Monday, 26 August 2013
There are rumours that Samsung will release the Galaxy S5 within the next year. The company’s Galaxy S III smartphone rocketed Samsung to being a real Apple competitor in the high-end smartphone space. The Galaxy S4 has kept up that momentum, which is edging out other high-end Android smartphone manufacturers, such as the floundering HTC. Next year’s presumed Galaxy S5 will carry on this legacy while Samsung positions its low- and mid-priced offerings in markets (China, Brazil, India) that are actually expected to see large growth in the coming years.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is rumoured to feature a 16-megapixel OIS camera.Optical Image Stabilization, also known as OIS, is a feature that will be landing with at least one mainstream device this year in the form of the LG G2. The technology makes for better quality photo and video and it’s something that flagship devices should be getting in the months to come.
However, according to a report from South Korea’s Electronic Times News, it will be the Samsung Galaxy S5 that comes with OIS on board instead of the Galaxy Note 3. The report claims that the Galaxy S5 will be coming with a new 16MP camera sensor which is currently in development and that the sensor will be backed by OIS technology. The sensor is said to be entering testing at the end of the year ahead of a launch in March. This seems to point to a Samsung Galaxy S5 launch date in March, unsurprising given that the Galaxy S4 also launched in March.
It appears that Samsung planned on putting the technology inside the Galaxy Note 3 but that supply issues got in the way of that, forcing the company to get rid of the feature. This is unconfirmed of course but at this point, consumers should no longer expect OIS on board the Galaxy Note 3 that arrives on September 4th in Berlin, Germany.
