Expect?
The rumors are flying fast and furious about the Samsung Galaxy S6, the moniker given to whatever handset Samsung is cooking up for the spring. Now there's a new set of "leaked specs" and purported features rumored for the 2015 flagship.
So which set of rumored specs is correct?
It Could Be Both
A second Samsung Galaxy S6 -- at least the name we're calling the purported follow-up to last year's middling Samsung Galaxy S5 (announced last February and released in April of 2014) -- has appeared on AnTuTu's benchmarking site, according to SamMobile.
As opposed to previously reported specs for the GS6, the second set on the benchmark site show a less-powerful (but still pretty outstanding) 16-megapixel camera.
The previously reported GS6 -- also supposedly called "Project Zero" for the "back to the drawing board" approach Samsung is purportedly taking with its newest flagship handset -- had a camera possibly reaching 20-megapixels.
Another difference seems to be the addition of some details on the S6's Exynos SoC, which is supposedly to include a Mali-T760 GPU.
What Does It Mean?
First of all, it means it's still early and you should take all rumored reports and spec leaks with a healthy grain of salt. It's not likely that we'll have hammered-down rumored specs until sometime in January, and we won't know for sure until a month later.
But it's also not out of the question that Samsung will take a dual-model approach with its next flagship smartphone. Need we remember that it's already common for the Korean phone-maker to launch two versions of its Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series? That would be one variant with (usually) the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon and one with a Samsung-custom Exynos processor.
(Photo : Samsung)
For an example of a possible scenario: If the rumored new 20-megapixel sensor is too expensive or hampers mass production, it wouldn't be surprising to see at least two models, if not more, for the Galaxy S6 -- especially if the particularly rare models are an exclusive to one market, like Korea.
That's happened before, too, with previously released exclusive LTE-A Korean versions of Samsung handsets.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Specs and Release Date -- So Far
This leaves us with the following speculative hardware specs for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 (all rumored variants):
Rumored U.S. Variant
- 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB RAM (Cat. 6 LTE)
- 5.5-inch Super AMOLED at 1440 x 2560p QHD display
- 32GB Internal Storage (minimum)
- 5-megapixel front facing camera
- Android 5.0 Lollipop
- IP 67 dust and water resistance
Rumored International Version (SM-G925F)
- 64-bit Exynos 7420 Octa-Core with Mali-T760 GPU and 3GB RAM (With rumored Cat. 10 LTE support: up to 450 Mbps)
- 5.5-inch Super AMOLED at 1440 x 2560p QHD display
- 32GB Internal Storage (minimum)
- 5-megapixel front facing camera
- Android 5.0 Lollipop
- IP 67 dust and water resistance
And, as we just detailed, either a 16-megapixel or 20-megapixel camera for one or the other -- or both.
Both variants are expected to be announced in Q1 2015 and released soon after, if not same-day. Check back with Latin Post Tech for more details as they leak online!
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