14 DAY TRIAL // Rumors on the Galaxy S II successor continue to pour in as Samsung is still mum on the smartphone’s hardware and software configuration.
We don’t even have a certain timeframe for the smartphone’s launch date, though the latest hearsay point to a possible April announcement.
Until then, we’re left with speculations and assumptions that could be more or less accurate. A few images allegedly showing the Galaxy S III were also leaked online in the last few days.
Today we have more accurate, hopefully, information about the upcoming Galaxy S II successor. It appears that an unnamed Samsung exec confirmed for Korea Times that the Galaxy S III would be shipped with the company’s own Exynos chipset.
However, Samsung is working on an all-in-one chipset solution, which means that Galaxy S III will feature a quad-core processor and LTE support on the same chipset.
“Samsung’s single-chip solution is a combination of long-term evolution (LTE), telecommunications and W-CDMA functions,” said a high-ranking company executive for Korea Times.
Although Samsung has yet to announce this powerful chipset, it is rumored to be based on the 32-nanometer process and will pack four A9 cores.
We were expecting Samsung to be able to include the more powerful A15 cores on this chipset, but rumor has it that these are not stable enough for an all-in-one solution.
According to Samsung, the new chip that will be included within the Galaxy S III will be 26% more powerful than the current single-chip solution, which is based on the 45-nanometer process.
The reason behind Samsung’s decision seems to have marketing connotations rather than performance-related ones, as the company is trying to lower its dependence on Qualcomm.
Word is that Samsung is paying lots of money to Qualcomm for using its single-chip solutions, which is why the South-Korean company wants to develop its own chipset.