Three of them will pack the Exynos 5 Octa processor

Apr 10, 2013 23:31 GMT  ·  By

Samsung’s new flagship Android-based smartphone, the Galaxy S4, is expected to arrive on shelves in China before the end of this month, and might be released in four different flavors, new reports suggest.

According to GSMinsider, the smartphone received the necessary approvals in China with model numbers GT-I9500, GT-I9502, GT-I9508 and SGH-I959 attached to it, and will become available on the networks of all major carriers there.

Furthermore, it seems that the GT-I9500, GT-I9502 (China Unicom) and SGH-I959 (China Telecom – dual-SIM) flavors of the smartphone will hit shelves with the Exynos 5 Octa processor inside, while the GT-I9508 will be launched at China Mobile with a quad-core Snapdragon 600 CPU.

No specific info on when the smartphone will be released in the country has been provided as of now, but it might not be too long before these details are unveiled, so stay tuned.