Samsung Galaxy S5 Coming Sooner Than Later, Says Report

The latest round of rumours has the presumed successor to Samsung's Galaxy S4, a more powerful Galaxy S5, Sporting unicorn-esque specs, Perhaps some new flexible materials and craziest of all: Launching as little as 10 months after Galaxy S5 was introduced.

A Korean site reports that "Industry Sources" say production of the Galaxy S5 could begin in January, With Samsung's next flagship phone shipping with Android Kitkat and alongside a revamped Galaxy Gear 2 watch as early as February or March. That would be a few months ahead of many early adopting Galaxy S4 owners one-year anniversaries with their devices.

 

While this sounds like wishful thinking on part of some overzealous reporter and a who knows how well informed supply chain source, it's also not a crazy plan for the likes of Samsung. The Korean Monolith has the ability to make just about anything on a massive scale as quickly as it likes and likely has no qualms with cannibalizing sales of its Zillions of other smartphones including the Galaxy S4.

 

But more importantly what type of unicorn is Samsung's S5 team designing this time around?

 

The same report claims that the phone could be available in a plastic case or a more premium model with a metal body, And will come loaded with some serious digital beef -- A 64 bit processor, 3 GB of RAM, A 16 megapixel of camera and a huge 4000 mAh battery to power a 5 inch flexible display that could jam as many as 560 pixels into each each inch of screen real estate.

 

Samsung had no immediate response to a request for comment, but certainly many Galaxy S4 owners won't be as speechless when the flagship phone they proudly brought home this year is eclipsed in less than the time it takes us all to make a single trip around the sun.