Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Shows Up Again

Ever since Samsung announced the Galaxy S4, rumors were looming in the air that a ‘mini’ version of the smart phone will follow soon. Back in March, a leaked image surfaced online, giving us an idea of how the smart phone might look like, and now, the leaks are back again for a second round. 

This time, multiple images of the device have surfaced online, showing the front, back and sides of the Galaxy S4 Mini in detail. 

As it can be seen in the leaked images, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini looks an exact copy of the Samsung Galaxy S4, but with a smaller form factor, just like the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy S3 Mini.

According to one of the images that leaked back in March, the model number for the Galaxy S4 Mini is I9190 and the device is running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with the Samsung TouchWiz UI on top.

Other leaked specifications suggest that the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will come with a 4.3-inch AMOLED qHD display (960 x 540 pixel resolution), amounting to a pixel density of 256 pixels per inch. It is being rumored that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will be powered by a 1.6GHz dual-core processor paired with 1GB of RAM.  

Other rumors suggest that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini would be available in both, single-SIM and dual-SIM variants and should be launch by mid-2013 in June/July, but there is still no word on the availability of smart phone. 

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Samsung To Launch 5G By 2020, Hits Speeds Of 1Gbps In Tests

Samsung Electronics has developed core technology that will allow it to deliver high-speed 5G wireless data connections to consumers by 2020, the company announced today. The system allows data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current 4G networks.

5G mobile communications technology is the next generation of 4G LTE networks tech and can offer data transmission speeds of up to several tens of Gbps per base station. Once 5G networks are commercialized, they will allow users to transmit massive data files, including UHD movies and remote medical services, “practically wihtout limitation,” Samsung claims.

4G connections have gradually become available to consumers around the world since 2008, but many countries, including China, are still working toward launching their LTE networks. Samsung says, however, that its new adaptive array transceiver technology overcomes the limitations that millimeter-wave bands had when transmitting data over long distances. It transmits data in the millimeter-wave band at a frequency of 28 GHz at a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers.

“The millimeter-wave band is the most effective solution to recent surges in wireless Internet usage. Samsung’s recent success in developing the adaptive array transceiver technology has brought us one step closer to the commercialization of 5G mobile communications in the millimeter-wave bands,” said Samsung executive vice president and head of digital medial and communication R&D ChangYeong Kim.

Samsung isn’t the only company to announce that it has developed 5G core tech. In February, NTT DoCoMo confirmed that it had successfully conducted a 10Gbps wireless test.