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"Come and meet the next Galaxy," teases Samsung in an invite to a London media event transpiring this afternoon, where the company's expected tounveil its flagship Galaxy series three-quel, the Galaxy S III. Noone's sure exactly what to expect, though tech blogs havebeen trotting out the usual wish-lists: smaller, more durable, morestorage, better specs, and so forth. But the pressure's on:Samsung led the world for the first time in 1Q2012 smartphone sales, dethroning Nokia,and it's sold over 20 million of its Galaxy S II since thatphone — the market's most visible iPhone rival —launched in April 2011. Like an Apple product announcement event,expectations are stratospheric for whatever Samsung has up itssleeve. Let's start with the "better specs" part.Samsung's already confirmed that the new Galaxy phone willharbor an ARM-based 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 Quad (meaning quad-core)processor, expected to "double" the phone'sprocessing speed. Samsung says the new "system-on-chip"is capable of running at speeds even higher than 1.4 GHz (whetherit will in the Galaxy remains to be seen) and that it's basedon a 32-nanometer manufacturing process (the S2 runs on an older,dual-core, 45-nanometer Exynos chip). The Exynos 4 will also,allegedly, use 20% less power than the processor in the S2, as wellas handle 1080p video recording and playback. "Better" is often a matter of taste, of course, whichis why those of us who find stereoscopic 3D gimmicky were over themoon when Samsung essentially promised in early April that the nextGalaxy phone wouldn't employ the technology. "AlthoughSamsung Electronics is constantly exploring new technologies forour mobile devices, we have no immediate plan to include displaysfeaturing 3D technology in our upcoming smartphones," wrote Samsung in a note to Engadget . So with apologies to 3D wonks, you can all but cross that off thelist of features. Like the S2, the next Galaxy will probably employ a Super AMOLEDPlus screen, helping thin the design (the touch and displayscreen's are the same) and offer a brighter, more colorfuldisplay without clobbering battery life. Speaking of"thin," Samsung's reportedly been handing out test models in boxes to conceal the final design, so no one has a clue what thething's going to look like or whether it'll shift froma plastic shell to a metal one. Whatever the case — an uptickin overall size, a material swap, a tucked in Note-like stylus, abrushed metal vibe, etc. — it'll probably still lookmore like the S2 than not. One thing seems certain: Samsung won't decrease the screensize, and while that may unsettle users who found the S2′s4.3-inch WVGA screen a handful, it's a virtual certainty thenext Galaxy's screen will be at least as big as the S2′s. Some are speculating Samsung may infact up scale, perhaps to 4.6 or as much as 4.8 inches (though anythingnearer 5 inches and you're getting uncomfortably close toGalaxy Note country). Other possibles include a 12-megapixel camera, taking theresolution up to 4000 x 3000 (the S2 has an 8-megapixel back and2-megapixel front one), 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage (same as theS2), a microSD slot for storage expansion and — based onan alleged inventory system screen grab courtesy GSM Arena — at least two color options at launch: blue and white.Samsung's Galaxy Note tablet-phone comes in "CarbonBlue" (think midnight blue, so all but black) and"Ceramic White," too. We'll cover the unveiling here when it happens, today, at2:00 pm ET. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Cut to Length Machine Manufacturer , Metal Slitting Machine Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Metal Slitting Machine today!
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