Buzz
about Samsung launching a new premium smartphone featuring a metal body
is getting hotter. According to a report in Korean publication ETNews,
the device dubbed Galaxy F may make a debut around the same time as the
company's upcoming smartphone flagship Galaxy S5.
As
per the report, the prototype of the metallic smartphone was developed
in Europe and later moved to the company's production facility in
Vietnam. An earlier report had said that Samsung is preparing a new
Galaxy F line of devices, which will be placed above the S and Note
series. However, it was also being speculated that the Galaxy S5 could
also sport a metal frame.
Previously, alleged
images of a metal frame of a Samsung smartphone too had leaked online.
It was reported that the metal frame was provided by a Samsung
sub-contractor, which has been asked to manufacture it without
specifying the model.
The frame was 143.83mm
in length and 72.27mm in width, compared to the 136.6mm long and 69.8mm
wide Galaxy S4. These dimensions suggested a larger screen than 5-inch.
It is also rumoured that the Galaxy S5 will have 2K display resolution
and 560ppi pixel density, the highest for any smartphone.
A
Samsung device with model number SM-G900F device, believed to be a
higher-end variant of S5, had also appeared on AnTuTu benchmarks. The
device that showed up on the benchmark results is powered by a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 800 chip and 3GB of RAM. The Krait processor part of the chip
had been clocked at 2.5GHz. The phone was detected as having 1080p
display, though it's possible that Samsung locked the resolution to that
particular resolution (Galaxy S5 is said to sport a 2K display). The
device was running Android 4.4 KitKat and featured a 16MP camera. It is
likely that this device was Galaxy F.
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