According to recent rumors, the Samsung Galaxy S4 will be unveiled in India on Apr. 25, and retail stores will have the new flagship smartphone in stock two days later.
It should also retail for under Rs. 40,000, about $730, several hundred dollars less than it was originally supposed to cost.
All indications point to the Indian version running the eight-core Exynos 5 Octa processor rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 that will be in American and many European models. Preliminary benchmarks show the Exynos 5 is substantially fatster than almost every other mobile processor on the market and offers a healthy boost in performance to the Galaxy S4.
It looks like Samsung is implementing a simultaneous worldwide rollout for the Galaxy S4, rather than the slow release that accompanies the debut of most smartphones.
The S4 is due to hit the United States by the end of April, though it could show up a few days earlier, and most European markets should get the S4 around the same time.
Consumers in countries that are getting the Snapdragon processor will need to wait a while before the Exynos 5 is widely available. Mass production of the processor doesn't begin until this quarter, so 70 percent of the first 10 million Galaxy S4 units will ship with the Snapdragon.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 features a 1.6GHz eight-core Exynos 5 Octa processor or a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor (depending on country), 2GB of RAM, a 5-inch 1920x1080 Full HD AMOLED display at 441 ppi, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video, a 2-megapixel front facing camera, internal storage between 16 and 64GB, an SD card slot that can accommodate an additional 64GB, a polycarbonate body, Smart Pause and floating touch tech and runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Check back for the latest info on the Galaxy S4 as it becomes available.
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