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Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. And Sprint's charging slightly more upfront for the phone than the previous two carriers. Verizon will have the phone, but it hasn't released launch or pricing information. We will update this article when the carrier announces more information. But carriers aren't the only places that will sell the new phone. Staples will have the phone as well -- it will have some carrier versions of it at of its select mobile phone stores on April In keeping with Google's alphabetical naming conventions, it's rumoured to be dubbed Android Key Lime Pie.
I think we're unlikely to see Key Lime Pie arriving with the Galaxy S4, as Google usually chooses Nexus devices such as the Nexus 4 to debut a fresh version of Android.
Samsung is sure to opt for its own TouchWiz Android skin once more, so don't expect to see a vanilla version of Google's operating system powering the S4. Tech companies are notoriously slippery when it comes to tech naming conventions ' new iPad ', anyone? After the S2 came the S3, so for now at least S4 would seem to make sense.
Teaser posters that popped up in New York bear a numerical '4', so it looks like Samsung is ditching the numerals at last. The big question: when can you buy the Galaxy S4? Well, based on past form, expect Samsung to put the S4 on sale roughly a month after it's announced. That would suggest a mid-April launch. That would be less than a year after the Galaxy S3 went on sale , which could annoy anyone who recently bought the S3 assuming it would stay cutting-edge until the summer.
Perhaps Samsung wants to get more of a head-start on whatever Apple has up its sleeves later this year. Stay tuned, and let me know what you'd like to see from the Galaxy S4 in the comments below, or on our Facebook wall. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic.
We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Vodafone and Three will also offer the Galaxy S4, but there's no word as yet on O2. Interestingly, there will be two different models offered with different processors for different markets.
The UK model will have a 1. The US model has a 1. The Galaxy S4 will shop with Android 4. Jelly Bean , which at the time of writing is the latest version of the Android operating software, and has a mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy S3 settled for a Quad-core 1.
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