More 'leaked images' of Samsung Galaxy S IV emerge before launch

Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S IV launch on 14 March, another set of ’leaked’ images have appeared online. The pictures which were posted on the Chinese blog, 52Samsung show a Samsung smartphone with a 5-inch screen. The device is mentioned as GT-I9502, and the forum claims that this is a dual-SIM variant of the smartphone which will be launched in China. You can see the photos here.

A dual-SIM Galaxy S IV seems highly unlikely at this point. However other details of the device match with the rumours that have been buzzing around the smartphone. The pictures show a device with the following specs: 1080x1920 display, a 1.8GHz quad-core Exynos 5410 processor with 2GB RAM, PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and Android 4.2.1.

It needs to be pointed out that the device does look a lot like the Note II.

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Meanwhile Sammobile has reported that the S IV will have floating touch technology. Floating touch will allow users to their finger as a cursor, just like the Air View option. According to the post, You can just hover your finger over a Picture Album to get a sneak at the pictures inside.

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The report also adds that the Galaxy S IV will use a new kind of Display, with a new AMOLED material called “green PHOLED” which uses colour GREEN-YELLOW and is 25 percent more energy efficient.