Samsung Galaxy S6 Due for CES Appearance This Week

Rumors surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S6 have been running wild over recent weeks, but how close are they to reaching a peak? It is still not clear when the device will be available for you and me to buy, but according to one rumor the Samsung Galaxy S6 will be unveiled during this week at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

SamMobile is a pretty reliable source on all things Samsung and the outlet says that the Korean company will launch several variants of the Galaxy S6 at the CES show, but only to select partners. As I predicted last month, Samsung looks as though it will offer some details and a glimpse of the Galaxy S6 this week, but will not actually roll it out until later.

An apparent Samsung inside source said on Reddit last week that the device will not actually arrive until April, so the company may be doing an Apple Watch scenario and unveiling the product now but selling it months later.

The specs of the latest leak seem to match up with the first, which leads us to believe they are both the real deal. The AnTuTu test revealed a Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) display and the same chipset, which is increasingly looking to be the upcoming Samsung made Exynos 7420. Previous reports suggest the screen will be 5.5-inch, but my own sources point to Samsung not wanting to go beyond 5.3-inch to help keep a size differentiator between the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S6.

As for that new Exynos chipset, it is an octa-core processor with ARMv8 instructions set, paired with a Mali-T768. It is a 64-bit silicon that has clock speeds up to 1.8GHz on 20nm process, while it will likely land with tri-band LTE Category 10 modems. Samsung will almost certainly make another variant of the S6 that carries a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, and which handset you get will depend on where you live.



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Samsung Galaxy S6 Release Date And First Images

Samsung Galaxy S6 is one of the most anticipated smartphones of the 2015. It would seem that the phone has appeared in the first image, and many people may be disappointed.

Samsung Galaxy S6 could be launched in the MWC 2015 in March, and we’ve heard a lot of rumors about the future flagship of the South Koreans.

One of them spoke about an aluminum construction with both sides on a curved display. However, from the photos published on the site Toranji.ir (whose veracity cannot be verified), it seems that Samsung Galaxy S6 will look like a Galaxy S5, only it will be higher.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Rumors: Multiple Prototypes Reportedly Being Tested, Some With Curved Edge Screens

Samsung is said to be working on multiple Galaxy S6 variants with curved edge screens. Reuters

An anonymous Samsung employee has reportedly confirmed previous rumors that the South Korean technology giant is planning a massive overhaul of its next-generation flagship smartphone, dubbed the Galaxy S6, which is being developed under the codename, “Project Zero.” The purported official source also revealed more information about the Galaxy S6, adding that the company is testing several prototypes of the upcoming handset.

Confirming that “Project Zero” is the real deal, the Samsung employee -- who goes by the username SamsungRep2015 on Reddit -- claimed that Samsung is working on at least three variants of the Galaxy S6, SamMobile reported. According to the employee, one of the variants features a normal display, while the other two are being tested with a one-sided curved edge screen and dual-sided curved edge displays. 

“Project Zero is indeed a real thing. I’ve also seen two different GS6 Edge variants, one with the normal Youm display on the Edge, and one with dual curved edges,” the Samsung employee reportedly wrote on Reddit. “However, when I went to my orientation, a few weeks before the S5 came out I got to physically see the 5.2 inch version. Samsung prototypes a lot and things change extremely rapidly.”

Samsung's mobile business has suffered over the past few quarters, with growing competition from main rival Apple, and several low-cost producers in fast-growing markets like China and India.

Initial details about “Project Zero” appeared in November with media reports claiming that the plan is part of Samsung’s broader overhaul strategy, as the company was rumored to be developing the Galaxy S6 from scratch. The codename for the Galaxy S6 is also different from ones used in earlier versions of Galaxy-branded smartphones, such as Galaxy S5 (Project K), Galaxy S4 (Project J), Galaxy Note 3 (Project H) and Galaxy Note 4 (Project T).

Here are more details from SamsungRep2015, first reported by BGR:

As far as performance, benchmarks are noticeably higher but not by earth shattering amounts. Overall device responsiveness is vastly improved, and memory consumption is way down. Some build have freed over a gig of memory consumption from cold boot… [It’s] not just specs Samsung is focusing on this time around. I’ve heard lots of rumblings about crazy new designs (and I’m not just talking Galaxy Alpha ‘redesigns’ either.) Spec wise though, that all lines up with what I’ve seen/heard, but again there’s quite a good chunk of time between now and April.

Rumors have it that the Galaxy S6 could feature a larger, 5.5-inch QHD display with a screen resolution of 2560x1440 pixels, a 20-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. The device could be powered by a 64-bit octa-core Exynos 7420 processor and 3GB RAM, and the phone could run on the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system.