Samsung to launch next Galaxy phone at London event

05/02/2012

Samsung will put the rumours and alleged leaks about its next flagship smartphone to rest when it unveils the handset in London later on Thursday.

More than 20 million copies of the existing Galaxy S2 have been sold since its launch in April 2011.

Analysts say its success helped Samsung overtake Nokia to become the world's best-selling mobile phone maker.

Changes in screen size, form factor and a higher-resolution camera are among changes that may drive its appeal.
Battery life

Samsung has been close lipped ahead of the event, refusing even to confirm the device's name - its website only states that its is "the next Galaxy".

It has, however, said the phone will not include a 3D display, but will be the first device to feature its new Exynos 4 quad-core chip.

It promised the Arm-based design would offer double the processing capability while using 20% less energy than the chip used in the S2. It can also record and playback video in 1080p high definition resolution.

But many company watchers believe the presentation will concentrate on what the device is like to use rather than raw statistics.

"To the normal consumer the chip is not important per se, but the experience it offers is," said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at the tech analysis firm Gartner.

"So less battery use, better touch response and the ability to better handle multitasking to let more operations be carried out simultaneously will all be noted."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17931797

Wont be long now till AI is a reality. The T-800 is fast becoming a reality.

I never understood the buzz about smartphones, phones and tablets. One of my friend buys a new, "better" phone every six months or so, he buys every kind of iCrap ever put on the market and sells the former one, and I really fail to see the appeal of being surrounded by hipsters gadgets designed for people who like to think they're so important and needed that they can't live without being online 24/7. Unless you're a freaking CEO, a surgeon or an on-call technician, it's really useless.

I have an "average" phone, that I use only for texts and calls, sometimes I take pictures of little things I need to remember if I don't have a paper and a pen at hand, but it's just a freaking phone, it doesn't operate as a video recorder / breath freshener / technological crutch / toothpick.

The smartphone scene is one I've yet to venture into myself despite them being around for quite a while now. The phone I have is nearly 7 years old now.


Well the iBubble is destined to pop at some point, so you may not be hearing about iCrap in the future as much once it does.

Is it one of those tin can with the string accessory models?

It sounds like my story. My old cell/mobile phone served me for over 8 years. It still works fine, but the battery is now bad and it is somewhat scratched. No camera, no mp3, monochrome display, good old siemens. Fell on the ground multiple times without any real damage. Those were the phones in old days... *grampa voice*
Finally changed it to new samsung gizmo, mostly due to envy of those annoying button ramming, screen swiping teens on public transport.