Samsung to show off new Android and Windows devices on June 20

Samsung has sent out invites for its Samsung Premiere event to be held on June 20 in London. The event will be used as a stage to unveil new products, as the invite specifically mentions Samsung’s mobile brands, Galaxy and Ativ. Ativ is the name Samsung uses for its Windows and Windows Phone products, just like Galaxy relates to the Android devices.
 
The invite itself is broken into four quadrants, with the top-left square taken up by the text announcing the event’s date and venue. Three other squares are taken up by super-tight shots of what we presume are the devices that will be shown off at the event. The top right square is taken by a shot of what looks like a notebook with a honeycomb pattern around the hinge. The bottom left square shows the edge of a tablet or notebook screen, while the bottom right square shows part of a glowing circle.

What’s coming at Samsung Premiere?

While the unveiling of a notebook or tablet seems likely given the Ativ mention, we don’t know if it will be a hybrid PC or just a tablet. The glowing circle in the bottom right leads us to believe it could be the Galaxy S4 Zoom, which is rumoured to have a 10x optical zoom. Other devices that have come up in recent rumours include the Galaxy S4 mini, a lite version of the current flagship as well as the Galaxy S4 Active, which is a high-end water-proof and dust-proof smartphone.

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Without having got any details from Samsung itself, we can only guess at this point. In any case, we will find out soon enough.