Despite the fact that Samsung launched their Galaxy S4, the follow-up to the Galaxy S III, in April of this year, rumors are now beginning to circulate that the company is already making plans to release the Samsung Galaxy S5 in January 2014!
The Galaxy S5 coming a mere 9-months after the S4′s release seems strange, but since Samsung’s recently unveiled Galaxy Note 3 has been overshadowing the Galaxy S4, the South Korean electronic giant apparently wants to refresh their flagship smartphone.
Korean website Naver, which is run by former Samsung employees, cites internal sources who claim the Galaxy S5 will be announced at the January Consumer Electronics Show, with an anticipated market release in February. The report claims that the phone would be powered by a 64-bit Exynos 5430 chip and will sport a 16-megapixel camera with enhanced low-light performance and Optical Image Stabilisation. More rumors point to dust and waterproof capabilities, an all-metal case instead of the usual plastic one, and a fingerprint scanner, to directly compete with Apple’s Touch ID sensor on the iPhone 5s.
