Details of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom and S4 Active leak. Just when you thought all the variations of the Galaxy S4 have been brought into the light, Samsung up and does it again by adding new versions of the S4 to the lineup. Recently leaky details of Samsung’s water proof Galaxy S4 Active surfaced into the rumor mill. Before this the Galaxy S4 Mini and now a new variation is being exposed the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Samsung will be holding a launch event of some sort on June 20th in London. It is highly expected the S4 Mini, S4 Active and S4 Zoom will make their debuts at the event and possibly others including the Ace 3 and Galaxy Tab 3 10.1. But for now let’s take a gander at what the S4 Zoom and Active have to offer shall we?
Late yesterday details of the Active and Zoom appeared on the interwebs thanks to hi-tech.mail.ru a Russian based tech site. The site has gotten their hands on the spec sheets for the two incoming GS4’s and also confirms they will be announced alongside the S4 Mini come June 20th. So what can we expect? Early last week we got a glimpse as to what the Samsung S4 Active would look like as well as a few points on its capabilities. According to the new details the S4 Active will come with a 5 inch Super AMOLED Full HD touch screen that will give its end users access to Android version 4.2. Internally the device is said to pack in a Qualcomm made Quad-Core Snapdragon 600 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage and expandable micro SD memory. Additionally the details confirm 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, a 2600 mAh battery, an IR Blaster and NFC. The device if you have not heard is also water and dust proof and ready for a dangerous time! The Galaxy S4 Zoom, as awesome as it sounds is a play on the S4 Mini and will start with the likes of a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED touch screen that offers up a 540×960 pixel resolution. Said to run Android Jelly Bean the Zoom will also come equipped with a 1.6 GHz dual core processor, 8 GB of internal storage, expandable micro SD memory, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, a 1900 mAh batter and no 4G LTE support. In regard to the devices namesake, it is expected to launch with a 16 mega pixel camera that sports a 10x optical zoom, while a front facing shooter is also in place and sports a 1.9 mega pixel sensor. June 20th may be a few weeks away at this point but it will be interesting to see how Samsung can improve upon the Galaxy S4!
A small update this morning as Samsung has officially confirmed the Galaxy S4 Mini while the Galaxy S4 Active has made its way through the halls of the FCC rocking At&t bandwidths.
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