Samsung’s S IV: What To Expect
On the evening of March 14, the smartphone maker/Apple nemesis/James Franco employer Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S IV (commonly known as the S4). And even though Samsung claims that it’s trying to keep its newest superphone a secret until next Thursday’s event in New York City, details of the Galaxy S4 have been squirting out here and there like liquid from a leaky waterbed.
So, what should you expect when you’re expecting a Galaxy S4? We’ve collected the most prominent and persistent rumors below. We’ll know whether the S4 is an S-Score or an S-Bore in about a week, but until then, let’s get on with the speculation.
BIGGER SCREEN
The display on the Galaxy S III is huge, by most Americans’ standards: 4.8 inches measured diagonally, with a 1280 x 720 resolution, for a pixel density of 306 pixels per inch. For the Galaxy S4, consensus seems to be that Samsung will venture even bigger, with a 5.0-inch display, a “full HD” resolution of 1920 x 1080, or 440 pixels per inch (higher ppi is better, though perhaps only to a point).
That 5-inch display would mean an enormous flagship smartphone for Samsung, whose first Galaxy Note with its 5.3-inch display, remember, was initially laughed at. (No one is laughing now.) It would mean that Samsung’s superphone would once again hulk over Apple’s, which features a just-enlarged 4.0-inch display.
