14 DAY TRIAL // With just a couple of weeks left until Samsung Galaxy S 4 is expected to hit shelves in the United States, the smartphone has been spotted at FCC (Federal Communications Commission).
According to Engadget, documents filed by Samsung suggest that the two models that are about to receive their approval are headed to Sprint and MetroPCS, respectively.
They are known as Samsung (SPH-L720) and SCH-R970 (MetroPCS) and offer different options for global roaming.
For example, those who choose Sprint’s Galaxy S 4 will be able to use HSPA 3G when abroad, whereas MetroPCS customers will get LTE on four bands.
These are the first Samsung Galaxy S 4 models that get FCC’s approval, but we expect that T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T versions will appear soon as well.
Samsung Galaxy S 4 is expected to arrive in the United States in early May at most US-based carriers. T-Mobile is almost sure that it will bring the flagship smartphone on May 1, but more details are likely to emerge in the coming days.
Customers in the United States will get a slightly different version of Galaxy S 4, as this model will be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset that packs a quad-core processor clocked at 1.9GHz and an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit.
The so-called international version will be packed with Samsung’s Exynos 5410 Octa chipset that accommodates two quad-core processors and a PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU.
However, given the fact that there are a lot of European countries that will get the same Samsung Galaxy S 4 model as the US, it’s not completely accurate to call the Exynos-based version “international.”
The rest of phone’s specs are similar, with one exception: Samsung Galaxy S 4 featuring the Exynos chipset does not come with LTE support. More details on the Galaxy S 4’s specs sheet are available here.