Samsung's Global Unpacked Event Starts @ 7 PM eastern time, video below
Hands On Reviews
What We Know
Design
- Polycarbonate body
- Two colors (black and blue)
Hardware
- 8 core, Exynos 5410 processor @ 1.8GHz (US version will likely receive the Snapdragon 600)
- PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU
- 2GB of RAM
- 16GB/32GB/64GB ROM storage
- microSD expansion slot
- removable 2600mAh battery
- 1080p, 441 ppi, 5" Super AMOLED display (touchscreen works with gloves)
- 13-megapixel rear camera
- 2-megapixel front camera
- 802.11 ac WiFi
- Global 4G LTE (100Mbps down / 50Mbps up)
- Bluetooth 4.0
- IR sensor
- Qi wireless charging
- Weighs 130g
- 7.9mm thick
Software
- Android 4.2.2
- Smart Scroll (scroll pages as your eyes reach the end of the screen)
- Smart Pause (halt videos when you're distracted away from the display)
- Dual Camera mode (use both front and rear cameras for video or photo capture)
- Sound & Shot (add sound before or after snapping a photo)
- Eraser (remove unwanted people or objects from a picture)
- Air View
- Air Gesture (scroll through pictures or scroll a webpage by swiping with your hand, without touching the screen)
- S tr@nslator
- Adapt Display
- Story Album
- S Voice Drive
- S Health (track your steps, stairs climbed, sleep, the ambient temperature and humidity, your food intake and estimate calories consumed/burned)
- Dual Camera Video Chat w/Chat-On
Availability
- End of April on every major American carrier