We will not know the Samsung Galaxy S4 until next March 14. That is the day that the South Korean multinational has scheduled to unveil what will be its new flagship for this year. A mobile that, despite everything, it seems that did not want to miss the opportunity to walk incognito through the corridors and galleries of the Mobile World Congress 2013, which officially concludes today.
As we learned on the ground through three different sources, the Asian entourage brought with them at least four units of the still unknown Samsung Galaxy S4. And according to those who have seen it, the South Korean firm has been able to greatly improve the already awarded Samsung Galaxy S3. One of the sources highlighted its resistance, noting that it is "practically unbreakable. " Beyond the enthusiasm of this assessment, the reality is that this year it seems that this is one of the criteria in which manufacturers are putting the most efforts "" given thatSony, HTC or Huawei have turned their attention to promoting this aspect in their high-end products ”.
One of the top managers of one of the operators in our country also collaborated to broaden expectations. He pointed out that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is surprising, although he did not go into details about the benefits that the new reference terminal of the South Korean will show. In spite of everything, some of the interesting features that the device could present were revealed.
Non-contact control would be one of them. The idea is that the actions of the device can be controlled without touching it, using functions linked to scanning the user's gaze, so that, for example, the blinking of whoever controls the Samsung Galaxy S4 serves to manage the terminal's multimedia player or to scroll web pages.
In addition, the Samsung Galaxy S4 would be a flagship in another of Samsung's star products linked to the benefits of its devices in the future: that of payments through mobile phones. The next reference terminal of the Asian company will integrate an NFC chip, which will have, in addition to the options linked to its equipment that already integrate this unit, billing functions, so that the phone acts like a credit card. Samsung has already signed an alliance with VISA to use the payWave platform as a payment gateway, so that the action is as useful as it is safe. It would be a different system thanSamsung Wallet, more focused on the management of coupons, tickets and cards in the style of Passport.
On the other hand, taking into account the invitation that Samsung has transferred to the media, we could deduce a new feature that, however, was not described by those who were able to admire the Samsung Galaxy S4 as it passed through the Barcelona mobile fair. It would be a dotted detail on the back of the terminal, something that serves to highlight the design of the device and that, subtly, has been seen in some of the latest smartphones that we could see at MWC 2013. As we say, on March 14 all the unknowns will be exposed to the watchful eye of those who want to know what the new Samsung beast will be like. Especially for those who concentrate on the iconic Times Square in New York, where the company will offer the live broadcast of the presentation.
