Samsung Galaxy S6 expected to launch by March-end; to be unveiled at MWC

As the Mobile World Congress (MWC) approaches closer, the news about Samsung’s next flagship device – the Galaxy S6 – have started coming in. According to a report in The Times of India, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is expected to be released by the end of March.

There has been no official confirmation from Samsung about this, but industry sources claim that Galaxy S6 will be unveiled at MWC which is scheduled from March 2-6 in Barcelona and will be out by March end.

Samsung hasn’t had a great 2014, as it saw a 23.2% drop in its annual net profit numbers. The Galaxy S5 did not perform as well as Samsung would have expected and in order to make up for it, Samsung announced its metal-bodied Galaxy Alpha series as well as the Galaxy A series of phones.

As far as other specs of the Galaxy S6 are concerned, it was reported that the smartphone will have an Ultra HD 4k display, 4GB RAM and a 20MP camera. An initial specs list for S6 reveals that the phone may have a 5.3-inch 4K AMOLED display, a 64-bit Exynos 7420 or Snapdragon 810 processor depending on the country, 5 megapixel front camera, and Broadcom’s new sensor chip.

There also has been a confusion over what chipset will be used in the Galaxy S6. Initially, Samsung was testing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, but it was found to cause over heating, which made Samsung drop the idea of using the Snapdragon 810 SoC. Qualcomm has agreed to rework the Snapdragon 810 SoC for Samsung’s flagship device.

It looks like Samsung is all set to release the Galaxy S6 with Exynos 7 and LTE. The S6 will come with Samsung’s own modem which is expected to supports Cat 10 (452.2Mbps downlink and 102Mbps uplink) whereas Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 supports Cat 9 (452.2Mbps downlink and 51Mbps uplink).

According to analysts, the Exynos 7 should enable Samsung to gain a good market share in the mobile applications processor business, which is currently ruled by Qualcomm.

Just yesterday there was a report by Phone Arena, which showed the Amazon page of case-maker Spigen which showed four cases that are specifically made for the Galaxy S6. These cases are listed on Amazon and could actually depict the ‘real’ S6 itself inside. The report also pointed out that Spigen previously revealed the designs of other unannounced (at the time) handsets, including the LG G3, the HTC One (M8), and the Google Nexus 5.