14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung’s next Android-based flagship smartphone will not arrive on shelves with Optical Image Stabilization capabilities packed inside, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
The device, supposedly called Galaxy S5, was rumored before to lack the functionality, but no confirmation on the matter has been provided until now.
However, a new report coming from ETNews claims that Samsung won’t include OIS among the features and capabilities of the smartphone.
Apparently, the company is planning the inclusion of this technology inside future devices, but it will do so only starting with the second half of the next year.
Rumor has it that Galaxy S5 will be launched sometime in March or April, which means that it won’t have OIS, provided that the new report indeed pans out.
Apparently, the main reason for this is the fact that Samsung has seen poor OIS hardware components yield, the same as it happened with the Galaxy Note 3 this year, gforgames notes.
Galaxy S5 is currently rumored to land on shelves with a 64-bit Exynos processor inside, or with a Snapdragon CPU, and with 3GB of RAM.
Furthermore, the smartphone might feature a 16-megapixel camera when released, and it should be powered by a 4000 mAh battery.
Furthermore, the handset is rumored to run under Android 4.4 KitKat right from the start, most probably with a newer version of Samsung’s own TouchWiz interface loaded on top.
All in all, Galaxy S5 might prove a worthy successor for the Galaxy S4, especially since it could feature built-in support for multi-use conferencing, as some of the latest reports on it have unveiled.
What remains to be seen is whether Samsung will indeed pack it with a metal case, as recently suggested (though this will be only a premium flavor of the phone, it seems).
Apparently, Samsung is on track to kick off mass production for the device as soon as January, which means that it won’t be long before more info on it emerges, so stay tuned for more on the matter.