Samsung has confirmed that the UK model of the Samsung Galaxy S4 will come packing a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and 4G/LTE connectivity. During the launch event in New York a week ago it was only the US that was named as a target for the Qualcomm Snapdragon version of the handset with Europe understood to be receiving the Samsung Exynos octa-core chip version.
In a statement received by Trusted Reviews Samsung said “Samsung Galaxy S4 is equipped with a 1.9GHz Quad-core AP or a 1.6GHz Octa-core AP. The selection of AP varies by markets.” The statement went on to say “In the UK the Galaxy S4 will be available as a 4G device with a 1.9GHz Quad Core Processor.”
Since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 its not only the UK which has found out it is not destined to receive the 1.6GHz Samsung Exynos octa-core processor equipped version of this new flagship smartphone, Canada and Sweden have also been pinpointed as Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 markets with LTE connectivity.
As a reminder Samsung’s Exnos 5 featured two processors; a quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 running at 1.6GHz for heavy tasks and a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 running at 1.2GHz for lighter duties. It is paired with a triple core PowerVR SGX544MP3 graphics chipset. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is already available on the market in some other smartphones, notably the HTC One will be using the same chip but at a lower clock speed than the 1.9GHz of the Galaxy S4. The Snapdragon 600 features a quad-core Krait 300 processor with Adreno 320 graphics.
The 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 offers double the performance of an iPhone 5
Some people may be a bit disappointed that the UK Samsung Galaxy S4 isn’t going to be octa-core. However Samsung’s latest and greatest in the UK will still pack a hefty processing punch and 4G/LTE connectivity capability. Geekbench results from the Samsung Galaxy S4 with a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor have been published on TechDigest and show that overall the UK (US, Canadian and Swedish) version of the S4 has almost double the processing power of both the Apple iPhone 5 and its predecessor the Samsung Galaxy S III. It’s going to be interesting when someone gets the first octa-core S4 in for a test.
