According to their information, the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S IV should occur as early as March 15 at a special event, and the company should start sending the invitations to the media immediately after Mobile World Congress. The same source also notes that the sale of the new smartphone is scheduled to begin in April in Europe and Asia and May or June in the U.S., Australia and Africa.
 
The hardware side of the story tells about the 8 core Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor with an 8 core Mali-T658 graphics chip, 2 GB of RAM and a 13 megapixel background camera capable of recording 1080p video at 30 frames per second. The screen should have 5 inches diagonal (4.99) and full HD resolution (1080p); also it will be a Super AMOLED type of display. The device will ship with Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean.

[Ed - The timing on this one is very interesting. Although we expected Samsung to launch this earlier if they keep to this schedule they will launch their new phone right before Apple is expected to put their next gen iPhone on the market in the US. We wonder what will happen to Apple's sales if this does happen...]

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