Samsung´s new Galaxy S4, the GT-I9506, already showed up last week, which is said to be powered by a Snapdragon 800 processor and is headed for markets outside Korea. Today this new model number has been confirmed again, thanks to a Bluetooth certification found for the device. Samsung is expected to announce this Snapdragon 800 Galaxy S4 before the IFA event in September, and like before, we advise you to wait for this variant before buying a new Galaxy S4, as it is guaranteed to be much faster than the current models.
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 in March. The Galaxy S4 features a stunning 4.99″ Full HD Super AMOLED display panel, an Exynos 5 Octa (8-Core) CPU clocked at 1.6GHz, a Tri-Core PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU, (or a Quad-Core Snapdragon 600 CPU clocked at 1.9GHz and Adreno 320 GPU, depending on the market) and 2GB of RAM. The device has a 13MP camera which capable of shooting up to Full HD 1080p videos at 30FPS and a 2.1MP front facing camera which is capable of shooting up to Full HD 1080p videos, as well.
The Galaxy S4 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Samsung’s new TouchWiz UX 2.0 out of the box. The device also includes Samsung’s Smart Features: Smart Stay, Smart Pause, Smart Scroll and Smart Pause, Air Gestures, S Voice, S Health and S Translator.